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Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in g minor, BWV 995 – Prelude. John Moraitis, harpsichord.
Harpsichord by Martine Argellies (Montpellier, 2012), after Dulcken.
Temperament: Rameau. A=415 Hz.
The Suite in g minor, BWV 995 is Bach's own transcription for lute of his 5th cello suite in c minor, BWV 1011. While technically not a harpsichord composition, both the lute and the harpsichord are plucked instruments, the predominantly low range highlights the wonderful resonance of the harpsichord's bass register, and, perhaps most importantly, this is too beautiful of a suite to resist performing it :) The prelude is structured as a French overture: the first section combines elements of a "proper" improvisatory prelude with the dotted rhythmic profile of the French overture, while the second section assumes the fugal character and faster tempo associated with the corresponding section of a French overture and ends with a final improvisatory flourish.
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in g minor, BWV 995 – Prelude. John Moraitis, harpsichord.
Harpsichord by Martine Argellies (Montpellier, 2012), after Dulcken.
Temperament: Rameau. A=415 Hz.
The Suite in g minor, BWV 995 is Bach's own transcription for lute of his 5th cello suite in c minor, BWV 1011. While technically not a harpsichord composition, both the lute and the harpsichord are plucked instruments, the predominantly low range highlights the wonderful resonance of the harpsichord's bass register, and, perhaps most importantly, this is too beautiful of a suite to resist performing it :) The prelude is structured as a French overture: the first section combines elements of a "proper" improvisatory prelude with the dotted rhythmic profile of the French overture, while the second section assumes the fugal character and faster tempo associated with the corresponding section of a French overture and ends with a final improvisatory flourish.
