Bach Transcriptions
Julien Martin (recorder), Olivier Fortin (harpsichord)
Most successful are those tracks where the transcription retains the timbral world of the work’s earlier/first incarnation. In the E major Flute Sonata, BWV 1035 Julien Martin uses tempo rubato...
Bach Transcriptions
Julien Martin (recorder), Olivier Fortin (harpsichord)
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Most successful are those tracks where the transcription retains the timbral world of the work’s earlier/first incarnation. In the E major Flute Sonata, BWV 1035 Julien Martin uses tempo rubato...
About
"Johann Sebastian Bach used the recorder in two Brandenburg concertos and some twenty cantatas and oratorios, but alas, he left us no sonata with harpsichord," say Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin. Arranging chamber music for a variety of instrumental ensembles was a widespread practice in the eighteenth century. Bach himself seems to have created a number of works that did not necessarily require the use of a specific instrument. Here Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin, musical partners for many years, present the Sonata in F major, originally written for transverse flute and continuo, transcriptions of the Trio Sonata for organ No. 3 in E minor, the Partita for violin No. 2 in G minor, and the Chorale 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland', whose extensive ornamental flourishes elongate and transform the chorale melody to the point of rendering it unrecognisable.
Contents and tracklist
- Julien Martin (recorder), Olivier Fortin (harpsichord)
- Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin
- Julien Martin (recorder), Olivier Fortin (harpsichord)
- Julien Martin (recorder), Olivier Fortin (harpsichord)
- Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Pierre Gouin
- Julien Martin (recorder), Olivier Fortin (harpsichord)
- Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin
- Julien Martin (recorder), Olivier Fortin (harpsichord)
- Julien Martin (recorder), Olivier Fortin (harpsichord)
- Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin
- Julien Martin (recorder), Olivier Fortin (harpsichord)
Awards and reviews
January 2024
Most successful are those tracks where the transcription retains the timbral world of the work’s earlier/first incarnation. In the E major Flute Sonata, BWV 1035 Julien Martin uses tempo rubato stylishly to inflect melodic lines.