As David Russell demonstrates, Bach, who wrote no music for the guitar, sounds like a guitarist's composer. Not only does Bach's lute music translate well into the related but distinct sonic world of the guitar, but even transcriptions of music for other instruments -- including violin, cello, and keyboard -- sound quite authentic in the hands of a virtuoso guitarist. While the reason for this may be the abstract quality of Bach's music, it should be pointed out that it takes a special kind of guitarist to deliver an ...
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As David Russell demonstrates, Bach, who wrote no music for the guitar, sounds like a guitarist's composer. Not only does Bach's lute music translate well into the related but distinct sonic world of the guitar, but even transcriptions of music for other instruments -- including violin, cello, and keyboard -- sound quite authentic in the hands of a virtuoso guitarist. While the reason for this may be the abstract quality of Bach's music, it should be pointed out that it takes a special kind of guitarist to deliver an authentic, convincing performance of Bach. Russell is among those who know how to play Bach. Thoughtful, subtle, elegantly expressive, and stylistically accurate, Russell's playing ingeniously adapts the characteristic sonority of the guitar to the technical and interpretive demand of Bach's music. A fine example of Russell's ability to capture the complex and profound spirit of Bach's music is his authoritative performance of the astonishing chaconne from his own transcription of the...
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