Andrew Maginley is an American lutenist, one of several who moved to Germany in order to pursue their art. Here he offers a program of three eighteenth century pieces that have plenty to say to one another. Opening the disc is Maginley's own lute transcription of Bach's Suite No. 1 for solo cello, which he claims is both historically and artistically justifiable and even desirable. That may or may not be so -- the lute fills in some of the spaces whose emptiness makes Bach's solo pieces so fascinating. But it is certainly ...
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Andrew Maginley is an American lutenist, one of several who moved to Germany in order to pursue their art. Here he offers a program of three eighteenth century pieces that have plenty to say to one another. Opening the disc is Maginley's own lute transcription of Bach's Suite No. 1 for solo cello, which he claims is both historically and artistically justifiable and even desirable. That may or may not be so -- the lute fills in some of the spaces whose emptiness makes Bach's solo pieces so fascinating. But it is certainly interesting to hear Bach's music juxtaposed with that of Sylvius Leopold Weiss, the greatest German lute virtuoso of the era. The two composers apparently knew and admired each other, and although Maginley's booklet draws a stylistic contrast between the two, Weiss' music has much in common with Bach's. Both infuse the dances of the French suite with complex harmonies and contrapuntal procedures, and putting music by the two composers together exposes the listener to one of the very...
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