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Charlton BACH ON FIRE |
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Remarkable sound quality make this CD a must have to hear the Bach Partitas and Sonatas for Unaccompanied Violin, as performed on the double bass. Charlton's performance on the solo double bass is, in a word, fabulous. The late great bassist David Walter said of Charlton's playing, "A real tour de force! Excellent insight into Johann Sebastian Bach. Fine sound, fine chops, an intelligent romantic approach to this Gibraltar of a piece." Long a staple for violinists, Bach's Partita's and Sonatas for Unaccompanied Violin are such excellent works of art that they have been arranged for everything from guitar to to full symphony orchestra. Frederick Charlton began working on the Partitas when he was a teenager. Over the next thirty years he arranged and performed all of the movements to critical acclaim. The versions that Fred has arranged for contrabass are an octave and a fifth to and octave and a sixth lower than the original. The sound quality on this CD is absolutely exceptional. The solo bass is very clear and well recorded. 1-2 Sarabande and Double from Partita No.1 3 Giga from Partita No. 3 4 Sarabanda from Partita No. 2 5 Gavotte en Rondeau from Partita No. 3 6-7 Allemanda and Double from Partita No. 1 8 Menuet I and II from Partita No. 3 9 Ciaccona from Partita No. 2 10 Loure form Partita No. 3 |
