Two recently found works of J.S. Bach presented in Leipzig [video, start 15:29]

Re:Two recently found works of J.S. Bach presented in Leipzi... by d-lisp on Friday November 21, 2025 @08:29AM (#46004367)

What pieces do you know ? I mostly listen violin/lute partitas (I sometimes prefer them transcribed to classical guitars (I really enjoy Vidovic and Bream renditions)). I do really like the simplicity of such pieces, which I find to be very lyrical, of course in a far different manner than e.g. Vivaldi...

The chaconne from the 2nd partita in D minor [BWV 1004] I find very powerful; very different from the Brandburg Concertos, which I tend to fancy less.

I mean, of course in the thousand of pieces he wrote, there are pieces that you won't like, and "greatest composer" is an impossible and absurd proposition.

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Re:Two recently found works of J.S. Bach presented in Leipzi... by leephillips on Friday November 21, 2025 @07:51PM (#46010951)

That chaconne is one of my favorite pieces of all time. I heard it first on guitar, played by Segovia, and, probably because of that, still prefer it on guitar to the original violin. I even used to play it, pretty decently, I think.

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Re:Two recently found works of J.S. Bach presented in Leipzi... by d-lisp on Saturday November 22, 2025 @04:37AM (#46013452)

I also play the Segovia transcript more than the urtext version (some would argue that this is kitch or innapropriate, but yeah ... why would I care ?)

Well, you surely also are a Sonata No.1 [BWV 1001] enjoyer, aren't you ? I find the four movement to be exceptionnally good, and they cover a lot of ground.

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