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Reviewer: Nicholas
Anderson Improvising a new melodic line to another composer’s trio is what JS Bach sometimes used to do if, according to his son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the composer did not mind. That seems to have been the case with the attractive and generously proportioned lute Suite in A major by Bach’s friend and contemporary Silvio Leopold Weiss. Long accepted as being an original work by Bach himself it is now recognised as an arrangement by him for violin and harpsichord of a lute sonata by Weiss. In this recording the Baroque violin is partnered by a Baroque lute rather than harpsichord but Bach’s new counterpoints lose nothing of their clarity. Violinist Johannes Pramsohler and lutenist Jadran Duncumb give a stylish and affectionate performance of the piece, predominantly in French suite form and it provides the focal point of the programme. The two remaining works fare comparably well. The lute Suite in A minor by Weiss consists of five dance movements of which the opening Allemande is notable for a melancholy lyricism affectingly conveyed by Duncomb’s sensitive artistry. Bach’s Partita in D minor for solo violin with its mighty Chaconne faces formidable competition. Pramsohler’s account may not be my first choice but his playing is nonetheless thoughtful, and spirited notwithstanding occasional small lapses in tonal security. In summary, here is a fascinating and well recorded disc though the accompanying essay deals exclusively with circumstances surrounding the Weiss-bach Suite, much of it of necessity conjectural.
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