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J. S. Bach: Partitas for Viola da Gamba
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J. S. Bach: Partitas for Viola da Gamba

Bach’s Partitas: Reimagined For Viola Da Gamba.

Original Recording Resolution PCM 96 kHz

Label Arcana

Artist Teodoro Baù

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Can a piece remain itself when the instrument changes? Teodoro Baù takes that question, which he frames through the paradox of the Ship of Theseus, into one of the most demanding works in the string repertoire. He presents Bach’s Partitas BWV 1002, 1004 and 1006, written for solo violin, in his own adaptation for viola da gamba. The music is transposed down a tone and otherwise kept note for note, so the violin’s top E string becomes the gamba’s D string. The Partita No. 2 ends with the monumental Ciaccona, nearly fifteen minutes long. The lute-like polyphony and the viol’s roots in the French dance suite give these familiar pieces a voice that is both old and new.

Baù follows his acclaimed Bach sonatas with harpsichordist Andrea Buccarella, which drew praise from Gramophone, and here plays alone. His booklet essay argues that Baroque repertoire was always fluid and that transcription is a creative act, a “negotiation” with the composer. Recorded in Padua in September 2021, the album runs to 83 minutes. Baù plays a Sergio Gistri viol, made in 2006 after Michel Colichon (Paris, 1691).

Teodoro Baù, viola da gamba

Tracklist

Total time: 01:22:58

1. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù): I. Allemanda
05:05
2. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù): II. Corrente
02:56
3. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù): III. Saraban
04:55
4. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù): IV. Giga
04:59
5. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù): V. Ciaccona
14:45
6. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù): I. Preludio
04:19
7. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù): II. Loure
04:51
8. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù): III. Gavotte
03:20
9. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù): IV. Menuet I
01:48
10. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù): V. Menuet II
02:34
11. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù): VI. Bourrée
01:45
12. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù): VII. Gigue
02:18
13. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù): I. Allemanda
07:05
14. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù): II. Double
02:47
15. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù): III. Corrent
03:45
16. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002 [Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù]: IV. Double (
02:52
17. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù): V. Sarabande
04:13
18. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù): VI. Double
02:18
19. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù): VII. Tempo d
03:42
20. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002 (Transcr. for Viola da Gamba by Teodoro Baù): VIII. Double
02:41

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Additional Information

Label
Arcana
SKU
A601
Qualities
DXD 24 Bit, DSD 256, FLAC 192 kHz, DSD 128, WAV 96 kHz, DSD 64
Channels
2ch Stereo
Artist
Teodoro Baù
Composers
Bach
Genres
Classical
Original Recording Format
PCM 96 kHz
Recording Location
Sala della Carità, Padua, Italy
Producer
Boris Begelman
Recording Engineer
Roberto Chinellato
Release Date
October 30, 2026
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