J. S. Bach - Sonatas & Partitas For Lute

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).
Sonatas & Partitas For Lute.

Sonata I BWV 1001
1. Adagio
2. Fuga
3. Siciliana
4. Presto

Partita I BWV 1002
5. Allemanda
6. Double
7. Corrente
8. Double
9. Sarabanda
10. Double
11. Tempo di Borea
12. Double

Sonata II BWV 1003
13. Grave
14. Fuga
15. Andante
16. Allegro

Partita II BWV 1004

17. Allemanda
18. Corrente
19. Sarabanda
20. Giga
21. Ciaccona

Sonata III BWV 1005
22. Adagio
23. Fuga
24. Largo
25. Allegro Assai

Partita III BWV 1004

26. Preludio
27. Loure
28. Gavotte en Rondeau
29. Menuets I & II
30. Bourrée
31.Gigue
32. Menuet II

Hopkinson Smith, baroque lute

Hermosas obras de Bach.

[Gabe-]

We're so privileged to be able to listen to any of the works of any composer from any era at any time. Imagine a time before having all of classical music instantly available, let alone recorded...

[TomLaios]

The nearest we have come to Time Travelling is via music.This is so beautiful .

[warhamwaggkl]

At my age, my father listened to Bach, every morning. And now every morning I can, through Bach, connect to his memory and love him the more for this memory of him.

Is anyone else awestruck by our good fortune that someone with so much music in him was productive enough to leave as much as he did for us to enjoy? Those don't seem to go together often.

[pierre-oliviercombelles]

Jean-Sébastien Bach est le seul musicien que j'ai écouté avec bonheur, avec amour et avec un émerveillemennt toujours intact, toujours neuf, tout au long de ma vie, depuis mon enfance jusqu'à aujourd'hui (68 ans).

Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
0:00:03 - I. Adagio
0:03:45 - II. Fuga
0:08:35 - III. Siciliana
0:11:12 - IV. Presto

Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002
0:16:07 - I. Allemanda
0:20:51 - III. Corrente
0:24:51 - II. Double #1 (Out of order)
[missing] - IV. Double #2
0:28:21 - V. Sarabande
0:31:42 - VI. Double #3
0:34:07 - VII. Bourrée
0:37:22 - VIII. Double #4

Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
0:40:59 - I. Grave
0:45:01 - II. Fuga
0:53:17 - III. Andante
0:57:55 - IV. Allegro

Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
1:02:38 - I. Allemanda
1:07:37 - II. Corrente
1:10:28 - III. Sarabanda
1:14:04 - II. Corrente (Repeated here instead of Giga)
[missing] - IV. Giga
1:16:54 - V. Ciaccona

Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005
1:29:19 - I. Adagio
1:32:21 - II. Fuga
1:43:08 - III. Largo
1:45:34 - IV. Allegro Assai

Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006
1:50:10 - I. Preludio
1:55:02 - II. Loure
1:58:36 - III. Gavotte En Rondo
2:02:01 - IV. Menuet #1
[missing] - V. Menuet #2
2:03:54 - VI. Bourrée
2:06:06 - VII. Gigue

[Sameoldfitup]

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?” ― Tennessee

[lintflas]

Emotional, intellectual, spiritual, universal, beautiful Bach.
"The aim and final purpose of all music shall be none other than the glory of God and the wellbeing of man" -- J.S. Bach.

[betzoarr]

In times when I don't know who I am anymore, I come back to my first experiences with music and Johann Sebastian Bach guided me through my whole childhood. It brings such a clarity and melancholic peace to my soul and I instantly feel like all the chaos that life is sometimes is just gone or at least takes an understandable shape. Thank the universe for this, it saved my life a lot of times ❤️

[griiseknoen]

Some 300 years later and we're still listening. 
Still mindblowingly beautiful.

[michaelhunter]

The painting was made by the German painter Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld associated with the Nazarene movement entitled Portrait of Klara Bianka von Quandt with lute, 1820, Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin. It's only fair to give the artist his due.

[johnorosz]

Hopkinson Smith. What an amazing performer!

[voraciousreader]

Every once in awhile, while listening to Bach’s stunning music played by incredible musicians, I give hearty thanks to Felix Mendelssohn’s memory for almost singlehandedly bringing Bach’s glorious music back to life and popularizing it again. It’s hard to believe that Bach was ever considered an old fashioned composer, when we can hear how timeless his music is!

[coelhoigor]

Much credit here has been given to Bach--which is due--but not enough to the lutenist, Hopkinson Smith. What an amazing performer!

[Tranmere]

Just finished a crappy night-shift. Big drink indoors, loud Black Sabbath, food on, listen to this stuff. Beautiful.

[johnkramer]

Always in the neigberhood of the Creater, johan sebastiaan bach.

[The-cyber-imbiber]

My favorite part was when an ad that was twice as loud as the music suddenly started playing midway through a song.

[pepecanas]

One of those rare finds that make you glad to be alive and a part of the human race.

[peterpontius]

Lute man myself. Used to play these off the violin scores. Easier for an amateur like me. These really are the best renditions I have been privileged to hear.

[hkamel]

The most important criterion of human humanity is its taste of Bach music

[tonysukhanov]

“Bach's music is the only argument proving the creation of the Universe cannot be regarded as a complete failure.”  
Emil Cioran