Artist: Toyohiko Satoh
Album: Bach & Weiss: Lute music
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2015
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:08:41
Total Tracks: 15
Total Size: 1,34 GB

Tracklist:

Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750)
1. Ciacona E flat Major 06:24

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (arr. Toyohiko Satoh for lute)
2. Prelude 03:25
3. Allemande 05:42
4. Courante 03:55
5. Sarabande 03:08
6. Menuet I – II 04:09
7. Gigue 02:12

Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750)
8. Ciacona A Major 04:07

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 (arr. Toyohiko Satoh for lute)
9. Prelude 05:19
10. Allemande 05:10
11. Courante 04:29
12. Sarabande 04:16
13. Bouree I – II 05:04
14. Gigue 04:51

Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750)
15. Ciacona G minor 06:31

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The new solo CD of Toyohiko Satoh, the 72 year old Japanese lutenist who is considered my many as one of the most influential lute players of the last century, presents a well-known repertoire of baroque lute music. Mr. Satoh was the first lutenist to record Bach’s lute music on LP in the 70s (Phillips). Now he returns to this music 40 years later, delivering a completely different rendering of these iconic pieces. His playing has been influenced much by his studies of traditional Japanese arts such as tea ceremony, No-theater and Zen meditation. So here we are presented a recording that draws from the deep silence within, from the awareness of everything in the universe being connected, and from the understanding of Bach’s music as a universal, almost superhuman symbol of completeness.