Alon Sariel, Francesca Benetti - Plucked Bach II (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Mandolinist Alon Sariel continues his series of Bach transcriptions with Plucked Bach II. On his first Plucked Bach album (jpc 10925407), Sariel played the cello suites on a variety of plucked instruments. In this new recording, however, he plays works for lute, organ and violin - all on "only" two types of mandolin. With a distinctive and groundbreaking interpretation of his own transcriptions and arrangements, Sariel succeeds in breathing new life into some very familiar works by Johann Sebastian Bach. The iconoclastic Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565) for the organ takes on a contemplative and intimate character on the mandolin. Excerpts from the Lute Suite (BWV 998) and the Violin Partita No. 3 in E major (BWV 1006) are painted in a completely new color palette. In Bach's Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor (BWV 1003), Alon Sariel demonstrates the incredible suitability of the mandolin for Bach's music. And as an encore, you will hear his interpretation of Ysaÿe's dazzling Obsession.

Alon Sariel is one of today's most versatile performers, known as a multi-instrumentalist in the field of plucked strings and with a growing reputation as a fascinating Bach interpreter.

TRACKLIST

1 I. Toccata
2 II. Fugue
3 I. Grave
4 II. Fuga
5 III. Andante
6 IV. Allegro
7 Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 (excerpts): I. Preludio (Arr. For Mandolin by Alon Sariel)
8 Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-Flat Major, BWV 998 (excerpts) [Arr. For Mandolin by Alon Sariel]: I. Prelude
9 Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-Flat Major, BWV 998 (excerpts) [Arr. For Mandolin by Alon Sariel]: III. Allegro
10 Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 27 No. 2: I. Obsession (Arr. For Mandolin by Alon Sariel)