Cellini Consort - Bach: Wo soll ich fliehen hin (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

In earlier times, adaptations and rearrangements of their own works or those of others formed an integral part of the daily lives of musicians and composers. So-called ‘historically informed’ performance practice, which has developed out of a strictly historical perspective on past eras of music, long left this way of treating an existing composition almost totally unexplored. Today, however, it is enjoying a renaissance and is part of a musician’s training. The idea of arranging Bach’s works is a natural one, since the composer himself was an inveterate transcriber. Most of the programme recorded here consists of solo keyboard works rescored for a chamber formation – in other words, the performers have chosen an approach that is the contrary of Bach’s usual practice. A fascination for the timbral possibilities of the viola da gamba trio and a shared passion for Bach’s music prompted the Cellini Consort to create this original and personal programme.

Tracklist:
1. French Suite in G Major, BWV 816: I. Allemande (Transcriptions for Viol Trio)
2. French Suite in G Major, BWV 816: II. Courante (Transcriptions for Viol Trio)
3. French Suite in G Major, BWV 816: III. Sarabande (Transcriptions for Viol Trio)
4. French Suite in G Major, BWV 816: IV. Gavotte (Transcriptions for Viol Trio)
5. French Suite in G Major, BWV 816: V. Gigue (Transcriptions for Viol Trio)
6. Fantasia and Fuge in D Minor BWV 905: I. Andante (Transcriptions for Viol Trio)
7. Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor BWV 905: II. Fuga (Transcriptions for Viol Trio)
8. Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650 (Transcriptions for Viol Trio)
9. Ach Gott und Herr, BWV 692 (Transcriptions for Viol Trio)
10. Italian Concerto, BWV 971: I. Allegro assai (Transcriptions for Viol Trio)
11. Italian Concerto, BWV 971: II. Andante (Transcriptions for Viol Trio)
12. Italian Concerto, BWV 971: III. Presto (Transcriptions for Viol Trio)
13. Trio super Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 660 (Transcriptions for Viol Trio)
14. Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 646 (Transcriptions for Viol Trio)
15. Sonata in D Major, BWV 1028: I. Adagio (Transcriptions for Viol Trio)
16. Sonata in D Major, BWV 1028: II. Allegro (Transcriptions for Viol Trio)
17. Sonata in D Major, BWV 1028: III. Andante (Transcriptions for Viol Trio)
18. Sonata in D Major, BWV 1028: IV. Allegro (Transcriptions for Viol Trio)
19. Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 691 (Transcriptions for Viol Trio)