Bach Sarabande BWV 995 - Torres model guitar

The Sarabande from the suite for lute BWV 995/suite for cello no. 5, one of the most intensely abstract things you can play on a guitar - in many people's view.
It is performed on a Torres model guitar by Simon Ambridge. This guitar is closely based on the SE 111 guitar made in 1887, and is of spruce and birds eye maple. Tarrega's last Torres was SE 114. Please visit Simon's website for more information; thanks to Simon for lending me this instrument!
Working on the Tarrega recordings it occurred to me that it would be interesting to hear the instrument without all the well known historical Tarrega-Torres associations. This piece seemed an interesting contrast...
Reverb information; Altiverb 6 setting Iglesia de San Miguel, Cuenca, Spain. 20%.

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• BWV
• cello
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• Stephen
• Kenyon

[matteoguitarra]

Hi Stephen, listened again to this and the Tarrega and have to say beautiful, subtle playing, great concentration and really well presented. Also you voice the bottom part an octave higher than transcriptions I've seen could you enlighten me?

[JacarandaMusic]

@matteoguitarra hello and thanks for the kind words :-) ... the bass part is there because its so in the Chanterelle Baroque Book transcription I used. Didn't want to do anything too strenuous because the decision to do the Bach was rather last minute, in other words, what you see there is almost sightreading. I used to play a different version within the whole suite...

[drschollstudent]

thank you brother. continue inshallah

[fjordking]

very nice

[forgacsa1]

beautiful!

[frwyguy]

Stunning! Awesome tone.....

[LearnClassicalGuitar]

Excellent, clean playing. Congratulations!

[pbanders]

Excellent, thank you so much.

[bbilltthompson]

Absolutely beautiful.