The Bach Album: Fahmi Alqhai: Works by Johann Sebastian Bach transcribed for the viola da gamba by F. Alqhai

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Well served by a close, reverberant recording, Alqhai marries a reedy, warmly penetrating tone with finely etched dynamics. His articulations, accentuations and phrasing grow naturally out of... — The Strad, April 2017 More…

Release Date: 13th Jan 2017
Catalogue No: GCDP33205
Label: Glossa
Length: 75 minutes

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Bach, J S: Sonata for solo violin No. 2 in A minor, BWV1003

Work length21:39

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Fahmi Alqhai (viola da gamba)
Recorded: March and April 2016
Recording Venue: Sevilla (Estudios Sputnik), Spain

Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003 (Arr. for Viola da gamba): I. Grave

Track length3:41

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Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003 (Arr. for Viola da gamba): II. Fuga

Track length7:41

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Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003 (Arr. for Viola da gamba): III. Andante

Track length5:44

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Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003 (Arr. for Viola da gamba): IV. Allegro

Track length4:33

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Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV1010

Work length24:05

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Fahmi Alqhai (viola da gamba)
Recorded: March and April 2016
Recording Venue: Sevilla (Estudios Sputnik), Spain

Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010 (Arr. for Viola da gamba): I. Prelude

Track length3:48

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Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010 (Arr. for Viola da gamba): II. Allemande

Track length4:45

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Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010 (Arr. for Viola da gamba): III. Courante

Track length3:04

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Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010 (Arr. for Viola da gamba): IV. Sarabande

Track length4:18

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Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010 (Arr. for Viola da gamba): V. Bourrées I & II

Track length5:31

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Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010 (Arr. for Viola da gamba): VI. Gigue

Track length2:39

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Bach, J S: Flute Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013 (Arr. for Viola da gamba)

Work length15:54

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Fahmi Alqhai (viola da gamba)
Recorded: March and April 2016
Recording Venue: Sevilla (Estudios Sputnik), Spain

Flute Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013 (Arr. for Viola da gamba): I. Allemande

Track length5:10

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Flute Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013 (Arr. for Viola da gamba): II. Corrente

Track length2:30

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Flute Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013 (Arr. for Viola da gamba): III. Sarabande

Track length5:26

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Flute Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013 (Arr. for Viola da gamba): IV. Bourrée anglaise

Track length2:48

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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004

Work length13:43

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Fahmi Alqhai (viola da gamba)
Recorded: March and April 2016
Recording Venue: Sevilla (Estudios Sputnik), Spain

Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 (Arr. for Viola da gamba): V. Ciaccona

Track length13:43

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One of the challenges for a modern-day viola da gamba virtuoso is the need to be constantly searching for (and finding) new and demanding solo repertory with which to demonstrate technical and interpretative prowess - especially given that the supply of this dried up during the course of the Baroque era. One of Fahmi Alqhai’s solutions to this challenge is the more-than-legitimate recourse to transcriptions, and in a tour de force on 'The Bach Album' he presents four such reworkings – all made by himself – of solo instrumental masterpieces by the great composer.

Alqhai has adapted the Second Violin Sonata, the Fourth Cello Suite, and also the Flute Partita. He completes his programme with the astonishing – and inexhaustible – Chaconne from the Second Violin Partita. This final flourish from one of his concert programmes and his recording for this new Glossa release, made in the Estudios Sputnik in Seville, clearly shows how his interpretation has been honed in live performance. That these transcriptions sound as though they could have been written for the viola da gamba is, of course, testament to Bach’s genius. It is, however, also, a reflection of the naturalness and vivid communication that is the hallmark of Fahmi Alqhai’s playing and musical thinking.

Spanish viola da gamba player Fahmi Alqhai is one of that select group of artists who define and shape the world of Glossa. With his ensemble Accademia del Piacere, Alqhai has, for some years now, been turning away from the well-worn pathways in order to explore new possibilities in terms of presentation and interpretation.

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April 2017

Well served by a close, reverberant recording, Alqhai marries a reedy, warmly penetrating tone with finely etched dynamics. His articulations, accentuations and phrasing grow naturally out of the music…he is utterly majestic in the Ciaccona from Violin Partita No. 2, executing its multiple-stopping and arpeggiando bowings with consummate ease and building it gradually to a searing climax.

The Bach Album: Fahmi Alqhai

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