Bach unaccompanied S&P--mando recordings?

[Flattpicker]

Hi,

please excuse this post if it's redundant--I'm fairly new to MC and I've never posted in the classical section.

I'm tinkering with the Bach G minor unaccompanied violin sonata on my new mandolin and I was wondering if anyone could recommend some recordings of ANY of the Bach unaccompanied sonatas and partitas on mandolin.

I'd also be interested in recordings of any other solo/unaccompanied mandolin arrangements in any style. I'm already familiar with a lot of the work of Evan Marshall and I'm wondering who else does this type of playing.

thanks,
Mike

[John McGann]

I don't know of any complete recording of all the Sonatas and Partitas on mandolin, but there are many great versions in print of violinists playing them-I would strongly suggest using a few of those as a guide to feel and phrasing. It's fun to do the detective work and hear how Heifetz varies from Perlman, etc.

As always, fiddle is the go-to instrument to learn more about mandolin possibilities :mandosmiley:

PS the most famous mando versions (not the Gm though) are Chris T and Mike M- try youtube...

[Margriet]

(I am also quite new on m.c.)

I know an excellent one (of my teacher)
On cd: Sonata nr. 1, BWV 1001: http://www.degrebber-mandolin.com/ There are samples on this website.

You can see and hear him play the Fugue from this, on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqcEszi5acs

Alex Timmerman plays on mandolin as well as on mandocello Prelude BWV 1007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svvM2a3dUMo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-uiz7ZrnYk

Hope it inspires you in playing. As it does me...

Margriet

[Flattpicker]

I thank you both for your input. John, I have many recordings of these on the violin, from the old schoolers (Milstein, etc.) to the more recent (Lucy van Dael, Rachel Podger). I'm also familiar with some guitar transcriptions and have played the G minor sonata myself on guitar, but solo Bach on the mandolin is fairly new to me. I enjoyed Chris T. playing the E major prelude on youtube, and the Mike M. Chaconne was interesting (but horribly "edited").

Margriet, I enjoyed both the mandolin and mandocello links (I much preferred the cello prelude on the mandocello versus the mandolin version--conditioning, I guess).

Once again, thanks for opening the door. This has been illuminating, and, as you said, Margriet, inspiring.

[Mark Levesque]

here's one, I think it is also on Itunes:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/shmuelelbaz