Edwin Barker – Basso Profundo (2024) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Edwin Barker – Basso Profundo (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:57 minutes | 855 MB | Genre: Classical
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Edwin Barker’s playing is described as “timeless,” “vibrant,” and “compelling,” three descriptors that could not be better suited for his recording of J.S. Bach’s Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 and Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s Sonata Op. 108 for solo double bass. Elegantly capturing Bach’s suite in his arrangement for double bass, Barker navigates the challenging and unwieldy passages of the Prelude’s fugue with the same measured and tolerant musicality innate to the immortal tenderness of the Sarabande. Despite a grand leap in time and place, he inspires equal personality — and often spouts of well-placed capriciousness — in Weinberg’s Sonata, honoring the high technical demands of the work while carving out a unique appreciation for Weinberg’s stylistic traditions. BASSO PROFUNDO is a prime example of a master at work, a recording that will surely inspire another extensive list of descriptors risen in Barker’s praise.

Tracklist:

1-1. Edwin Barker – Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011 (Arr. for Double Bass by Edwin Barker): I. Prélude (06:28)
1-2. Edwin Barker – Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011 (Arr. for Double Bass by Edwin Barker): II. Allemande (05:19)
1-3. Edwin Barker – Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011 (Arr. for Double Bass by Edwin Barker): III. Courante (02:16)
1-4. Edwin Barker – Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011 (Arr. for Double Bass by Edwin Barker): IV. Sarabande (03:25)
1-5. Edwin Barker – Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011 (Arr. for Double Bass by Edwin Barker): V. Gavotte I – VI. Gavotte II (05:21)
1-6. Edwin Barker – Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011 (Arr. for Double Bass by Edwin Barker): VII. Gigue (02:36)
1-7. Edwin Barker – Double Bass Sonata, Op. 108: I. Adagio (04:05)
1-8. Edwin Barker – Double Bass Sonata, Op. 108: II. Allegretto (03:01)
1-9. Edwin Barker – Double Bass Sonata, Op. 108: III. Moderato (02:40)
1-10. Edwin Barker – Double Bass Sonata, Op. 108: IV. Allegretto (01:27)
1-11. Edwin Barker – Double Bass Sonata, Op. 108: V. Lento (03:55)
1-12. Edwin Barker – Double Bass Sonata, Op. 108: VI. Allegro molto (05:18)

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