ExclusiveBach: Partita no. 2, BWV 826 - IV. Sarabande

【Classical music and nature 古典音樂小站】Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita no. 2, BWV 826 - IV. Sarabande. This beautiful piece was played by Ivan Ilic. It has Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0 DEED, Attribution 3.0 Unported) and is provided through www.musopen.org.

The sarabande is in reality a “Sarabande Double”: a more transparent, ornamented version of the familiar, straightforward dance of the same name (Bach actually uses the term Sarabande Simple in one of his earlier suites, to distinguish the original from this kind of movement, when both are present within the same work). This kind of paraphrase of a more traditional dance movement occurs frequently throughout the Partitas, illustrating the idea of “variation” upon a basic idea or theme, and underscoring the meaning of the collection’s title. InEnglish Suites 2 & 3, following the sarabandes proper, Bach provided extra written-out versions, each with French agrèments, or ornaments; in the case of no. 2, just the treble line. The player was clearly expected to adapt the bass accordingly (and perhaps play the ornamented versions as the repeats to the main sarabande). Here, and elsewhere among the Partitas, Bach assumes that the player already knows the basic format and character of the dance by omitting it entirely and supplying a varied substitute in its place, either more or, perhaps, less elaborate than the absent original. Source: emmanuelmusic.org

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