I recently started transferring some old DAT tapes in my archives to disk and was surprised to find two recordings of two movements from Bach’s first lute suite in one of the tapes.

I have no recollection of having recorded them, but from the note on the tape, they were recorded in the summer of 1992.

That was when I first started doing test recordings for my Bach CD.

But why two movements from the first lute suite?

My original intention was to include the first lute suite on my Bach CD but I decided I needed something in a major key so I eventually replaced it with BWV 998. These early recordings were done before the change of plans.

I thought the gigue sounded quite good for an early test run so here it is. The sound is the sound of Wolfe Recital Hall with no added reverb.

Tags: BWV996, First Lute Suite, gigue, Lute suite

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