Ut Orpheus Edition

6 Sonatas for Viol by Carl Friedrich Abel Contents: Sonata I in d minor Sonata II in D Major Sonata III in A Major Sonata IV in D Major Sonata V in D Major Sonata VI in D Major Appendix

Op. IV No. 6

London, ca. 1770

Various Cadenzas and Passaggi for Theorbo from the Modena manuscript G 239 by an anonymous 17th century composer. Review written by Lynda Sayce for The Lute 1996 Vol. XXXVI : This is an edition of the so-called 'Modena tiorba manuscript' which has been the subject of a two articles by Mirco Caffagni (in Italian, in Quadrivium IX, fasc. 1 (1970), and in English, in Journal of the Lute Society of America XII (1979). The manuscript contains songs for solo voice and continuo, not included in this edition, and a section of bass progressions realized in tablature for theorbo in A. The latter are of considerable interest, partly because of their rarity, (the only comparable source surfaced recently in New York) but largely because they are extremely florid yet idiomatic examples of continuo realization. Bagnati's edition include a detailed introduction with a description of the manuscript and its contents, in Italian only. He recounts Caffagni's hypothesis from the aforementioned articles, that the manuscript was written out by Pietro Bertacchini, a Modenese collector, singer, and player of theorbo and archlute, and that the continuo exercises date from c.1670. Then follows the critical commentary, and a facsimile page. The exercises range from two-bar cadential realizations to quite extended pas-sages which include many typical bass-line progressions, and vary in difficulty from basic chords to elaborate cadences with slurs, campanellas and running bass divisions. The edition itself include the bass part, tablature (Italian) and a two-stave transcription. All are accurately and clearly laid out, the editorial decisions are sensible (and are tabulated in the commentary anyway) and the transcription not only opens up the edition to players of other instruments, but clearly reveals the voice leadings and inversions for the benefit of theorbists too. Bagnati retains the original order, where the progressions are roughly grouped by key. There are a few awkward page turns, and both the font and spacing of the tablature could be rather more friendly to the eye, but these are tiny quibbles, and a book of this type should in any case be studied in detail and committed to memory. A must for anyone interested in continuo playing, whether you have a theorbo or not.

UOESDS24 Selected Works in the French Style by Johann Sebastian Bach transcribed for Archlute by Paolo Cherici. Contents: Ouverture in F Major BWV 820 Suite in F Major BWV 821 Ouverture in c minor BWV 822 Suite in c minor BWV 823 Suite in C Major BWV 832 Capriccio in F Major BWV 992

Bach's Complete Cello Suites (BWV 1007-1012) arranged for Archlute by Paolo Cherici. This edition is in tablature and modern notation.

Bach's Complete Works for Lute (BWV 995-1000, 1006a) arranged for Archlute by Cherici.

UOEHS99 Bach's Partita No. 2 (BWV 1004) arranged for Solo Viol by Carlo Denti.

Prelude BWV 999 - Fugue BWV 1000 for Baroque Lute by Johann Sebastian Bach.

UOESDS8 Prelude, Fugue and Allegro (BWV 998) for Baroque Lute by Johann Sebastian Bach.

UOESDS23 Selected Works in the Italian Style by Johann Sebastian Bach transcribed for Archlute by Paolo Cherici. Contents: BWV 989 BWV 1021 BWV 1023 BWV 1033 BWV 1034 BWV 1035

UOESDS3 Suite (BWV 996) for Baroque Lute by Johann Sebastian Bach

Suite (BWV 997) by Johann Sebastian Bach edited for 13-course Baroque Lute and notated in French tablature. Volume 3 of J.S. Bach’s Complete Works for Lute edited by Hopkinson Smith. These volumes have been edited with playability in mind, using standard d minor tuning without the need for scordatura tunings and modifications to the instrument.

UOESDS5 Suite (BWV 1006a) for Baroque Lute by Johann Sebastian Bach.

UOESDS2 Suite (BWV 995) for Baroque Lute by Johann Sebastian Bach.

A transcription of the sixth brandenburg concerto BWV1051 for two harpsichords by Kenneth Gilbert.

Preludio, Fuga and Allegro BWV 998

BWV 814

BWV 815

BWV 816