《典範大師套裝系列163》約翰‧威廉士演奏巴哈作品集 / 約翰‧威廉士 (4CD)

約翰‧威廉士John Williams (吉他)
西里托Kenneth Sillito (指揮)
聖馬丁學院管弦樂團Academy of St Martin in the Fields
赫福德Peter Hurford (管風琴)

● 重新定義二十世紀的吉他演奏家─約翰‧威廉士為吉他之演奏立下權威詮釋之典範。
● 7CD收錄約翰‧威廉士演奏巴哈魯特琴組曲全集，以及多首鍵盤作品等改編曲。
● 吉他兼具打擊樂器的斷奏和弦樂器的旋律特質，演奏上和穩定給人流暢平靜的感受。

澳洲吉他大師─約翰‧威廉士是近半世紀來唯一擁有全球知名度的吉他家，這除了與他早年受到上一代吉他大師朱利安‧布林姆（Julian Bream）提攜，兩人合作灌錄的雙吉他錄音創下驚人銷售紀錄有關外，另一個原因則是因為電影《越戰獵鹿人》中之主題曲《短歌Cavatina》乃是由他所演奏，因此有很長一段時間，約翰‧威廉士接受電視台和電台採訪出場音樂皆為這首主題曲，讓人們對其印象深刻以及知名度大增。

約翰‧威廉士1941年生於澳洲墨爾本，七歲跟著父親學習吉他。1952年舉家遷到倫敦，進入西艾納（Siena）音樂院與大師塞戈維亞學習，1954年以頭等獎畢業。1958年於倫敦首度登台，被塞戈維亞稱為「吉他王子」。之後前往到美國發展，與CBS（Sony音樂的前身）簽下專屬合約。經常受邀上英國電視和電台的約翰‧威廉士，不僅有更多元發展的空間，也得以跨出傳統吉他家的限制，尋找為現代吉他拓展演出面向的可能性。因此除了為電影演奏主題曲外，也委託許多現代作曲家創作大型的吉他協奏曲，讓吉他得以有更多曲目供後世演奏和欣賞。

本套4CD收錄約翰‧威廉士演奏巴哈的魯特琴組曲全集錄音，除此之外另有約翰‧威廉士從巴哈其他的鍵盤作品，像是平均律中的前奏曲和賦格曲、聖詠曲、以及小提琴、大提琴無伴奏組曲改編成吉他演奏的改編曲；另外也收錄一首由E大調小提琴協奏曲改編成的吉他協奏曲。巴哈的音樂非常適合在吉他上演奏和聆聽，吉他兼具打擊樂器的斷奏和弦樂器的旋律特質，再加上吉他本身的音量平均沒有極強和極弱的過度對比，因此讓巴哈的音樂在吉他演奏上格外平和穩定，給人流暢平靜的感受。

【收錄曲目】

CD1

1-6. Lute Suite in E Minor, BWV 996 (Arr. J. Williams for Guitar)
7-9. Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-Flat Major, BWV 998
10-14. Lute Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 997

CD2

1-6. Lute Suite in G Minor, BWV 995 (Arr. J. Williams for Guitar)
7-12. Lute Suite No. 4 in E Major, BWV 1006a
13. Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999 (Arr. J. Williams for Guitar)
14. Fugue in G Minor, BWV 1000 (Arr. J. Williams for Guitar)

CD3

1-3. Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042 (Arranged by John Williams for Guitar and Orchestra)
4. Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: III. Andante (Arranged by John Williams for Guitar)
5. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne (Transcribed for Guitar by John Williams)
6-11. Lute Suite No. 4 in E Major, BWV 1004
12. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude (Transcribed for Guitar by John Williams)
13. Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: Bourrée I & II (Transcribed for Guitar by John Williams)
14-16. Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-Flat Major, BWV 998

CD4

1. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: I. Chorale (Transcribed for Guitar and Organ)
2. Fugue in G Major, BWV 577 "Gigue" (Transcribed for Guitar and Organ)
3. Violin Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, BWV 1017: III. Adagio (Transcribed for Guitar and Organ)
4-6. Trio Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 530 (Transcribed for Guitar and Organ)
7. Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971: I. - (Transcribed for Guitar and Organ)
8. Pastorale in F Major, BWV 590: III. Adagio (Transcribed for Guitar and Organ)
9. Trio in G Major, BWV 1027/4a (Transcribed for Guitar and Organ)
10. French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817: I. Allemande (Transcribed for Guitar and Organ)
11. English Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 807: VI. Bourrée II (Transcribed for Guitar and Organ)
12. English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: Gavotte I & II (Transcribed for Guitar and Organ by John Williams)
13. French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: VII. Gigue (Transcribed for Guitar and Organ by John Williams)