Derek Gripper - Lost Time: Bach Cello Suite No. 1 (2023) [Hi-Res]

This record was made in Cape Town in a single take, a non-stop performance of the six dances of the first cello suite by J.S.Bach, while listening closely to Guy Buttery's tanpura which he recorded on his farm in the Midlands of Kwazulu Natal. The tanpura is the big stringed drone instrument used as the backdrop of Indian classical performance. I have used Guy's multitracked recording of a few different sizes of tanpura for a few years now, to play Bach at home. I have long felt that Bach's solo violin and cello music is monophonic. Which means it is played from a single tonal centre...ie can be heard against a drone. It may explore different regions of that original tone, like a classical Indian musician would explore the raag in the introductory alap of a classical performance, but the return is always straight back home. AUM. This recording is the closest I have come to showing this to people in musical form. Arguments are odious. Music tells all.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Derek Gripper - Prologue (To The 1st Cello Suite) (3:47)
1.02 - Derek Gripper - Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude (Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper) (2:47)
1.03 - Derek Gripper - Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: II, Allemande (Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper) (1:58)
1.04 - Derek Gripper - Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: III. Courante (Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper) (1:41)
1.05 - Derek Gripper - Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande (Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper) (0:56)
1.06 - Derek Gripper - Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: V. Menuetts I & II (Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper) (1:42)
1.07 - Derek Gripper - Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue (Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper) (0:52)
1.08 - Derek Gripper - Epilogue (To The 1st Cello Suite) (0:59)