Rating: 5/5
Review:
Hugely enjoyable
I have to say that, against my initial expectations, I think
this is brilliant. It sounds like a joke
- I mean, Bach on the ukulele? Come on! - but it really works.
John King is a genuinely fine musician and a ukulele
virtuoso, so Bach's music is safe in his hands.
He plays a selection of movements from the Cello Suites and the entire E
major Violin Sonata here, and it just sounds great. The musicianship is remarkable; King really
gets Bach, so that rhythmic pulse beats throughout and the lines skip and dance
along beautifully. Just try the Prelude
to BWV1006 and you'll see what I mean, but the slower movements have some real
solidity and meaning to them as well.
This is a different experience from hearing these pieces
played on the cello or the violin. I
don't play this as often as any of my cello or violin versions, and when I do I
confess that I break into a smile rather more often than might be seemly. It is hugely enjoyable, principally because
it is such superb music, genuinely very well played in spite of the apparent
incongruity of the instrument.
Recommended.
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