Louis Drouet (1792-1873), much admired virtuoso flautist, composer, musical director and opera director, was 'a flautist of truly European standing and sphere of influence'. His method still forms part of today's standard teaching repertoire. The 'Little Sonatas' published here for the first time as a separate new edition constitute the final part of Part 3 of his method. In accordance with the remarks of Drouet who had two different performance versions in mind, the sonatas are available in two instrumentations: for two flutes and for flute and piano. The piano accompaniment, with its figured bass realized by Gottfried Bach, has been turned into a harmonic accompaniment.

The organ sonatas, BWV 525?530 by Johann Sebastian Bach are a collection of six sonatas in trio sonata form. Each of the sonatas has three movements, with three independent parts in the two manuals and obbligato pedal. The collection was put together in Leipzig in the late 1720s and contained reworkings of prior compositions by Bach from earlier cantatas, organ works and chamber music as well as some newly composed movements. The sixth sonata, BWV 530, is the only one for which all three movements were specially composed for the collection. When played on an organ, the second manual part is often played an octave lower on the keyboard with appropriate registration. Commentators have suggested that the collection might partly have been intended for private study to perfect organ technique, some pointing out that its compass allows it to be played on a pedal clavichord.

The collection of sonatas is generally regarded as one of Bach's masterpieces for organ. The sonatas are also considered to be amongst his most difficult compositions for the instrument.

Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonatine 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit' from cantate BWV 106 (Actus Tragicus).
Arrangment / transcription for piano by Jaap Eilander

This solo piano arrangement was based on Víkingur Ólafsson four-hand piano version of the recording. It is very close to the original four-hand recording, but here we present you with a possibility for you to play this beautiful Bach sonata alone, according to the interpretation of Ólafsson, originally recorded as a piano duet with four hands.

https://youtu.be/cZHSSERqERg

ISBN 9780193549760.

This is a beautiful transcription of the G-minor Siciliano from the Sonata for Flute and Continuo in Eb major (BWV 1031), with the left-hand part is Bachs continuo righthand line placed in the left-hand part. Originally published in Bach Transcriptions for Organ.