Irene Kalisvaart - Johann Sebastian Bach & Silvius Leopold Weiss: Baroque Music transcribed for Guitar (2023)

Irene Kalisvaart was awarded the highest prize at the National Competition for Young Guitarists in Amsterdam at the age of 17. She studied with Jorge Oraison in Rotterdam, and continued with Ansgar Krause and Hubert Käppel at the Musikhochschule Köln where she finished her studies with distinction. She then went on to complete the ‘concert exam’ with Hubert Käppel in 2001. In between and thereafter she received numerous scholarships, international prizes and awards. Valuable musical mentors and masterclasses include Darko Petrinjak, Laura Young, Dale Kavanagh, Zoran Dukić, Àlex Garrobé, Pablo Márquez, Marco Socías, Thomas Müller-Pering, Aniello Desiderio and David Russell.

As a soloist Irene Kalisvaart works with renowned orchestras and realises projects as an ensemble musician. She seeks out possibilities for further development on the guitar: with great passion she dedicates herself to new Baroque arrangements for her instrument. Her broad understanding of music leads her through the various epochs to new music. Since 2016 she has been a lecturer and educator at the Rheinische Musikschule Köln. Irene Kalisvaart plays a guitar by Kolya Panhuyzen (1992) with Hannabach Goldin strings.

Tracklist
Lute Sonata in D Minor, WeissSW 11 (Transcr. for Guitar by I. Kalisvaart) (Sylvius Leopold Weiss)
01. I. Fantasia
02. II. Allemande
03. III. Courante
04. IV. Gavotte
05. V. Sarabande
06. VI. Menuet
07. VII. Gigue

Lute Suite in E Minor, BWV 996 (Transcr. for Guitar by I. Kalisvaart) (Johann Sebastian Bach)
08. I. Prélude. Passaggio – Presto
09. II. Allemande
10. III. Courante
11. IV. Sarabande
12. V. Bourrée
13. VI. Gigue

Lute Suite in E Major, BWV 1006a (Transcr. for Guitar by I. Kalisvaart) (Johann Sebastian Bach)
14. I. Prélude
15. II. Loure
16. III. Gavotte en Rondeau
17. IV. Menuett I – Menuett II – Menuett I da capo
18. V. Bourrée
19. VI. Gigue