Lovers of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and the guitar should check out Italian guitarist Alex Masi's In The Name Of Bach. Forget enjoying Bach's pieces only on violin or keyboard, this CD is all guitar. Masi performs the majority of the 15 pieces on Manne Semiacoustica guitars (acoustic), but four of the pieces feature Masi blazing through prestos, toccatas and fugues on Rostrum electric guitars. One selection, "Presto From Violin Sonata #1 in G Minor BWV 1001" is an all electric guitar solo piece which Masi gives the metal edge to with an overdriven sound. Bach's unforgettable "Toccata And Fugue In D Minor BWV 565" is rendered with both electric and acoustic guitars, and Masi conveys the power and brilliance of the piece with his arrangement. No bass, no drums -- In The Name Of Bach is Masi's all guitar tribute to these masterworks.
| Track | Song | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tocatta And Fugue In D Minor BWV 565 | 9:31 |
| 2 | Prelude In G Major From Well Tempered Clavier BWV 870 | 0:57 |
| 3 | Allemande From French Suite In D Minor BWV 812 | 3:34 |
| 4 | Toccata In E Minor BWV 565 | 8:00 |
| 5 | Presto From Violin Sonata #1 In G Minor BWV 1001 | 2:37 |
| 6 | Fugue In E Major From Well Tempered Clavier BWV 893 | 4:38 |
| 7 | Contrapunctus #9 Alla Duodecima From Art Of Fugue BWV1080 | 2:17 |
| 8 | Siciliano in C Minor From Sonatas For Violin & Harpsichord BWV 101 | 3:56 |
| 9 | Courante From English Suite In A Minor BWV 807 | 2:20 |
| 10 | Invention F Major BWV 779 | 0:51 |
| 11 | Allemande From Violin Partita #2 In D Minor BWV 1004 | 2:21 |
| 12 | Courante In E Minor BWV 996 | 2:51 |
| 13 | Chromatic Fantasia BWV 903 | 6:56 |
| 14 | Fugue BWV 903 | 4:14 |
| 15 | Presto From Violin Sonata #1 In G Minor BWV 1001 (Acoustic Version) | 2:47 |
