Which "famous sarabande" is played here?

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I'm relatively new to classical music. The last piece I "worked on" was a Bach sarabande (BWV1008).

Anyways, I've just stumbled upon a web-page for a DVD called "Seven Easy Pieces for Classical Guitar":

http://www.amazon.com/DVD-Classical-Guitar-Seven-Easy-Pieces/dp/B0001WANWM

And it says there, "Johann Sebastian Bach’s famous Sarabande is an intriguingly lovely baroque piece". Which sarabande are they talking about? I gather Bach has several sarabandes. So which is the "famous" one?

Nemesis · Accepted Answer

On balance of probability, I'd say that will probably be the Sarabande from the Suite/Partita for Lute BWV 997:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBexMBWCo9E

If transcribed from suites or partitas for other instruments, the sky's almost the limit, given the number of sarabandes that could amount to. When I tested this hypothesis, BWV997 was the one that returned more often exponentially -- that's in the end what the phrase 'the famous' only amounts to, after all. :-)

FWIW

All the best,

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