6 Suites for Cello Solo

6 Suites for Cello Solo

On this CD:

1. Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Matt Haimovitz

2. Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Matt Haimovitz

3. Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Matt Haimovitz

4. Suite for solo cello No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Matt Haimovitz

5. Suite for solo cello No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Matt Haimovitz

6. Suite for solo cello No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Matt Haimovitz

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Haimovitz has been taking the beloved solo cello suites of Bach out of the concert hall, performing them in intimate venues and music clubs across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and soon Europe. The tour which has sold-out nearly every performance has been profiled on National Public Radio’s ‘Performance Today’ and PRI’s ‘The World,’ as well as in the New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, the LA Times, the Boston Globe, the Seattle Times, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Among the reviews, LA Times critic Mark Swed writes, "In these experiments, Haimovitz has, indeed, recaptured the freshness in music making. There is nothing like the intimacy of hearing great music in a close, casual environment, and Monday night the cellist seemed to absorb as much energy from the crowd as we did from him." Philadelphia Enquirer critic David Patrick Stearns remarks, "If playing Bach in the Old City folk club the Tin Angel was an experiment, cellist Matt Haimovitz succeeded Monday in! ways that say as much about the needs of the music-loving public as his extraordinary talent."

Haimovitz has been honored with the Avery Fisher Career Grant (1986), and was the first cellist ever to receive the prestigious Premio Internazionale "Accademia Musicale Chigiana" (1999). Of six acclaimed recordings on the Deutsche Grammophon label, his Suites and Sonatas for Solo Cello was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque (1991) and le Diapason d'Or (1991). Haimovitz’s recording, J.S. Bach: 6 Suites for Cello Solo has been a TOP PICK in U.S. News and World Report and featured in Billboard, Gramophone, The New Criterion, and others. Also on Oxingale, an album entitled "Lemons Descending" of music for soprano and cello originated as a limited edition fine-art book and recording that can be found in some of the finest special collections in the U.S., including the Library of Congress, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Brown Universities and many others. His most recent release, "The Rose Album" with pianist Itamar Golan, a reminiscence through musical association of his teacher, the legendary American cellist Leonard Rose, features the music of Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Paganini, Stern, and Popper. Upcoming releases include an Oxingale album devoted to solo cello works by living American composers, a live recording of Haydn and Mozart Cello Concerti with the Orchestre de Bretagne conducted by Stefan Sanderling, and a recording of Tod Machover’s "Hyperstring Trilogy.

Album Description
OXINGALE RECORDS' debut release has been honored with a nomination from the AFIM for the INDIE AWARD for BEST SOLO CLASSICAL RECORDING OF 2001. On November 17, 2001 the album was the winner of a Just Plain Folks Award for BEST SOLO CLASSICAL RECORDING of 2001.

Featured in Billboard, and a TOP PICK in U. S. News and World Report, MATT HAIMOVITZ's J. S. Bach: 6 Suites for Cello Solo, complete on three compact discs, is the latest recording from this internationally acclaimed artist. The set is accompanied by a 24-page booklet featuring musical commentary on each suite and 15 black and white photographs.

Matt Haimovitz' 6 Suites for Cello Solo by J. S. Bach was recorded in the Plainfield Congregational Church in Plainfield, Mass. In his program note Haimovitz writes: "the 250th anniversary of Bach's death on July 28th, 2000 inspired the schedule of the recording sessions - July 10 to 13 and August 6 to 7 of that year. I found the sanctuary of Plainfield's historic hilltown church to be an ideal ambiance that both nurtured the ‘cello's natural tone and allowed space for the sound to be sculpted." The recording was produced by Luna Pearl Woolf, who, as a composer herself, brought her insight into the compositional process to the production. Engineering was provided by Mark Thayer, whose 20 years of experience recording classical, jazz and acoustic folk music brings a warmth and intimacy to the final sound. The album was mastered by David Glasser, who has mastered 45 Grammy-nominated records and received a Grammy for mastering and restoration of the critically acclaimed "Anthology of American Folk Music."

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