Bach: Suites for Cello
Track Listings
Disc: 1
| 1. Ste No.1 in G, BWV 1007: I. Prld | ||
| 2. Ste No.1 in G, BWV 1007: II. Allemande | ||
| 3. Ste No.1 in G, BWV 1007: III. Courante | ||
| 4. Ste No.1 in G, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande | ||
| 5. Ste No.1 in G, BWV 1007: V. Minuet I - Minuet II - Minuet I | ||
| 6. Ste No.1 in G, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue | ||
| 7. Ste No.4 in E flat, BWV 1010: I. Prld | ||
| 8. Ste No.4 in E flat, BWV 1010: II. Allemande | ||
| 9. Ste No.4 in E flat, BWV 1010: III. Courante | ||
| 10. Ste No.4 in E flat, BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande |
| 1. Ste No.2 in d, BWV 1008: I. Prld | ||
| 2. Ste No.2 in d, BWV 1008: II. Allemande | ||
| 3. Ste No.2 in d, BWV 1008: III. Courante | ||
| 4. Ste No.2 in d, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande | ||
| 5. Ste No.2 in d, BWV 1008: V. Minuet I - Minuet II - Minuet I | ||
| 6. Ste No.2 in d, BWV 1008: VI. Gigue | ||
| 7. Ste No.3 in C, BWV 1009: I. Prld | ||
| 8. Ste No.3 in C, BWV 1009: II. Allemande | ||
| 9. Ste No.3 in C, BWV 1009: III. Courante | ||
| 10. Ste No.3 in C, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande |
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
This is a welcome reissue of the Dutch cellist Jaap ter Linden's 1996 recording, made using two different period instruments: a standard four-string cello crafted between 1725 and 1730 by Carlo Bergonzi (Suites Nos. 1 through 5), and a five-string instrument built by Antonius and Hieronymus Amati and dating from around 1600 (Suite No. 6). Ter Linden's playing is disciplined and informed, but in no sense dry. Indeed, his accounts sound almost improvisatory; without ever losing touch with the dance rhythms at the heart of the music, they seem quite freely phrased and rhapsodic in feeling. The cellist, while sparing in his use of vibrato, employs it very effectively as a way of giving lyrical profile to the line. And ter Linden is well served by both of his instruments. The tone of the Bergonzi cello is powerful but not too gruff at the bottom, a touch shallow in the middle, and gamba-like at the top, while that of the Amati is sweet and plangent, giving the D major suite an exquisitely bright sound. The recording is superbly engineered, and so revealing that we hear plenty of huffing and puffing as ter Linden negotiates the toughest passages in these supremely challenging pieces. --Ted Libbey
Bach: Suites for Cello, Music, Johann Sebastian Bach, Cello Solo, Chamber, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Music
Music Info:
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