Bach: Cello Suites

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Supraphon
Release Date
March 27, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, J.S.
    • PERFORMER
      Sasa Vectomov
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 27, 2020
    • UPC
      099925427528
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SU4275-2
    • LABEL
      Supraphon
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    2. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    3. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    4. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    5. V. Menuet I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    6. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    7. I. Prélude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    8. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    9. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    10. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    11. V. Menuet I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    12. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    13. I. Prélude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    14. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    15. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    16. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    17. V. Bourree I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    18. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    19. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    20. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    21. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    22. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    23. V. Bourrée I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    24. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    25. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    26. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    27. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    28. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    29. V. Gavotte I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    30. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    31. I. Prélude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    32. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    33. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    34. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    35. V. Gavotte I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov

    36. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Saša Večtomov


Bach could hardly have imagined how popular his cycle of Six Suites for Cello Solo would become nearly 300 years after he finished writing them in Cöthen. There are more than 200 existing historical and contemporary recordings of "informed" and "modern" interpretations - that tells it all. The music makes extraordinary demands on players' technical and interpretive ability and their overall comprehension. In the suites, Bach managed to create music that is highly innovative (it is worth noting that the cello was still developing at the time), and yet he retained his stylistic purity and comprehensibility. While these are formally dance suites, the architecture of some of them is more like that of a cathedral, in part thanks to the wealth of contrapuntal writing. They are a great challenge for everyone who has mastered the cello, Saša Vectomov included. His first teacher was his father (he studied in Paris with Piatigorsky and Fournier and with Casals's assistant Alexanian). The playing of the young Vectomov was then strongly influenced by Rostropovich's teacher Semyon Kozolupov at the Moscow Conservatoire and by André Navarra in Italy. Besides his solo career, he also excelled at playing chamber music (Czech Trio, City of Prague Quartet) and was an equally wonderful teacher. For the recording of the Bach suites that he made in Prague at the Rudolfinum in the summer of 1984, he prepared himself for several years. In 1980, for example, he played the whole cycle from memory at a single concert. His recording can be characterized as having unmistakable beauty of tone, perfect intonation, and brilliant technique, but above all it is the deep comprehension of the "text" and the immediacy of the musicianship that make this recording something timeless and exceptional. Bach - Cello Suites: timeless music on a timeless recording.