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Bach: Cello Suites
Supraphon

Bach: Cello Suites

$33.99

Details

Composer
BACH, J.S.
Artist
Sasa Vectomov
Format
CD
Label
Supraphon
Released
Mar 27, 2020
Catalog #
SU4275-2
UPC
099925427528

About

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.

Tracklist 36 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Prelude 02:42
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Prelude
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  3. 2 II. Allemande 02:21
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  4. 3 III. Courante 01:33
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  5. 4 IV. Sarabande 01:29
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  6. 5 V. Menuet I-II 02:05
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Menuet I-II
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  7. 6 VI. Gigue 01:09
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Gigue
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  8. 7 I. Prélude 03:39
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Prélude
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  9. 8 II. Allemande 02:01
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  10. 9 III. Courante 01:13
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  11. 10 IV. Sarabande 02:20
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  12. 11 V. Menuet I-II 02:08
    Track
    11
    Title
    V. Menuet I-II
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  13. 12 VI. Gigue 01:43
    Track
    12
    Title
    VI. Gigue
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  14. 13 I. Prélude 03:54
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Prélude
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  15. 14 II. Allemande 01:56
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  16. 15 III. Courante 01:42
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  17. 16 IV. Sarabande 02:22
    Track
    16
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  18. 17 V. Bourree I-II 02:39
    Track
    17
    Title
    V. Bourree I-II
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  19. 18 VI. Gigue 01:39
    Track
    18
    Title
    VI. Gigue
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  20. Disc 2
  21. 1 I. Prelude 06:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Prelude
    Duration
    06:11
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  22. 2 II. Allemande 02:18
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  23. 3 III. Courante 02:11
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  24. 4 IV. Sarabande 02:35
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  25. 5 V. Bourrée I-II 03:53
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Bourrée I-II
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  26. 6 VI. Gigue 01:32
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Gigue
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  27. 7 I. Prelude 07:55
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Prelude
    Duration
    07:55
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  28. 8 II. Allemande 03:55
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  29. 9 III. Courante 01:30
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  30. 10 IV. Sarabande 01:45
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  31. 11 V. Gavotte I-II 03:57
    Track
    11
    Title
    V. Gavotte I-II
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  32. 12 VI. Gigue 01:44
    Track
    12
    Title
    VI. Gigue
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  33. 13 I. Prélude 05:45
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Prélude
    Duration
    05:45
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  34. 14 II. Allemande 05:11
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  35. 15 III. Courante 01:55
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  36. 16 IV. Sarabande 02:33
    Track
    16
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  37. 17 V. Gavotte I-II 03:19
    Track
    17
    Title
    V. Gavotte I-II
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov
  38. 18 VI. Gigue 02:33
    Track
    18
    Title
    VI. Gigue
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Saša Večtomov