Bach: Cello Suites / Dmitry Badiarov

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Ramee
Release Date
October 12, 2010
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, J.S.
    • PERFORMER
      Dmitry Badiarov
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 12, 2010
    • UPC
      4250128510035
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RAM1003
    • LABEL
      Ramee
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    2. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    3. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    4. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    5. V. Menuet I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    6. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    7. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    8. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    9. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    10. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    11. V. Menuet I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    12. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    13. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    14. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    15. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    16. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    17. V. Bourree I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    18. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    19. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    20. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    21. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    22. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    23. V. Bourree I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    24. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    25. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    26. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    27. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    28. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    29. V. Gavotte I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    30. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    31. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    32. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    33. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    34. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    35. V. Gavotte I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov

    36. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Dmitry Badiarov


For which instrument Bach actually wrote his six suites for unaccompanied violoncello? Pictures, writings, and surviving instruments show that early violoncellos were made in different sizes, ranging from the size of a large viola to the modern full-sized violoncello. The modern cello is ordinarily held between the legs like a bass viol. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries this was not the only possible hold, especially not for small instruments. Bach possessed several violoncello piccolos with both four and five strings. These were made by Johann Christian Hoffmann, a contemporary of Bach in Leipzig. Historical evidence suggests that the appropriate type of violoncello for Bach's suites is that made by Hoffmann, and that, when played on the arm ('da spalla') like a violin, the number of unavoidable shifts is no more than average for baroque music. A violin or viola player can rapidly become accustomed to the fingering, which is almost identical to that of the violin. While not a single source mentions that Bach played the violone or viola da gamba, he is known to have been a capable violinist and viola-player. We can suppose that Bach himself had been the first player of these two great cycles of solo compositions. The present recording suggests a fascinating and convincing interpretation of the Six Cello Suites on violoncello da spalla by Dmitry Badiarov, one of the leading figures in the reconstruction of this instrument, and one of its most promising players.