Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6 / Weilerstein

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Label
PENTATONE
Release Date
April 3, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, J.S.
    • PERFORMER
      Alisa Weilerstein
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 03, 2020
    • UPC
      827949075162
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PTC5186751
    • LABEL
      PENTATONE
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    2. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    3. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    4. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    5. V. Menuet I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    6. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    7. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    8. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    9. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    10. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    11. V. Bourree I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    12. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    13. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    14. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    15. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    16. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    17. V. Gavotte I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    18. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    19. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    20. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    21. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    22. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    23. V. Menuet I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    24. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    25. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    26. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    27. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    28. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    29. V. Bourree I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    30. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    31. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    32. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    33. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    34. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    35. V. Gavotte I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein

    36. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alisa Weilerstein



After her acclaimed PENTATONE debut with Transfigured Night, Alisa Weilerstein returns with a complete recording of Bach’s Cello Suites. These pieces present the highest mountain to climb for any cellist, and one of the most transcendent and rewarding experiences for listeners alike. With his suites, Bach crafted — essentially without direct precedent — a body of solo cello music that forever defined the genre and brought the Baroque cello on par with its more popular cousin, the viola da gamba. Since Pablo Casals put them in the limelight again after 150 years of relative oblivion, Bach’s suites have become the alpha and omega for generations of cellists. To Weilerstein, the joy of this music — vibrant, contemporary, unquestionably alive — is the joy of discovery. Having heard and studied these pieces for years, she now entrusts her interpretation to the listener. Since signing an exclusive contract PENTATONE, Alisa Weilerstein has released Transfigured Night (2018), and featured on Inon Barnatan’s Beethoven Piano Concertos Part 1 as well as Old Souls, an album with music for flute and strings (both released in 2019).



REVIEWS:

Weilerstein’s special qualities? Her resolve to allow each movement of each suite to shine on its own terms. Hers is not an overview systematically imposed but more a way to facilitate the cycle’s immense expressive range piecemeal. Not that the best of her rivals don’t; but with Weilerstein you enjoy the sensation of being escorted through a Baroque dance hall by an all-encompassing commentator with a comprehensive understanding of what she plays.

– Gramophone

Put Weilerstein next to most of her colleagues in these suites (competitors would be the wrong word – Bach doesn’t encourage competition) and she would win for sheer resonance of tone and length of line...There are dozens of recordings of these suites to choose from, but this stands up with the best.

– Guardian (UK)