Bach: Suites For Violoncello Solo / Anner Bylsma

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Label
Sony Masterworks
Release Date
November 23, 2011
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      Bach J.S., Bylsma
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 23, 2011
    • UPC
      074644804720
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SONY 48047
    • LABEL
      Sony Masterworks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    2. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    3. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    4. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    5. V. Menuet I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    6. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    7. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    8. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    9. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    10. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    11. V. Menuet I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    12. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    13. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    14. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    15. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    16. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    17. V. Bourree I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    18. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    19. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    20. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    21. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    22. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    23. V. Bourree I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    24. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    25. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    26. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    27. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    28. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    29. V. Gavotte I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    30. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    31. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    32. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    33. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    34. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    35. V. Gavotte I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma

    36. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Anner Bylsma


It is thought that Bach’s Suites for solo cello were written between 1717 and 1723, at about the same time as his works for solo violin, but no original manuscript remains. The cello suites are less flamboyant than the violin works, so present the greater challenge in communication; like Shakespeare’s texts, understanding depends on the subtlest of phrasing, rhythm and intonation.

The Dutch baroque cellist Anner Bylsma brings to this new set (he recorded the suites 11 years ago for RCA Seyon) a remarkable range of expression – vigorous, playful, impetuous and elegant, with extraordinarily fine articulation and elasticity of phrasing within the framework of each movement. Bylsma here records on one of Stradivarius’ great cellos, the ‘Servis’ dating from 1701, which is an extremely rare example of the ‘bassetti’, a large instrument 3 cm longer than the modern cello. For this recording, he uses a plain gut A string, with the three lower strings metal-overspun, which gives a particularly full, muscular sound, unusual for a baroque instrument.

-- Annette Morreau, BBC Music Magazine