J.S. Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 5 & 6

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Release Date
October 18, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johann Sebastian Bach
    • PERFORMER
      Sonia Wieder-Atherton
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 18, 2024
    • UPC
      3701624510766
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1076
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    2. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    3. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    4. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    5. V. Gavotte I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    6. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    7. I. Prélude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    8. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    9. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    10. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    11. V. Gavotte I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    12. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Sonia Wieder-Atherton


For me, whenever I play the Bach suites, all of a sudden I find myself visualising Giacometti's hands incessantly moulding the earthen clay until a face appears. Getting to grips with the Bach suites is very closely related to that sense. You have to dig deeply into the string to give birth to the phrase, to make sure it breathes correctly: a phrase that is perpetually becoming, endlessly making and remaking itself. I waited a long time before recording these suites. Then one day, or rather one night, I began. Then there was my meeting with Sarah Moon. When I first felt my longing to record the Bach suites, I dreamt constantly of her images; because whenever I look at them I think of the creation of the world, the separation of the waters, the earth appearing, all before the beginning of history. Sonia Wieder-Atherton