Cello Bach

Marc Coppey - J.S. Bach: The Six Cello Suites (2003)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at March 7, 2022
Marc Coppey - J.S. Bach: The Six Cello Suites (2003)

Marc Coppey - J.S. Bach: The Six Cello Suites (2003)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 676 MB | 02:13:53
Genre: Classical | Label: æon

Jean Lauxerois begins his notes to Marc Coppey’s recording of J.S. Bach’s Cello Suites by enumerating the many reasons why yet another version of these familiar works “to swell the ever-growing ranks” is superfluous, then explains Coppey’s decision to ignore the arguments as “obedience to a deeper logic, a feeling of necessity”. Lauxerois offers many examples of this “deeper logic”–such as that the Suites somehow correspond to the six days of creation (and on the seventh day God rested…), or that the Suites somehow possess an internal universal code summarizing Leibnitz’s best-of-all-possible-worlds theorem. While it’s impossible to know exactly how obedient Coppey has been to this “deeper logic”, thankfully he delivers an expertly performed set that on purely musical terms renders such rhetorical tripe irrelevant.
Wolfgang Gönnenwein, Consortium musicum, Süddeutscher Madrigalchor - Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1989)

Wolfgang Gönnenwein, Consortium musicum, Süddeutscher Madrigalchor - Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1989)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 919 Mb | Total time: 74:10+73:47+48:36 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI | # CZS 7 62588 2 | Recorded: 1968

Among traditional modern-instrument versions of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Wolfgang Gönnenwein’s 1968 recording has a lot to offer. Not least is the excellent choral singing from top to bottom. The texts are always clear, and the pacing for the chorales is governed by the story’s dramatic unfolding. You can’t help but be hooked by Evangelist Theo Altmeyer’s warm tone and vivid portrayal, complemented by Franz Crass’ sonorous, touching Jesus. What a joy it is to hear Teresa Zylis-Gara, Julia Hamari, and Hermann Prey at the peak of their respective powers. Tenor Nicolai Gedda is heard to better advantage with Gönnenwein than in Otto Klemperer’s recording, where he struggled with that conductor’s craggy tempos. The orchestra plays beautifully, and the engineering does full justice to Bach’s antiphonal interplay.

Sara Sant'Ambrogio - J.S. Bach: Cello Suites 2, 4 & 6 (2011)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at Feb. 15, 2023
Sara Sant'Ambrogio - J.S. Bach: Cello Suites 2, 4 & 6 (2011)

Sara Sant'Ambrogio - J.S. Bach: Cello Suites 2, 4 & 6 (2011)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 73:49 | 389 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Sebastian Records | Catalog: 793573043719

Cellist Sara Sant'Ambrogio says ''Before I knew language, I knew Bach'' referring to her earliest memories of growing up in a house full of classical music. A founding member of the Eroica Trio, with recordings on Angel/EMI Classics, Sant'Ambrogio has been profiled in Strings, Strad, Gramophone, and more. She performs on a Matteo Goffriller cello, Venice, ca. 1715. Sara earned rave reviews for her earlier Bach CD (Cello Suites, 1, 3, & 5), and these recordings are even better.
Markku Luolajan-Mikkola - Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, BWV 1001-1006 (2015) 2CDs

Markku Luolajan-Mikkola - J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, BWV 1001-1006 (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 738 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 368 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical, Baroque | Label: Linn Records | # CKD 548 | Time: 02:38:00

Markku Luolajan-Mikkola has a reputation for excellence and already has two Gramophone Awards. With a fan base to match, Luolajan-Mikkola is at the top of his game. In Luolajan-Mikkola’s Linn debut, he tackles the pinnacle of Bach’s productions for violinists: the Partitas and Sonatas. Luolajan-Mikkola transcribed these works for cello. His goal with this recording has been to encapsulate expression and emotion according to the character of each movement. A historically informed musician, he performs on baroque cello.
David Watkin - Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012 (2015) 2CDs

David Watkin - Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012 (2015) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 620 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 360 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical, Baroque | Label: Resonus Classics | # RES10147 | Time: 02:24:58

GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2015 - BAROQUE INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR. This recording is the first time that the five-stringed Amati has been used to record the 6th suite and it is the only original five-string cello in existence in the UK and unique in being the only one by this maker. The Cello Suites are performed on two gut-string cellos Suite Nos. 1-5 on a Francesco Ruggieri from 1660 and Suite No. 6 the five-stringed Cremona cello by A. & H. Amati from c.1600, both tuned to Baroque pitch. Bachs cello suites are renowned as the pinnacle of the instruments repertoire and are performed here in period performances by the internationally acclaimed cellist, David Watkin. David Watkin has been performing Bachs Cello Suites in concert for 35 years, and Bachs unaccompanied cello repertoire has taken him all over Europe, from the Palace of Frederick the Great at Potsdam to the Prague Spring Festival, and, as part of Sir John Eliot Gardiner's Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, included performances sitting by the font in which Bach was baptised.
Gaetano Simone - J.S. Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWVV 1007-1012 (2022)

Gaetano Simone - J.S. Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWVV 1007-1012 (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 2:27:00 | 562 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: OnClassical

The six Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1012, are suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach. They are some of the most frequently performed solo compositions ever written for cello. Bach most likely composed them during the period 1717–1723, when he served as Kapellmeister in Köthen. The title given on the cover of the Anna Magdalena Bach manuscript was Suites à Violoncello Solo senza Basso (Suites for cello solo without bass).
Giuliano Carmignola - Bach: 6 Suites a Violoncello Solo Senza Basso (2022)

Giuliano Carmignola - Bach: 6 Suites a Violoncello Solo Senza Basso (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks, digital booklet) - 698 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 323 MB
2:18:19 | Classical | Label: Arcana

An eminent interpreter of Vivaldi, Giuliano Carmignola has always had a great affinity with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, as can be heard in his landmark recordings of the Violin Sonatas with Andrea Marcon (2002), the Violin Concertos with Concerto Köln (2014, "Diapason d'or"), and the Sonatas and Partitas (2018), which Gramophone judged to be "a first-rate choice among the recordings of these works on period instruments, despite the competition”.

Tanya Tomkins - J.S. Bach Cello Suites (2011)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at Jan. 4, 2023
Tanya Tomkins - J.S. Bach Cello Suites (2011)

Tanya Tomkins - J.S. Bach Cello Suites (2011)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 710 MB | 02:32:17
Genre: Classical | Label: Avie

Baroque cellist Tanya Tomkins makes an indelible impression with her virtuosic recording of J S Bach’s Cello Suites. Tanya Tomkins, one of the foremost cellists of her generation, makes an indelible impression scaling the pinnacle of the cello repertoire, J S Bach’s Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello. Familiar to record collectors through her appearance on Avie’s release of Kummer’s Cello Duets, and as a member of the Benvenue Fortepiano Trio’s Mendelssohn and Schumann recordings, Tanya is equally at home in an intimate house concert setting or anchoring the cello section of the San Francisco’s Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra.

Sara Sant'Ambrogio - J.S. Bach: Cello Suites 1, 3 & 5 (2009)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at Feb. 15, 2023
Sara Sant'Ambrogio - J.S. Bach: Cello Suites 1, 3 & 5 (2009)

Sara Sant'Ambrogio - J.S. Bach: Cello Suites 1, 3 & 5 (2009)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 74:43 | 421 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Sebastian Records | Catalog: SR01-2

Most of Sara Sant'Ambrogio's recordings have been as cellist with the Eroica Trio, but she takes on the odd numbers of J.S. Bach's Six Suites for unaccompanied cello in this 2009 solo outing, and it's an ambitious undertaking. This album faces comparisons with several great recordings of the suites, and this young cellist likewise faces scrutiny for playing works associated with such names as Casals, Fournier, and Rostropovich, past masters of the instrument.
Joshua Ranz - Johann Sebastian Bach: 3 Cello Suites (Arr. J. Ranz for Bass Clarinet) (2021)

Joshua Ranz - Johann Sebastian Bach: 3 Cello Suites (Arr. J. Ranz for Bass Clarinet) (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 227 Mb | Total time: 69:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Navona | # NV 6340 | Recorded: 2020

THREE CELLO SUITES from clarinetist Joshua Ranz and Navona Records is a truly groundbreaking take on Bach’s legendary works; In this album, for the first time ever, listeners may enjoy three unabridged cello suites by Bach arranged for the bass clarinet. Ranz selected Suites 1, 4, and 2 for this recording because, together, they form a cohesive and dynamic whole. Ranz holds the chair of principal clarinet for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and has played on such blockbuster soundtracks as Toy Story 3 and 4, and Star Wars episodes VII and IX. He can be heard prominently featured in La La Land, Catch Me If You Can, and An American Pickle. Ranz lends a fresh voice to Bach’s profoundly-beautiful music in THREE CELLO SUITES.