Matt Haimovitz - J.S. Bach: The Cello Suites According to Anna Magdalena (2015) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude
02. Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande
03. Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: III. Courante
04. Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande
05. Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: V. Menuet I-II
06. Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue
07. Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: I. Prelude
08. Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: II. Allemande
09. Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: III. Courante
10. Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande
11. Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: V. Menuet I-II
12. Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: VI. Gigue
13. Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: I. Prelude
14. Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: II. Allemande
15. Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: III. Courante
16. Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande
17. Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: V. Bourree I-II
18. Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: VI. Gigue
01. Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: I. Prelude
02. Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: II. Allemande
03. Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: III. Courante
04. Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande
05. Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: V. Bourree I-II
06. Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: VI. Gigue
07. Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: I. Prelude
08. Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: II. Allemande
09. Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: III. Courante
10. Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande
11. Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: V. Gavotte I-II
12. Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: VI. Gigue
13. Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: I. Prelude
14. Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: II. Allemande
15. Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: III. Courante
16. Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande
17. Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: V. Gavotte I-II
18. Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: VI. Gigue



Fresh off the heels of his revelatory period-instrument recording of the complete Beethoven Sonatas and Variations with Christopher O’Riley, Beethoven, Period., Haimovitz releases J.S. Bach: The Cello Suites according to Anna Magdalena on baroque cello and cello piccolo, the five-string instrument for which Bach’s Suite VI was likely intended.

The original manuscript of J.S. Bach’s 6 Suites for Cello Solo has been lost to history. One of our only apostles is a copy made by Anna Magdalena, Bach’s second wife, her handwriting uncanny in its likeness to the composer’s own. Since 1890, when Casals found a published copy in a second-hand music shop and first performed the suites in public 20 years later, the suites have been both Bible and Holy Grail of the solo cello repertoire – each cellist searching for his own way into the heart of this music.Cellist Matt Haimovitz has been closely associated with the Bach suites since the year 2000, when the former child prodigy jump-started the alt-classical revolution by performing the complete cycle in folk clubs and rock venues, including New York’s now-defunct punk palace CBGB’s. That same year, he released a 3-CD set of the Suites that launched the newborn Oxingale Records.

Now, 15 years later, Haimovitz returns to The Cello Suites with a stunning new interpretation, intimately informed by Anna Magdalena’s manuscript and the tools of the time.

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