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2010
Johann Sebestian BACH
SIX SUITES
FOR UNACCOMPANIED CELLO,
on 4 different cellos

This unique recording of all six of J.S. Bach’s Cello Suites sets side by side the different sounds of historic and new instruments and compares their strengths and weaknesses.

Bach’s Cello Suites have been recorded on modern instruments, baroque cellos and even on guitar, viola da gamba, saxophone and marimba, but never before has one musician assembled a recording that showcases these suites using four very different cellos.

Five of the six suites in this recording are played on three cellos:

• a contemporary but antique cello built ca. 1870 in Mirecourt, France, for the 1st and 4th suites
• a baroque cello, much like a cello that would have been used in Bach’s time for the 2nd and 5th suites
• a hyper-modern carbon fibre cello for the 3rd suite
• The 6th suite is played on a custom built 5 string violoncello piccolo, another baroque instrument, arguably much like it might have been played in Bach’s time.

To give the listener the opportunity to compare the instruments, the 5th suite is played three times: on the Baroque cello within the sequence of suites, and again on the Mirecourt cello and on the Carbon Fibre cello on the fourth CD.