tracks

Suite No. 1 In G Major
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Menuet I - Menuet II
Gigue
Suite No. 2 In D Minor
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Menuet I - Menuet II
Gigue
Prélude (Alternate Ending I)
Prélude (Alternate Ending II)
Suite No. 3 In C Major
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bourrée I - Bourrée II
Gigue
Suite No. 4 In E-Flat Major
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bourrée I - Bourrée II
Gigue
Suite No. 5 In C Minor
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gavotte I - Gavotte II
Gigue
Suite No. 6 In D Major
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gavotte I - Gavotte II
Gigue

notes

Recorded on May 22/31, August 16/30, November 25, 2009 and January 10, 2010. Recorded at Rose Recital Hall in the Fisher-Bennett Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Label's description: BACH CELLO SUITES is a two-disc release from native Romanian cellist Ovidiu Marinescu featuring Johann Sebastian Bach's 6 Suites for Violoncello Solo. Representing the pinnacle of solo cello repertory, the suites on this disc were composed in 1721/22 in Cöthen, Germany. Bach's cello suites follow the trend that developed in mid-18th century German-speaking countries, in which a suite consisted of four stylized dances: the allemande, courante, sarabande and gigue. Bach opens each suite with a Prelude and adds a pair of elegant dances between the sarabande and the gigue. The suites have a certain poetic rhetoric - including accentuation, symmetry, and repetition - that is pure logic and elegance. To Marinescu, Bach's music is similar to the rhythms and sounds of the ancient Greek or Roman dramas, akin to Shakespearian rhetoric. The cello suites also have logic and architecture, order and proportion.

The enhanced 2-CD package also includes a downloadable edition of the music with bowings and fingerings based on four handwritten manuscripts and the first published edition of 1824.

(from https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv5840/)

credits

Cello – Ovidiu Marinescu
Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach

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