Johann Sebastian Bach: Cellosuiten BWV 1007-1012 (2 CDs)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Steven Isserlis

2 CDs

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Artists:: Steven Isserlis, Cello
Label:: Hyperion
Year of recording ca.:: 2005/06
UPC/EAN:: 0034571300016
Release date:: 22.10.2010

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This recording represents a major milestone for a performer at the zenith of his career—described recently in The Independent as ‘the stuff of legend’. Steven Isserlis’s award-winning discography spans his diverse interests in repertoire and his musicological enthusiasm, as well as demonstrating his supreme artistry and uniquely beautiful sound, and his first recording of the complete Bach cello suites is an indelibly important addition to the set.

Steven writes that ‘the Bach suites are works of such total perfection, such sublimity, that it is well-nigh impossible to feel ready for them’. He has proved more than adequate to the task and this release is a triumphant conclusion to an artistic pilgrimage.

Steven’s eloquent booklet notes reveal his personal thoughts about the suites, as well as extensive academic research. His is an interpretation that has come from his passionate involvement in the music rather than from following the various theories that abound in Bach scholarship, and he discusses it fully in an article which is a perfect complement to this wonderful release.

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,,Some of the best Bach playing I've heard since Casals" (Rob Cowan, BBC Radio 3)

,,Thoughtful, respectful, inspirational playing, a perfectly-placed recording, stimulating notes…this is a fine achievement" (Andrew MacGregor, BBC Radio 3)

,,A beautiful, absorbing, must-have set of performances, with some delightful little add-ons, notably Sally Beamish's exquisite arrangement of a Catalan folk song, included by Isserlis as a homage to Pablo Casals. This will be a record of the year" (The Herald)

,,Isserlis has done the impossible. He has given the listener something new, and indeed something outstandingly good … This recording can sit proudly on the shelf alongside the great recordings of Casals and Rostropovich. In fact, I may find myself picking it up as the favourite" (BBC Online)