Recorded march 2007 in the eglise saintcyriak, sulzburg. Bach, jeanguihen queyras bach, jeanguihen queyras cello suites. Best books on bach i grew to become an adept of bach last year and read several books that i loved. Johann sebastian bachs six solo cello suites are some of the most iconic classical music works. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. A student of baroque cello guru anner bylsma, queyras is heard here playing on a modern instrument. I hope i like you, because were stuck here for a long time. The first album on the page that came up was the cello suites.
In maart 2007 heeft cellist jeanguihen queyras zijn versie van een van bachs bekendste meesterwerken opgenomen. In a promotional dvd accompanying this release jeanguihen queyras cites the abundance of excellent bach cello suites cycles on the market as one reason he waited until 2007 to commit his interpretations to disc. This release has a crisp dynamic sound which will flatter your sound system. Bach, jeanguihen queyras cello suites 2007, cd discogs. The french cellist plays bachs suites for solo cello based on baroque dance forms in two different programs. Listening to the first notes of someones solo bach cycle is a little like observing your seatmate at the beginning of an international flight. Another popular and often taught collection of bach works is added to the respected belwin classic library. Mitten wir im leben sind in the midst of life is set to bachs six cello suites, which are performed on stage by jeanguihen queyras. Cellist queyras debuts dynamic bach cycle at sfs herbst. Her work has been nominated for a governor generals award, and won the friends of poetry award from poetry magazine, the am klein award for poetry, a lambda, the pat lowther award, a pushcart prize and gold in the national magazine award.
Established french cellist jeanguihen queyras returns to le french may with the second part of his acclaimed six suites, six echoes project, for which he commissioned six new works to accompany each of bachs six monumental cello suites. Bachs six english suites have been newly engraved from the acclaimed hans bischoff edition. They have inspired not only cellists and audiences but other artforms as. Six english suites by johann sebastian bach alibris. Queyras includes bonus dvd by jeanguihen queyras cello 20071009. Buy bach cello suites complete by johann sebastian bach, jeanguihen queyras from amazons classical music store.
Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Bachs suites for unaccompanied cello have long been among my favorite pieces of music. Cello suites jeanguihen queyras harmonia mundi hmc 901970. I heard this on radio 3 and as soon as i got to work ordered it. Queyras is the latest to tackle bachs solo cello suites. W hether or not the catalogue needs another version of bachs six cello suites there are already some 50 listed jeanguihen queyras has something distinct to. This page lists all recordings of cello suites nos. Included is a bonus dvd about the recording of the cello suites including a full performance of suite no.
I do have other recordings of bachs cello suites jacqueline dupres, cassales but this is my favourite as isserlis puts so much emotion into the playing. I really feel the sadness in some suites and the uplift in other, it is a slightly reedier version. Jeanguihen queyrass cello has a wonderful, clear, warm sound with no harshness, and he makes the bach cello suites a joy to listen to. Bachs english suites, used abebooks shop for books. Members of the dance company rosas and the cellist jeanguihen queyras in mitten wir im leben sind, a choreographic interpretation of bachs six suites for solo cello.
Sina queyras is the author of the poetry collections, mxt, expressway and lemon hound. Six suites, six echoes over one afternoon, jeanguihen queyras performs bachs six suites for solo cello and six responses by contemporary masters. His phrasing is lyrical and very natural, and his tempo is right on that goldilocks knifeedge fast enough to keep the music from ever dragging, but not so fast that it loses its relaxed character. They are some of the most frequently performed and recognizable solo compositions ever written for cello. These fresh, easily read pages will make lessons and work towards performance more simple and exciting. Earlier this year, jeanguihen queyras achieved one of those landmarks to which all cellists aspire when he released a cd of the six bach solo. Cello suites by jeanguihen queyras album, baroque music. Perhaps they will be of interest to folks wanting to learn more about this iconic and fascinating composer at the core of baroque music and a key influence on the classical and romantic waves that followed. Cello suites, jeanguihen queyras music the guardian. Every year is bachs year, but this season, for some unexplained reason, has witnessed an unusual explosion of interest in. Cellist jeanguihen queyras will break up the six suites into two performances in san francisco. I came to amazon, and pasted the performers name into the search box. The frequency range is evenly reproduced to my ears. Intonation is wellnigh impeccable, including meeting bachs demands of a fivestring cello on a normal fourstring instrument the final gigue barely hesitates in its complex multiplestopped chords.
Mitten wir im leben sindbach6cellosuiten in the midst of lifebachs cello suites, performed by her company, rosas, and the cellist jeanguihen queyras, at n. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. He was born in montreal, quebec, canada on 11 march 1967, and moved with his parents to algeria when he was 5 years old. As such, new releases of the suites are often met with skepticism and cautiousness. Released in september 2007 on harmonia mundi catalog no. Queyras there seems to be an unspoken rule that the great solo string works of bach should not be. I wanted to buy the bach cello suites, performed by jeanguihen queyras. The six cello suites, bwv 10071012, are suites for unaccompanied cello by johann sebastian bach. Cello suites, a classical music album by jeanguihen queyras. Learned a lot, to be sure, about bach, casals and these wonderful notes. This set by french cellist jeanguihen queyras proves, however, that there are still new things to be said about bach, and that there is always room for one more magnificent recording of the cello suites. Complete cello suites by jeanguihen queyras on amazon music.
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