Release Date: 27 October 2017
Label: ECM New Series
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 028948131952
Description
Swiss cellist Thomas Demenga returns to Bach's suites. "To me, Bach is the greatest musical genius who has ever lived. His music is pure, sublime. It possesses something divine and each musician has a lifetime in which to discover new ways of interpreting it."
Demenga previously recorded the cello suites for ECM between 1986 and 2002, juxtaposing them with contemporary composition in albums that count as milestones in the early history of the New Series. This new double CD however is devoted entirely to Bach and the six suites. Many years of playing and studying every aspect of them, from source manuscripts to different tempos, embellishments, fingerings and bowings, have brought Demenga to the heart of the music – which Bach himself described as the only goal. This new account of the music was recorded at the Hans Huber Saal in Basel.
Simultaneously with the 2-CD set, ECM is issuing a 180g vinyl album – Préludes et Sarabandes (4815766) – with selected movements from the suites.
Tracklisting
Anna Gourari, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana & Markus Poschner
Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica & Vida Mikneviciute
Arvo Part
Thomas Larcher
John Holloway Ensemble
Heinz Holliger & Anton Kernjak
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra & Tonu Kaljuste
Karlheinz Stockhausen Michaels Reise
Thomas Demenga, Heinz Holliger & Catrin Demenga
Thomas Demenga, Hansheinz Schneeberger & Jorg Ewald Dahler
Thomas Demenga
Thomas Demenga
Thomas Demenga
