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JS Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 2, 3 and 6

arr. viola by Simon Rowland-Jones

Maxim Rysanov (viola)

Awards:

Rysanov’s playing has grown in depth of feeling, virtuosity and tone colour...Wit and springy rhythms mark his Courantes, Bourrées, Menuets and Gavottes; his Gigues are joyous apotheoses of...

JS Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 2, 3 and 6

arr. viola by Simon Rowland-Jones

Maxim Rysanov (viola)

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SACD

Hybrid Multi-channel

$18.25

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Awards:

Rysanov’s playing has grown in depth of feeling, virtuosity and tone colour...Wit and springy rhythms mark his Courantes, Bourrées, Menuets and Gavottes; his Gigues are joyous apotheoses of...

About

It was with three of Bach’s cello suites, transcribed for the viola, that Maxim Rysanov made his début on BIS in 2010. The Sunday Times had one reservation: ‘Rysanov’s recording of Bach’s suites is near perfection; the only flaw being that he did not perform all six.’ With the present disc that flaw is now being rectified, and the set is complete.

These suites were originally written for a five-stringed instrument, but are heard here on Rysanov’s own four-stringed viola built by Giuseppe Guadagnini in 1780.

Please note: The music on this Hybrid Super Audio CD can be played back in Stereo (CD and SACD) as well as in 5.0 Surround sound (SACD).

Contents and tracklist

I. Prelude (Arr. S. Rowland-Jones for Viola)
Track length2:59
II. Allemande (Arr. S. Rowland-Jones for Viola)
Track length4:01
III. Courante (Arr. S. Rowland-Jones for Viola)
Track length3:11
IV. Sarabande (Arr. S. Rowland-Jones for Viola)
Track length3:27
V. Bourrée I-II (Arr. S. Rowland-Jones for Viola)
Track length3:21
VI. Gigue (Arr. S. Rowland-Jones for Viola)
Track length3:17
I. Prelude (Arr. S. Rowland-Jones for Viola)
Track length3:24
II. Allemande (Arr. S. Rowland-Jones for Viola)
Track length2:40
III. Courante (Arr. S. Rowland-Jones for Viola)
Track length1:34
IV. Sarabande (Arr. S. Rowland-Jones for Viola)
Track length4:03
V. Menuet I-II (Arr. S. Rowland-Jones for Viola)
Track length2:24
VI. Gigue (Arr. S. Rowland-Jones for Viola)
Track length2:27
I. Prelude (Arr. S. Rowland-Jones for Viola)
Track length4:35
II. Allemande (Arr. S. Rowland-Jones for Viola)
Track length7:50
III. Courante (Arr. S. Rowland-Jones for Viola)
Track length3:36
IV. Sarabande (Arr. S. Rowland-Jones for Viola)
Track length4:03
V. Gavotte I-II (Arr. S. Rowland-Jones for Viola)
Track length3:13
VI. Gigue (Arr. S. Rowland-Jones for Viola)
Track length4:34

Awards and reviews

  • Gramophone Magazine
    July 2014
    Editor's Choice

1st June 2014

Rysanov’s playing has grown in depth of feeling, virtuosity and tone colour...Wit and springy rhythms mark his Courantes, Bourrées, Menuets and Gavottes; his Gigues are joyous apotheoses of the dance.
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