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All Bach Cello Suites articles
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BlogsWhy I recorded Bach’s Cello Suites on viola: Marc Sabbah
The violist shares the role Bach’s music has played in his life, and how this led to the monumental task of recording these cherished works
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ReviewBook review: Bach: The Cello Suites
Janet Banks reads Edward Klorman’s analysis of the six legendary solo works for cello by Johann Sebastian Bach
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Blogs‘The Bach Suites are sacred texts’ – Gabriel Martins on his Carnegie Hall recital debut
On the eve of his Carnegie Hall recital debut as a 2025 recipient of the American Recital Debut Award, Gabriel Martins reflects on Bach as ‘sacred text’, Brahms as a formative voice and the musical influences that shaped his playing.
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ReviewRonan Kernoa: Bach: The Cello Suites on Six Different Instruments
An original take on these much-recorded suites pays dividends
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VideoBach’s Sixth Suite Prelude on five-stringed baroque cello
William Skeen shares an authentic Bach performance, ahead of appearances for Seattle Bach Festival this weekend
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BlogsTouching eternity: Matthew Barley’s dialogue with Pärt and Bach
As Arvo Pärt turns 90, British cellist Matthew Barley speaks about creating ‘Touching Eternity’, a candlelit programme that weaves Bach, Pärt and Tavener into a shared ritual of sound and silence.
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: cellist Anastasia Kobekina on recording the Bach Solo Cello Suites
Cellist Anastasia Kobekina tells Charlotte Gardner about her approach to recording the monumental Bach Solo Cello Suites, and how it has resulted in her most personal album to date
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NewsBritish cellist David Watkin has died aged 60
The respected musician had been forced to give up his playing career due to an auto-immune condition
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ReviewBook review: Bach Cello Suites BWV1007–1012
Jeffrey Solow reviews a new edition of the legendary suites edited by cellist Jonas Seeberg
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ReviewBook review: Under the Goddess of the Sky: A Journey through Solitude, Bach, and the Himalayas
Raphael Klayman takes a look through Judith Glyde’s account of learning Bach’s Cello Suites in the Asian mountain range
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BlogsFreedom of expression: Anja Lechner on her debut solo cello album
US correspondent Thomas May speaks with Anja Lechner about the German cellist’s latest endeavour for ECM: her first album for solo cello, which combines two Bach suites with music originally for viola da gamba
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BlogsA new light on the polyphonic nature of Bach’s Cello Suites, Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
Musicologist and counterpoint enthusiast Laurent Matthys makes the case for adopting a contrapuntal mindset when approaching these monumental works of solo string repertoire
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ReviewConcert review: Jan Vogler (cello) Amanda Gorman (poet)
Leah Hollingsworth hears the innovative performance of Bach at the Isaac Stern Auditorium in New York’s Carnegie Hall on 17 February 2024
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ReviewBook review: Bach Six Suites for Violoncello solo (BWV1007–12) arranged for viola solo
Misha Galaganov reviews Bärenreiter’s new edition of the Bach Suites edited for performance by violists
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VideoBach’s Prelude from Cello Suite no.1… on violin!
The prelude is just one movement from the six suites that Tomás Cotik has recently recorded for Centaur
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Premium ❘ FeaturePablo Casals and the Bach Cello Suites: Journey to a masterpiece
To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Pablo Casals in October 1973, Oskar Falta examines the great Catalan cellist’s ‘rediscovery’ of the Bach Cello Suites, and the continuing legacy of his highly personal approach to the music
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VideoYo-Yo Ma performs Bach in the Great Smoky Mountains
The cellist performs Bach’s Cello Suite no.1 outdoors in nature, marking 40 years since his first recording of the Bach Cello Suites
