J.S.Bach: Allemande, Cello Suite Nr.6 in D / Christoph Stradner

Описание: BACH The Cello Suites (Espressivo Records, ESR 2138))

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About this album:
Why make a new recording of the Cello Suites by Bach, when there are already so many - romantic, dancing, analytical, wild…?
I went in search of a new interpretation in which every thought can be experienced from note to note almost as if they were joined by an invisible thread and where no tone is superfluous.
I justify this seemingly romantic approach with my view of Johann Sebastian Bach as a person.
On the one hand, Bach, through his exceptional talent and ambition from an early age managed to acquire unparalleled learning, which went far beyond the field of music. His works are thought through on a philosophical and mathematical level, conveying a sense of absolute validity.

Above all, I see in him a deeply human artist with doubts, wishes, desires, fears and an extraordinary delight in enjoyment. These fundamental feelings have not changed in the last 400 years. To trace them in his music is therefore especially important to me.
Form and means of expression have indeed changed. Consequently, pursuing histor-ical instrumental practice has determined the path to enabling an unveiled expression. There is almost no vibrato to be heard, unless it is a conscious colouring or ornament. I achieve especially strong expression through timing, comparable to the technical possibilities of the harpsichord. The dance steps which have been passed down often indicate the emphasis but do not take the forefront as stereotypes. Firstly, no one danced to these suites and furthermore Bach stylises some of the movement mark-ings conspicuously. Therefore the dramaturgy of the harmonic progression is more important to me as a measure of the basic tempo than the marking of the movement.
The actual goal is however to bestow the listener with the most beautiful gift a musi-cian can give: time. The performer can make time pass more slowly, stop it, yes even the feeling that it runs backwards can arise through cross-references. Therefore I al-ways try to pose more questions than answers in my playing.
Christoph Stradner