The influence of J.S. Bach's Six Suites for Solo Cello extends through the whole of the instrument's solo repertoire, inspiring composers even today and providing a basis of comparison for virtually all compositions that followed them. Cellist Ulrich Heinen, principal cellist of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Simon Rattle and co-founder of the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, juxtaposes the first five Bach suites (the Sixth Suite omitted because of its unusual request for a five-string cello) with ...
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The influence of J.S. Bach's Six Suites for Solo Cello extends through the whole of the instrument's solo repertoire, inspiring composers even today and providing a basis of comparison for virtually all compositions that followed them. Cellist Ulrich Heinen, principal cellist of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Simon Rattle and co-founder of the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, juxtaposes the first five Bach suites (the Sixth Suite omitted because of its unusual request for a five-string cello) with modern works that were inspired directly or indirectly by Bach. For their own part, Heinen's performances of the Bach suites are solid, nicely in tune, and unfettered by overly romantic gestures or alterations in tempo. Heinen's interpretation is a bit bland, though, and by themselves the five suites would not make for an overly successful album. What's most interesting are the modern works interspersed between them. From the prelude-like Six Figures for Solo Cello of Howard Skempton to...
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