J.S. Bach: Cello Suites Giovanni Sollima

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007:
• 1 Bach: Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude 02:20
• 2 Bach: Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande 04:12
• 3 Bach: Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: III. Courante 02:12
• 4 Bach: Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande 02:42
• 5 Bach: Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: V. Menuet I and II 02:51
• 6 Bach: Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue 01:27
• Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008:
• 7 Bach: Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: I. Prélude 03:34
• 8 Bach: Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: II. Allemande 03:19
• 9 Bach: Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: III. Courante 01:45
• 10 Bach: Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande 04:13
• 11 Bach: Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: V. Menuet I and II 02:59
• 12 Bach: Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: VI. Gigue 02:22
• Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009:
• 13 Bach: Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: I. Prélude 02:59
• 14 Bach: Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: II. Allemande 03:27
• 15 Bach: Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: III. Courante 02:24
• 16 Bach: Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande 03:35
• 17 Bach: Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: V. Bourrée I and II 02:58
• 18 Bach: Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: VI. Gigue 02:54
• Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1011:
• 19 Bach: Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1011: I. Prélude 03:13
• 20 Bach: Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1011: II. Allemande 04:00
• 21 Bach: Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1011: III. Courante 03:09
• 22 Bach: Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande 03:43
• 23 Bach: Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1011: V. Bourrée I and II 04:09
• 24 Bach: Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1011: VI. Gigue 02:22
• Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011:
• 25 Bach: Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: I. Prélude 05:13
• 26 Bach: Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: II. Allemande 04:31
• 27 Bach: Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: III. Courante 02:09
• 28 Bach: Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande 02:51
• 29 Bach: Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: V. Gavotte I and II 04:26
• 30 Bach: Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: VI. Gigue 02:35
• Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012:
• 31 Bach: Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: I. Prélude 03:42
• 32 Bach: Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: II. Allemande 07:11
• 33 Bach: Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: III. Courante 03:12
• 34 Bach: Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande 04:18
• 35 Bach: Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: V. Gavotte I and II 03:42
• 36 Bach: Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: VI. Gigue 03:40
• Steven Hackett (b. 1950): Horizons (Genesis, Foxtrot, 1972) for Cello Solo:
• 37 Hackett: Horizons (Genesis, Foxtrot, 1972) for Cello Solo 01:20
• Niccolò Sanguinazzo: Partita di gavote sopra un Basso:
• 38 Sanguinazzo: Partita di gavote sopra un Basso 08:58
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Gigue from Suite No. 1 for Cello and Piano:
• 39 Bach: Gigue from Suite No. 1 for Cello and Piano 01:30
• Pancho Ragonese (b. 1978): Aparecidos for Cello Solo:
• 40 Ragonese: Aparecidos for Cello Solo 02:50
• Domenico Galli (1649 - 1697): Sonata II da "trattenimento musicale sopra il violoncello"for Cello Solo:
• 41 Galli: Sonata II da "trattenimento musicale sopra il violoncello"for Cello Solo 03:56
• Giovanni Sollima (b. 1962): Jook-Urr-Pa for Cello Solo:
• 42 Sollima: Jook-Urr-Pa for Cello Solo 04:15
• Niccolò Sanguinazzo: Gigue from Suite No. 3 for Cello and Piano:
• 43 Bach: Gigue from Suite No. 3 for Cello and Piano 02:50
• John Gunn (1765 - 1824): Logan Water da "40 Favorite Scotch Air:
• 44 Gunn: Logan Water da "40 Favorite Scotch Air 02:07
• Luigi Forino (1868 - 1936): Prayer on the Prelude of the IV. Suite:
• 45 Forino: Prayer on the Prelude of the IV. Suite 03:53
• Johann Sebastian Bach: VI Suite in D Major:
• 46 Bach: VI Suite in D Major: I. Preludio 03:33
• 47 Bach: VI Suite in D Major: II. Allemanda 08:25
• 48 Bach: VI Suite in D Major: III. Corrente 03:00
• 49 Bach: VI Suite in D Major: IV. Sarabanda 04:28
• 50 Bach: VI Suite in D Major: V. Gavotte I e II 03:11
• 51 Bach: VI Suite in D Major: VI. Giga 03:30
• Umberto Pedraglio (b. 1978): Allemanda:
• 52 Pedraglio: Allemanda 02:48
• Total Runtime 03:00:53

Info for J.S. Bach: Cello Suites

Jeder namhafte Cellist stellt sich irgendwann dem Everest seines Repertoires, den Solo-Cellosuiten von J. S. Bach. Für Giovanni Sollima war dies ein Werk, an dem er viele Jahre gearbeitet hat, wie er in der Einleitung zu seinem Booklet erklärt. Wie so viele Musiker hatte er während der Pandemie plötzlich freie Zeit vor sich, und dieser Raum für Reflexion und Studium ermöglichte es ihm, seine Beziehung zur Musik zu vertiefen, die er seit Jahrzehnten kennt.

Dabei entdeckte er eine neue Perspektive darauf, indem er alle sechs Suiten auf dem Violoncello Piccolo spielte, für das Bach wahrscheinlich die Sechste geschrieben hat. Dies ist ein veraltetes fünfsaitiges Instrument in einer Größe zwischen Bratsche und Standardcello. Mit seinem Hintergrund in der historisch informierten Aufführungspraxis entschied er sich für Darmsaiten und eine Tonhöhe von A = 415 Hz: einen Halbton tiefer als die moderne Standardstimmung von A = 440 Hz.

»Ich suche nach einem Klang, der nicht an die heutigen Parameter angepasst ist, und nach einer Antwort auf die Frage des Ausdrucks, die weit entfernt ist von der Vision des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts.«

Noch mehr als die Wahl des Instruments werfen seine Kopplungen ein einzigartig erhellendes Licht auf diese bekannten Stücke. Giovanni Sollima hat eine Art Rezeptionsgeschichte der Cellosuiten in Klangform zusammengestellt. Sie umfasst Alfredo Piattis spätromantische Bearbeitung der Gigue aus der Ersten Suite für Cello und Klavier; ebenso Robert Schumanns frühere Transkription der Gigue aus der Dritten Suite. Im frühen 20. Jahrhundert arrangierte Luigi Forino das Präludium zur Vierten Suite für Celloquartett; dann arrangierte Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco die gesamte Sechste Suite für Solocello und Streicher. Oftmals ziehen diese Arrangements die impliziten Harmonien aus Bachs Solozeilen heraus und tun dies als Brücke zwischen Bachs eigener Welt und ihrer eigenen, späteren Empfindsamkeit.

Solche kreativen Reaktionen auf Bach sind fast völlig unbekannt und unaufgezeichnet, was Giovanni Sollimas neues Testament von Bach zu einem einzigartig lohnenden Erlebnis macht. Er hat mehrere kurze moderne Reflexionen für Solocello hinzugefügt, von Steve Hackett, Pancho Ragonese, Umberto Pedraglio und ihm selbst. Damit schließt sich der Kreis der Geschichte des Solocellos und von Bachs Meisterwerken.

Giovanni Sollima, 5-Satien Piccolo-Cello
Massimo Polidori, Cello
Ludovica Rana, Cello
Tommaso Tesini, Cello
Peyman Kafsdoozha, Laute
Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria
Filippo Arila, Klavier, Dirigent

Giovanni Sollima
is a true virtuoso of the cello, playing for him is not an end in itself, but a means of communicating with the world.

He is a composer out of the ordinary, he communicates with a music full of mediterranean rhythms, with a melodic vein typically Italian, his world covers all eras 'from the Jurassic of the Cello' as he calls the baroque period to the 'Metal'. He writes mainly for the cello and contributes significantly to the creation of new repertoire for his instrument. His audience is diverse; from classical music lovers to young 'metalheads' Giovanni Sollima conquers all.

Sollima was born in Palermo into a family of musicians. He studied cello with Giovanni Perriera and Antonio Janigro and composition with his father and Eliodoro Sollima and Milko Kelemen. From an early age he worked with musicians such as Claudio Abbado, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Jörg Demus, Martha Argerich, Riccardo Muti, Yuri Bashmet, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Ruggero Raimondi, Bruno Canino, DJ Scanner, Victoria Mullova, Patti Smith, Philip Glass and Yo-Yo Ma.

His works as a soloist with orchestra and various ensembles (including the Giovanni Sollima Band, which he founded in New York in 1997) - unfolds between official and alternative locations: Brooklyn Academy of Music, Alice Tully Hall , Knitting Factory and Carnegie Hall (New York), Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall (London), Salle Gaveau (Paris), Santa Cecilia, RomaEuropaFestival (Roma), Teatro San Carlo (Naples), Kunstfest (Weimar), Kronberg Cello Festival , Time Zones Festival (Bari), Teatro Massimo, Teatro alla Scala (Milan), International Music Festival in Istanbul, Cello Biennale (Amsterdam), Tokyo Summer Festival, the Venice Biennale, Ravenna Festival, 'The Sounds of the Dolomites', Ravello Festival, Expo 2010 (Shanghai), Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Liverpool Philharmonic ... In Parallel to the cello his curiosity led him to explore new frontiers in the field of composition through contamination between different genres making use also of oriental instruments, electrical and many of his invention.?He also collaborated with other artists such as, for dance, Karole Armitage, and Carolyn Carlson, for the theater with Bob Wilson, Alessandro Baricco, and Peter Stein and cinema with Marco Tullio Giordana, Peter Greenaway, Lasse Gjertsen (DayDream, 2007), and John Turturro.

Together with cellist and composer Enrico Melozzi he promoted the project 100 VIOLONCELLI created at the Teatro Valle Occupied in Rome. Musicians from all age, formation, got together for 3 days and 3 nights of cello music, from baroque going through rock music to contemporary music written 'during the concerts' there were no limits. The project was repeated in 2013 and in 2014 from May 23-25th will take place in Milan at the Teatro delle Arti. There will be the 3rd edition of the composition contest and the first edition of a 'libretto' contest.

I 2013 he also was the Maetro Concertatore of the project 'La Notte della Taranta' a festival of tradtional popular music from the Salento (region of Apulia) that climax with a big concert with an audience of more 130 000 persons. This summer he will repeat the experience on the 23rd of August.

Among the last albums 'Neapolitan Cello Concertos' for Glossa and 'Caravaggio' for Egea.

The prestigious Chicago Symphony Orchestra commissioned a new double cello concerto for himself and M°Yoyo Ma, the premiere will take place at Symphony Hall in Chicago in February 2014.

Giovanni Sollima, teaches at the Accademy of Santa Cecilia in Rome and at the Fondazione Romanini of Brescia. He plays a cello by Francesco Ruggieri cello (1679, Cremona).

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