Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 5 & 6 Sonia Wieder-Atherton

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011:
• 1 Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: I. Prélude 07:41
• 2 Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: II. Allemande 06:36
• 3 Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: III. Courante 02:22
• 4 Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande 04:34
• 5 Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: V. Gavottes 1 & 2 06:11
• 6 Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: VI. Gigue 02:38
• Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012:
• 7 Bach: Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: I. Prélude 06:43
• 8 Bach: Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: II. Allemande 10:56
• 9 Bach: Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: III. Courante 04:14
• 10 Bach: Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande 07:09
• 11 Bach: Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: V. Gavottes 1 & 2 05:09
• 12 Bach: Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: VI. Gigue 04:43
• Total Runtime 01:08:56

Info for Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 5 & 6

“For me, whenever I play the Bach suites, all of a sudden I find myself visualising Giacometti’s hands incessantly moulding the earthen clay until a face appears. Getting to grips with the Bach suites is very closely related to that sense. You have to dig deeply into the string to give birth to the phrase, to make sure it breathes correctly: a phrase that is perpetually becoming, endlessly making and remaking itself. I waited a long time before recording these suites. Then one day, or rather one night, I began.

Then there was my meeting with Sarah Moon. When I first felt my longing to record the Bach suites, I dreamt constantly of her images; because whenever I look at them I think of the creation of the world, the separation of the waters, the earth appearing, all before the beginning of history.”

Sonia Wieder-Atherton, cello

Sonia Wieder-Atherton
Born to an American father and a French mother, Paris-based cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton has an unusually wide-ranging repertoire and performs with international orchestras, conductors and pianists. Several contemporary composers, such as Wolfgang Rihm and Pascal Dusapin, have written works for her. Sonia Wieder-Atherton often organises unconventional, carefully conceived programmes. An additional facet of her artistic activity is her productive collaboration with the filmmaker Chantal Akerman.

Booklet for Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 5 & 6