J.S. Bach: Six Suites for Viola Solo
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
2018
ECM New Series
Violist Kim Kashkashian regards the cello suites of Johann Sebastian Bach as a photo tinter might a black-and-white photograph. In shining the composer’s genius through a lighter instrument, she gets closer to the heart of these canonical works. Admittedly, we must accustom our ears to the inevitable timbral changes, but once the reality of Kashkashian’s own genius settles us in, we are already part of its fabric. While “thinking out loud” is a descriptor often reserved for jazz improvisers, Kashkashian she herself worthy of the same, especially in the Suite IV in E-flat major. Sublime from beginning to end.
Recommended by
Who also suggested
- Yu-Mei Wei, Joel Pitchon, Marie-Volcy Pelletier
- Wladimir Jurowski, Catrin Demenga, Natalia Pschenitschnikova, Christian Sutter, Maacha Deubner, Rebecca Firth, Ruth Killius
-
Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus; In furore iustissimae irae; Handel: Dixit Dominus
La Nuova Musica, Lucy Crowe, David Bates - Voces8, Barnaby Smith
- Philippe Jaroussky
- Harry Bicket, Lucy Crowe, The English Concert
- Pierre Hantaï
- Anne Akiko Meyers
- Daniil Trifonov, Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
- Emmanuel Christien, Jacques Rouvier, David Fray, Audrey Vigoureux