Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1 & 2 Sonia Wieder-Atherton

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007:
• 1 Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude 03:35
• 2 Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande 05:36
• 3 Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: III. Courante 02:51
• 4 Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande 04:28
• 5 Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: V. Menuett I & VI. Menuett II 03:55
• 6 Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: VII. Gigue 02:09
• Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008:
• 7 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: I. Prélude 05:00
• 8 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: II. Allemande 04:39
• 9 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: III. Courante 02:22
• 10 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande 07:14
• 11 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: V. Menuette I & VI. Menuett II 03:01
• 12 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: VII. Gigue 03:45
• Total Runtime 48:35

Info for Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1 & 2

The Franco-American cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton has always sought to make music a language open to the world. A prizewinner in the Rostropovich Competition at the age of twenty-five, she is the interpreter of choice for many contemporary composers, among them Pascal Dusapin and Wolfgang Rihm, while the voice of her cello also encounters the voices of actresses such as Fanny Ardant and Charlotte Rampling, as well as the film director Chantal Akerman. Sonia Wieder-Atherton has now signed an editorial partnership with Alpha Classics which starts out with a recording of Bach’s Cello Suites, inaugurated by the Suites nos.1 and 2 presented here. This volume and the two others that will follow (Suites 3 to 6) feature photos by the great Sarah Moon: For me, playing Bach's Suites is always at some point or another seeing the image of Giacometti's hands tirelessly moulding clay until a face appears. (. . .) To get to grips with the Bach Suites is an experience very close to that. It’s a question of digging into the string until the phrase is born, as well as the right way to breathe it. (...) And then came the encounter with Sarah Moon. When my desire to record the Bach Suites was born I dreamt of her images. Because, when I look at them, I imagine the creation of the world, the separation of the waters, the appearance of the earth, before history begins. (Sonia Wieder-Atherton)

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. 1 & 2