Bach: Cello Suites Isang Enders

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011:
• 1 Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: I. Prélude 05:22
• 2 Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: Ii. Allemande 07:10
• 3 Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: Iii. Courante 02:16
• 4 IV. Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: Iv. Sarabande 05:23
• 5 Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: V. Gavotte 1 & 2 05:37
• 6 Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: Vi. Gigue 02:45
• Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008:
• 7 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: I. Prélude 03:01
• 8 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: Ii. Allemande 03:38
• 9 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, Bwv 1008: Iii. Courante 02:04
• 10 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: Iv. Sarabande 05:25
• 11 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: V. Menuett 1 & 2 02:56
• 12 Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: Vi. Gigue 03:04
• Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010:
• 13 Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: I. Prélude 02:54
• 14 Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: Ii. Allemande 04:16
• 15 Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: Iii. Courante 04:06
• 16 Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: Iv. Sarabande 05:03
• 17 Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: V. Bourrée 1 & 2 05:13
• 18 Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: Vi. Gigue 02:54
• Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009:
• 19 Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: I. Prélude 03:04
• 20 Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: Ii. Allemande 03:55
• 21 Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: Iii. Courante 02:49
• 22 Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: Iv. Sarabande 04:16
• 23 Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: V. Bourrée 1 & 2 03:26
• 24 Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: Vi. Gigue 03:30
• Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007:
• 25 Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude 02:05
• 26 Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: Ii. Allemande 04:53
• 27 Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: Iii. Courante 02:46
• 28 Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: Iv. Sarabande 03:19
• 29 Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: V. Menuett 1 & 2 03:12
• 30 Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: Vi. Gigue 01:45
• Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012:
• 31 Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: I. Prélude 04:16
• 32 Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: Ii. Allemande 07:20
• 33 Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: Iii. Courante 03:32
• 34 Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: Iv. Sarabande 04:52
• 35 Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: V. Gavotte 1 & 2 04:06
• 36 Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: Vi. Gigue 04:21
• Total Runtime 02:20:34

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'Bach is immortal,' writes Isang Enders in the foreword to his new album of the six Suites for solo cello. 'They say that Bach is the beginning and the end of all things, immortal, incomprehensible and even holy.' Given this enormous challenge, no musician can be blamed for being plagued by doubts when approaching works of such calibre.

And yet: 'Bach's music is so human and thus always contemporary and pure. The suites should speak, they should sing and dance, hunt and contemplate - altogether subjectively and characteristically, now that I have overcome my doubts. The subjective aspect of this recording is the result of my firm conviction.' These are the words of a young cellist, a high-flyer, who led the cello section at the Dresden Staatskapelle when he was only twenty, then gave it up for a solo career. That is really all one need say; it is what marks out the Bach playing of Isang Enders from all the competing interpretations. Youthful vigour, consummate technique and a deep understanding of the works make for a perfect combination of head, heart and soul.

Isang Enders, cello

Isang Enders
born in Frankfurt/Main in 1988, is the son of a German-Korean family with both parents being musicians. At the age of nine years he got the first time into touch with a cello and only a short time later he began his early studies in the class of Prof. Michael Sanderling at the Frankfurt Music Academy. Six years later he became a student of Prof. Gustav Rivinius at the University of Music Saar. Taking part in numerous master classes being held by professors like David Geringas, Janos Starker, Steven Isserlis as well as by the composer Krzysztof Penderecki enabled Isang Enders to improve his skills in playing the cello. The longlasting close personal contact with the American cellist Lynn Harrell advancing him intensely, too was of great importance for the young artist.

As a Stipendiat der Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes and the German Foundation Musikleben the young artist enjoyed an intense promotion. As a prize winner of the Deutscher Musikinstrumentenfonds he was given as a loan in trust a „Joseph Gagliano Neapoli 1720” violoncello owned by a Hamburg family.

Awarded with the Darmstädter Musikpreis 2007 and the Lichtenberger Musikpreis 2008 of the Land Hessen, Isang Enders – with only 20 years of age - was engaged to the Semper Opera House, to the more than one decade vacant position of the lead concertmaster of the violoncelli of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden in June 2008.

As a soloist Isang Enders has already performed with orchestras like the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, the Philharmonic Orchestras in Kiel, Erfurt and Darmstadt, he gave concerts in Innsbruck, Krakow, Belgrade, Seoul, Giessen, Berlin, at the Rheingau Musik Festival, the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as with the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie going on tour with them under the baton of Michael Sanderling in 2010. In addition he gave concerts with the Junge Kammerphilharmonie Hessen in Cyprus and Israel in October 2010.

Isang Enders also well known as a chamber musician is a welcome guest at prestigious national and international festivals.

In this field, Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps with the conductor and pianist Myung-Whun Chung in 2008, the advancement in Seiji Ozawa's IMAS project in summer 2010 as well as a chamber concert with Christoph Eschenbach in the framework of the Piano-Festival Ruhr 2010 are especially worth mentioning. Concerts with the pianist Kit Armstrong at Dresden Semper Opera and Leipzig Gewandhaus followed in Spring 2011.

As highlight of an acclaimed concert evening of the Staatskapelle Dresden on February 17, 2010 Isang Enders performed under the baton of Pablo Heras Casado the cello concerto (chamber music No. 3 op. 36 No. 2) by Paul Hindemith which was recorded by MDR Figaro.

In the framework of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival 2010 Isang Enders performed Schumann Cello Concerto under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach. On the occasion of the Internationale Schostakowitsch Tage Gohrisch, taken place for the first time in 2010 and in the future annually as the only regular Shostakovich Festival in the sphere of international festivals Isang Enders performed Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat with the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden under the baton of Rudolf Barschai on September 11, 2010 and Shostakovich Cello Sonata as well as Piano Trio No. 2 in the framework of a chamber music evening on September 12, 2010.

In the season 2012/13 Isang Enders will give concerts – among others – with Zubin Mehta, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Stuttgart Philharmonics, the Prague Philharmonics. He will be a guest at the Music Festival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Internationale Schostakowitsch Tage in Gohrisch, The Dvorak Festival in Prague and the Rheingau-Musikfestival.

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