Bach - 6 Suites for Unaccompanied Cello - Yo-Yo Ma - The 1983 Sessions (3LP, Picture disc, Japanese Edition)
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40th Anniversary Release
Johann Sebastian Bach – 6 Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1007 to 1012
Cello – Yo-Yo Ma
3 LP, Tri-Fold jacket
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : picture disc
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Sony Classical
Original label : CBS Masterwork
Recorded by Tom Lazarus
Engineered by Erin Olsen, Jim Wolvington, Jules Blumenthal, Sydney Davis, Tom MacCluskey
Produced by Richard Einhorn
Mastered by Bill Kipper
Cover design by Geoffrey Winston, Thumb Design Partnership
Cover photo by Don Hunstein
Liner notes by Peter Eliot Stone
Originally released in 1983
Reissued in October 2023
Tracks :
Side A: Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
- Prélude
- Allemande
- Courante
- Sarabande
- Menuett I & II
- Gigue
Side B: Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008
- Prélude
- Allemande
- Courante
- Sarabande
- Menuett I & II
- Gigue
Side C: Suite No. 3 in C Major, BMV 1009
- Prélude
- Allemande
- Courante
- Sarabande
- Bourrée I & II
- Gigue
Side D: Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV
- Prélude
- Allemande
- Courante
- Sarabande
- Bourrée I & II
- Gigue
Side E: Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011
- Prélude
- Allemande
- Courante
- Sarabande
- Gavotte I & II
- Gigue
Side F: Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012
- Prélude
- Allemande
- Courante
- Sarabande
- Gavotte I & II
- Gigue
Reviews:
Yo-Yo Ma won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance for his performance of The six Cello Suites in 1985
J.S. Bach’s Suites for Unaccompanied Cello have been a touchstone and a source of inspiration for YO-YO MA since he learned the first notes of Suite No. 1 at age four. Today, Sony Classical announces that the cellist’s 1983 recording of the suites – his very first – will be released as a new, three-LP collector’s edition. Available worldwide on October 20 and for preorder now, J.S. Bach: 6 Suites for Unaccompanied Cello – The 1983 Sessions celebrates the 40th anniversary of the original recordings with three newly-pressed picture discs enclosed in a tri-fold jacket featuring exclusive, never-before-seen photos from the original recording session as well as an essay by its producer, Richard Einhorn.
J.S. Bach’s Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, composed between 1717 and 1723, have been at the pinnacle of the solo cello repertoire ever since Pablo Casals rediscovered and began performing them, well over a century ago. Across three impeccable recordings released by Sony Classical and dozens of live performances around the world, the suites have become a kind of artistic signature for Ma, who won the first of his 19 GRAMMY® Awards for the 1983 recording. Though Ma has recorded the suites twice more, at pivotal moments in his career, it was this 1983 recording that confirmed to the world the singular breadth, depth, and promise of his artistry.
“Ma, of course, has his own long history with the suites,” the Los Angeles Times critic Mark Swed wrote when the cellist did “the impossible” by playing all six suites in one evening before a hushed audience of almost 17,000 at the Hollywood Bowl in 2017. He recalled the revelation of Ma’s 1983 recording as “fresh, vibrant, immaculately played.”
In his liner note for this new edition, producer Richard Einhorn wrote, “Listening to the Suites now, I fell in love with Yo-Yo Ma’s interpretations all over again. The first word I wrote down for this essay was ‘exuberance,’ an exuberance in abundant evidence right from the start … Yo-Yo would go on to re-record the Bach Suites in both audio and video; they are all equally remarkable achievements. But naturally, this version remains my favorite: I hear so much of my long-ago friend’s ebullient personality in these marvelous interpretations of some of the greatest music ever written.”
Ratings :
Discogs : 4.61