One of the greatest achievements in musical composition history, the welltempered clavier of johann sebastian bach is a collection of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys. Alexander rudin is one of the best cellists to play bachs cello suites in the world. Having heard a performance of bachs cello suites at a concert. Wisely, he doesnt try to force his sound in the frequently extremely fast and high or low passagework, taking a laidback approach the only kind you can take in this repertoire and letting the difficulty inherent in the music do the talking. They have been featured in concerts and commercials alike, transcribed for a diverse array of instruments, and interpreted by every style of music imaginable, from swing to electronic. The same useful coupling is on an olympia cd with the cellist marina tarasova, but her playing lacks rudins extra edge of expressive commitment and the recording is shallower. Rudin s interest in authentic performance carries his relation with baroque music and medieval music to the next level, both historically and musically. It seem both books, composed two decades apart, were written primarily for educative personal and private use in the home probably to be played on the intimate clavichord. Find books like the cello suites from the worlds largest community of readers. Alexander rudin cello ensemble instrumental musica vivanicolai alexiev serenade for strings in c major, op. However, the earliest copy of the suites dates from 1726, and no autographs survive. Classical music performed by daniel shafran on vinyl, cd. Alexander rudin, cello by alexander rudin on spotify. Many fine, reasonably priced recordings of bachs unaccompanied cello suites are on the market, including alexander rudins on naxos.
These are 1980s recordings from capriccio part of the delta group. Cello suites kliegel by jed distler on march 10, 2005 in maria kliegel takes a more roughandtumble, italicized approach to bachs cello suites than alexander rudin, who also recorded th. Bachs fifth cello suite, in c minor, continues the experiments with texture, style, and counterpoint undertaken in the first four works in the set of six. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cooki. His family had a tradition that all its children, going back for many generations, learned to play musical instruments, and many of his relatives had careers as professional musicians.
With an active marketplace of over 175 million items, use the alibris advanced search page to find any item you are looking for through the advanced search, you can find items by searching specific terms such as title, artist, song title, genre, etc or you can narrow your focus using our amazing set of criteria parameters. Her recent solo appearances have included a performance the suites for cello and orchestra by lou harrison with the palo alto chamber orchestra and the. Johann sebastian bach, alexander rudin cello suites 2002, cd. Aug 10, 2018 alexander rudin is one of the best cellists to play bachs cello suites in the world. Alexander rudin is a most impressive advocate for the enduring qualities of these three deeply moving works. Marcello lev evgrafov, alexander bakhchiev, alexander rudin six sonatas for cello and basso continuo. Oct, 2016 the bach revival had begun, but the cello suites still languished without recognition. Alexander rudin, cello by alexander rudin on amazon music. Alexander rudin cello, kym amps soprano, thomas reiner trumpet, julia brown organ. At 270 pages, the cello suites presents a fascinating and dramatic narrative that uncovers the disappearance of bachs original manuscript in the eighteenth century. Dec 01, 2009 the idea to write a book about the bach suites, one that is not aimed at classical connoisseurs, came to mr.
Siblins book is partly an attempt to flesh out these portraits. Bach, pablo casals, and the search for a baroque masterpiece, by eric siblin new york. The four surviving handwritten sources and the original first edition of 1824 differ in many details, the articulation and phrasing being particularly ambiguous. But one hundred and forty years after the great composers death they were virtually unknown, until a young, aspiring catalan cellist came across them in a musty music shop. This is a fresh, confident performance of the cello suites. They were most likely composed during the period 17171723, when bach served as a kapellmeister in cothen. Julius klengel, one of the most important german cellists and teachers of the romantic age and beyond, was born in the musically active city of leipzig. Jan 04, 2011 bachs cello suites are among the best known works of classical music, now risking popularization to the point of fatigue as they provide background music for cat food commercials. Eric silbins the cello suites tenderly tracks them through bachs creation, their discovery by pablo casals and to the authors own exploration of the music and himself. Having heard a performance of bachs cello suites at a concert hall in montreal, he became intrigued and spent several years researching and writing his book. Alexander rudin was a new name to me when i purchased this cd, the main incentive being its very cheap price on the used market. The six suites for unaccompanied cello by johann sebastian bach are acclaimed as some of the greatest works ever written for solo cello. Many fine, reasonably priced recordings of bachs unaccompanied cello suites are on the market, including alexander rudin s on naxos. Buy cello suites rudin online at low prices in india.
Listen to your favorite songs from alexander rudin, cello by alexander rudin now. Siblin is a onetime poprock critic for the montreal gazette and a fine writer. With an active marketplace of over 175 million items, use the alibris advanced search page to find any item you are looking for through the advanced search, you can find items by searching specific terms such as title, artist, song title, genre, etc or you can narrow. That is but a part of the fascinating story told in the cello suites. Cello suiteskliegel by jed distler on march 10, 2005 in maria kliegel takes a more roughandtumble, italicized approach to bachs cello suites than alexander rudin, who also recorded th. It tells the life stories of bach and casals in relation to the cello suites, along with the story of the authors discovery of the suites and subsequent research into them. Check out alexander rudin, cello by alexander rudin on amazon music.
A significant part of rudin s repertoire includes works of contemporary composers a. Alexander rudin conductor, cello, piano short biography. Bach suites for violoncello solo in the new bach edition revised unlike bachs violin solos, his six suites for violoncello solo have not come down to us in his own hand. Bachs cello suites are among the best known works of classical music, now risking popularization to the point of fatigue as they provide background music for cat food commercials. Strauss, r don quixote romance for cello and orchestra. Alexander rudin is one of the brightest, most original and charismatic performers of his generation. The cello suites david lander dec 20, 2010 the cello suites. Tchaikovsky edition brilliant classics 60cds 93980 rb. The four orchestral suites are on cds 10 and 11 from marriner and the stuttgart radio orchestra.
Bach, pablo casals and the search for a baroque masterpiece, by eric siblin. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Alexander rudin, conductor, cello, piano recordings of instrumental works. Goodreads members who liked the cello suites also liked.
It was another fifty years before the inquisitive eyes of a thirteenyearold cellist by the name of pablo casals found a battered copy of the suites, thought of then as a collection of humdrum studies for the aspiring cellist, in a secondhand music store in barcelona. It is thought that bach wrote his six suites for unaccompanied cello between 1717 and 1723, while he was in the employ of prince leopold of anhaltcothen and had two superb solo cellists, bernard christian linigke and christian ferdinand abel, at his disposal. A significant part of rudins repertoire includes works of contemporary composers a. Eric siblins bach infatuation in the cello suites the. In quicker movements like the courantes and gigues, rudin keeps the musics uplifting dance qualities in the foreground and fortifies the fluidity of his preludes. Alexander rudin, cello, an album by alexander rudin on spotify. Cello suites complete to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover. For bachs solo cello suites, it is deplorable that cellists still have no systematic guidebook 2 to performance practice of the kind that violinist jaap schroder has provided for violinists who are interested in delving a little further beneath the surface in bachs sonatas and. Prelude 1 from the cello suites is a sister piece to prelude 1 from the well tempered klavier. Alexander rudin is a russian classical cellist and conductor. Learned a lot, to be sure, about bach, casals and these wonderful notes. Alexander israilevich rudin born 1960 is a russian classical cellist and conductor biography and career. If you would like to hear the complete cello suites try.
Marcello lev evgrafov, alexander bakhchiev, alexander rudin. Strauss, r don quixote romance for cello and orchestra by. Sarabande johann sebastian bach, maria kliegel bach, j. Buy cello suites rudin online at low price in india on.
The idea to write a book about the bach suites, one that is not aimed at classical connoisseurs, came to mr. Bachs suites for unaccompanied cello have long been among my favorite pieces of music. It calls for the top string of the cello to be played scordatura, in this case tuned down from a to g. Cello concertos by johann adelph hasse, johann wilhelm hertel, cpe bach alexander rudin, musica viva 1 cd chandos records 20160624. Rudin was born in 1960, in moscow, and he studied piano and cello at the gnessin institute before later studying conducting at the moscow conservatory with dmitri kitayenko. Rudins interest in authentic performance carries his relation with baroque music and medieval music to the next level, both historically and musically. This affects the sonority of the open string and the overtones produced when played with other strings, creating a distinctive effect. The cello suites include sister pieces of movements in other works, which are too similar as not to stem from the same composer. He makes life difficult for his readers by copying the. Its not a bad book by any means and im glad i read it.
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