BACH STARKER Complete Cello Suites SEALED MERCURY 3LP
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ARTIST: JANOS STARKER, cello; J.S.BACH, composer
TITLE: COMPLETE SUITES FOR UNACCOMPANIED CELLO
RECORD LABEL: MERCURY GOLDEN IMPORTS SRI 3-77002. SEALED! Made in the Netherlands. 3 LP box set.
DESCRIPTION:
Janos Starker performs the complete Bach cello suites; 3 record set.
Previously released by Mercury Records as SR 3-9016, SR 90370.
Review and info
Bach's Six Suites for Solo Cello
Describing in detail each of the six movements from each of the six Suites is too big a task for this page. Instead, just a few highlights and observations.
Of the six Suites, four are in a major key and two in a minor key, increasing in technical complexity and emotional richness from the first to the last.
Suite no.1 in G major
The Prelude from the first Suite in G major, now a popular work on its own, is a reminder of the Prelude in C major from Book 1 of the Well-Tempered Clavier. Both pieces have no melody, but rely on that great Bachian technique of creating a complex work from a single voice using just flowing rhythms and building harmonies both actual and implied.
Suite no.2 in D minor
The second Suite, in D minor, is in stark contrast to the breezy first, full of dark undercurrents, tagedy and a dramatic Beethovian defiance. Its Sarabande especially is deeply moving.
Suite no.3 in C major
With the third Suite we return to a happy Bach. Perhaps the sunniest and most popular of the Suites.
Suite no.4 in E flat major
Venturing further than anyone before him on the cello, Bach uses the fourth Suite to show us what the instrument is capable of. Elaborate melodies, contrapuntal and harmonic complexity beyond anything written before for a single instrument!
Suite no.5 in C minor
The fifth Suite continues the progression, the jewel in the crown being the Sarabande. It is simply 100 solo notes, no harmony, no rhythmic structure. Yet Bach brings out a depth of feeling in this piece that is unparalleled on any instrument.
Suite no.6 in D major
The final Suite is the most ambitious of all. Bach takes the cello beyond the constraints of the dance forms to the most abstract sonic heights. The Gavotte uses a ground bass note, which brings to mind the peasant hurdy-gurdy or even bagpipes. The final Gigue is an elaborate duo(!) for solo cello(!!) with two melodies interlinked, climbing and falling to bring the cycle to an end.
CONDITION: STILL SEALED in shrink wrap. Shrink wrap is split on front (see photo), but box is still obviously new.
COVER is MINT.
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