Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Giuliano Carmignola
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Arcana
Catalogue: A533
Release: 2022
Size: 2.66 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Transcr. for Violin Solo by Marco Serino)
01. I. Prélude
02. II. Allemande
03. III. Courante
04. IV. Sarabande
05. V. Menuet I – II
06. VI. Gigue
Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Transcr. for Violin Solo by Marco Serino)
07. I. Prélude
08. II. Allemande
09. III. Courante
10. IV. Sarabande
11. V. Menuet I – II
12. VI. Gigue
Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 (Transcr. for Violin Solo by Marco Serino)
13. I. Prélude
14. II. Allemande
15. III. Courante
16. IV. Sarabande
17. V. Gavotte I – II
18. VI. Gigue
CD 02
Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010 (Transcr. for Violin Solo by Marco Serino)
01. I. Prélude
02. II. Allemande
03. III. Courante
04. IV. Sarabande
05. V. Bourrée I – II
06. VI. Gigue
Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011 (Transcr. for Violin Solo by Marco Serino)
07. I. Prélude
08. II. Allemande
09. III. Courante
10. IV. Sarabande
11. V. Gavotte I – II
12. VI. Gigue
Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012 (Transcr. for Violin Solo by Marco Serino)
13. I. Prélude
14. II. Allemande
15. III. Courante
16. IV. Sarabande
17. V. Gavotte I – II
18. VI. Gigue
An eminent interpreter of Vivaldi, Giuliano Carmignola has always had a great affinity with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, as can be heard in his landmark recordings of the Violin Sonatas with Andrea Marcon (2002), the Violin Concertos with Concerto Köln (2014, “Diapason d’or”), and the Sonatas and Partitas (2018), which Gramophone judged to be “a first-rate choice among the recordings of these works on period instruments, despite the competition”.
Carmignola’s latest project took shape during the Covid lockdowns of 2020 and offers a new and sometimes experimental reading of Bach’s Suites à Violoncello Solo senza Basso, in which he highlights new details and exalts the choreatic character and the brilliance of many of the suites’ movements. Having already assured the success of “Sonar in Ottava” with his long-time friend Mario Brunello, this recording is the first of a series of solo projects that Carmignola will realise for Arcana.