Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Carmen Braden, Cris Derksen, Gabriel Dharmoo, Airat Ichmouratov, Roy Johnstone, Nicole Lizée
Performer: Julia MacLaine
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Analekta
Catalogue: AN28914
Release: 2022
Size: 2.38 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV1007: Prelude
02. Ichmouratov: Praeludium for Cello in G Major, Op. 69
03. Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV1008: Prelude
04. Dharmoo: Sarasaraahat
05. Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV1009: Prelude
06. Braden: Play Time
07. Bach: Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV1010: Prelude
08. Lizée: Prayers for Ruins
09. Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV1011: Prélude
10. Derksen: Land Bach
11. Bach: Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV1012: Prelude
12. Johnstone: No. 6 Post Bach
With this debut album Julia MacLaine expresses both her roots in classical music and her enthusiasm for contemporary music by creating a dialogue between Bach’s Preludes and responses crafted by six Canadian composers with styles as diverse as they are rich: Airat Ichmouratov, Gabriel Dharmoo, Carmen Braden, Nicole Lizée, Cris Derksen and Roy Johnstone.
Assistant principal cello of the National Arts Centre Orchestra since 2014, Julia MacLaine performs worldwide as a soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician in music ranging from classical to contemporary and from “world” to her own arrangements and compositions. When not onstage with NACO, she performs regularly with her string quartet, Ironwood. Their programs combine classical warhorses (Beethoven, Ravel, Debussy) with very new music (works by Ana Sokolovic, Nicole Lizée, Bryce Dessner, Philip Glass, Esa-Pekka Salonen) and occasionally veer off into their own arrangements of original songs and folk music.