TAPE 1
SUITE I, BWV 1007, IN G MAJOR
PRÉLUDE 2.32
GERMAN 3.38
COURANTE 2.24
SARABANDE 2.50
MENUET 3.02
GIGUE 1.47
SUITE II, BWV 1008, IN D MINOR
PRÉLUDE 3.25
GERMAN 3.06
COURANTE 1.57
SARABANDE 4.07
This album represents one of the most important pieces of the cello repertoire, the complete works of J. S. Bach's Suites exclusively for cello.
This time, the location chosen by Giulio Cesare Ricci is the Teatro Persio Flacco in Volterra (near Pisa), whose wonderful acoustics led to an excellent result.
For this recording, Giulio Cesare Ricci used the legendary and original Neumann U47, U48, and M49 tube microphones.
A very natural sound. The pieces were recorded from start to finish without any sound manipulation, without equalization, without reverb, without condensing or expanding the sound.
Maestro Filippini's passion, virtuosity, and technical perfection simply yet intensely draw us into one of Johann Sebastian Bach's most important masterpieces, the six Cello Suites, one of the first works in which the cello reaches its unique expressive potential, revealing its quality as a solo instrument.
Maestro Filippini's performance, based on the solid performance tradition of the 20th century, gives new impetus to the Suites and opens the doors of great music to the general public.
An edition not to be missed.
