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巴哈:無伴大提琴奏組曲( 第1-6號, BWV1007-1012)
沙薩·維克托莫夫 大提琴

Sasa Vectomov – cello (made by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini)
Recorded in the Organ Hall of the House of Artists (Rudolfinum) from 27 August to 4 September, 1984
Bach could hardly have imagined how popular his cycle of Six Suites for Cello Solo would
become nearly 300 years after he finished writing them in Cöthen. There are more than 200
existing historical and contemporary recordings of "informed" and "modern"
interpretations – that tells it all. The music makes extraordinary demands on players'
technical and interpretive ability and their overall comprehension. In the suites, Bach
managed to create music that is highly innovative (it is worth noting that the cello was still
developing at the time), and yet he retained his stylistic purity and comprehensibility. While
these are formally dance suites, the architecture of some of them is more like that of a
cathedral, in part thanks to the wealth of contrapuntal writing. They are a great challenge
for everyone who has mastered the cello, Sasa Vectomov included. His first teacher was his
father (he studied in Paris with Piatigorsky and Fournier and with Casals's assistant
Alexanian). The playing of the young Vectomov was then strongly influenced by
Rostropovich's teacher Semyon Kozolupov at the Moscow Conservatoire and by André

Navarra in Italy. Besides his solo career, he also excelled at playing chamber music (Czech
Trio, City of Prague Quartet) and was an equally wonderful teacher. For the recording of the
Bach suites that he made in Prague at the Rudolfinum in the summer of 1984, he prepared
himself for several years. In 1980, for example, he played the whole cycle from memory at
a single concert.
His recording can be characterised as having unmistakable beauty of tone, perfect
intonation, and brilliant technique, but above all it is the deep comprehension of the "text"
and the immediacy of the musicianship that make this recording something timeless and
exceptional.
Bach – Cello Suites: timeless music on a timeless recording

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
CD 1
Suite No. 1 in G major . BWV 1007 11:16
1. I. Prélude 2:42
2. II. Allemande 2:21
3. III. Courante 1:33
4. IV. Sarabande 1:29
5. V. Menuet I, II 2:06
6. VI. Gigue 1:04
Suite No. 2 in D minor . BWV 1008 13:01
7. I. Prélude 3:40
8. II. Allemande 2:01
9. III. Courante 1:14
10. IV. Sarabande 2:20
11. V. Menuet I, II 2:08
12. VI. Gigue 1:38
Suite No. 3 in C major . BWV 1009 14:16
13. I. Prélude 3:55
14. II. Allemande 1:57
15. III. Courante 1:42
16. IV. Sarabande 2:22
17. V. Bourée I, II 2:39
18. VI. Gigue 1:39
CD 2
Suite No. 4 in E flat major . BWV 1010 18:36
1. I. Prélude 6:11
2. II. Allemande 2:19
3. III. Courante 2:11
4. IV. Sarabande 2:35
5. V. Bourée I, II 3:53
6. VI. Gigue 1:26
Suite No. 5 in C minor . BWV 1011 20:44
7. I. Prélude 7:56
8. II. Allemande 3:56
9. III. Courante 1:31
10. IV. Sarabande 1:45
11. V. Gavotte I, II 3:58
12. VI. Gigue 1:38
Suite No. 6 in D major . BWV 1012 21:20
13. I. Prélude 5:46
14. II. Allemande 5:11
15. III. Courante 1:56
16. IV. Sarabande 2:33
17. V. Gavotte I, II 3:20
18. VI. Gigue 2:33