This recording was made in the wood-panelled Teldex-Studios in Berlin to achieve a transparent and warm sound, rather than church acoustics.
Interpretation
The cellist, Isang Enders, deliberately ordered the suites on this recording into 'light' and 'dark' halves.
Performer Biography
Isang Enders, the cellist on this recording, was born in 1988 into a German-Korean musician family in Frankfurt am Main.
Performer Biography
At 20, Isang Enders became the youngest cello soloist in Germany when he was appointed principal leader of the cello section in the Dresden Staatskapelle.
Instruments
Isang Enders performs on a cello labelled 'Joseph Gagliano Filius, Neapoli 1720', provided by the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben's instrument fund.
Compositional Technique
Bach's Cello Suites are essentially non-contrapuntal, unlike his Partitas and Sonatas for Violin which feature elaborate fugues.
Composition History
Bach's Cello Suites were most likely intended for private performances, not for public concerts.
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