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Single Voice Polyphony Vol.1 – J. S. Bach: Six Suites for cello solo

1/1/2006, 36 Tracks, 2:36:24

Featuring

  • Gavriel Lipkind
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Bach's cello suites can be understood as 'program music' with an underlying religious 'libretto', reflecting his complete absorption in the Christian model of the world.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The cello suites cycle is structured in a 'sextuple macro-proportion', meaning it is based on the number six, which is the smallest common denominator of the primal proportions of two (dualism) and three (Trinity).

Source: Booklet

Instruments

Gavriel Lipkind plays an enigmatic Italian cello from around 1670-1680, erroneously labeled 'Aloysius Michael Garani (Bologna, 1702)', which is known as 'The Zihrhonheimer Cello'.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Gavriel Lipkind, the cellist on this recording, began playing Bach's cello suites as his very first music on the instrument.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Bach's entire musical repertoire, including the cello suites, can be seen as an interrelation of triple and dual proportions, derived from the Christian dualistic philosophy and the Trinity.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This recording is the first of several volumes to be released under the title 'Single-Voice Polyphony', a term describing the mental co-existence of multiple voices within a single musical line.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The cello suites were 'rediscovered' much later than Bach's violin cycle, leading to analyses often based on the already familiar violin music.

Source: Booklet

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