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Guy Fishman on Bach’s Cello Suites
Program: Biscuit Chats
Aired: Sunday, September 1, 2024
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
One of Bach’s great musical achievements is his six cello suites. Most professional cellists will add them to their repertoire at some point in their career. We talk to Guy Fishman, principal cellist with Bach Akademie Charlotte, about his recital at Holy Comforter Church in Charlotte where he plays all six suites, a herculean feat. Guy tells us why he considers these works great and talks about the challenge of playing them all in a single day.
Playlist
7 am | |
| Johann David Heinichen · Concerto in G, S.213 Musica Antiqua Cologne Archiv Produktion 000817 702 "Heinichen: Dresden Concerti" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Beatus vir" (Blessed is the man...) RV 598 La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy; Raphael Passaquet Vocal E Mary Burgess, Jocelyne Chamonin, sopranos; Carolyn Watkinson, contralto Sony Classical 48280 "Bach: Magnificat; Vivaldi: Gloria" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Violin Concerto in A, BWV 1055 Brecon Baroque Rachel Podger, violin Channel Classics 30910 "J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos" | |
| Benedetto Marcello · Recorder Sonata No. 4 in e Michael Schneider, recorder; Annette Schneider, cello; Sabine Bauer, harpsichord; Toshonori Ozaki, lute Capriccio 10512 "Blockflötenmusik des Italienischen Hochbarock" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Aria from Cantata BWV 205, "Aelous stilled" Marie-Claire Alain, organ at Eglise Saint-Thomas d'Aquin, Paris; Guy Touvron, trumpet Erato 75367 "Trumpet and Organ" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Alleluia, from Cantata BWV 51 "Exult in God in every land" Marie-Claire Alain, organ at Eglise Saint-Thomas d'Aquin, Paris; Guy Touvron, trumpet Erato 75367 "Trumpet and Organ" | |
8 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Toccata in d, BWV 913 Jeffrey Biegel, piano Steinway & Sons 30001 "Bach on a Steinway" | |
| Charles Avison · Concerto Grosso No. 5 in d (after Scarlatti) Cafe Zimmermann Alpha Productions 031 "Avison: Concertos in Seven Parts from the Lessons of Scarl | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Goldberg Variations: Aria & Variations 1-11 (arr. for string trio by Dmitry Sitkovetsky) Julian Rachlin, violin; Nobuko Imai, viola; Mischa Maisky, cello Deutsche Grammophon 000824 802 "Bach: Goldberg Variations" | |
| Tomaso Albinoni · Concerto in G for 2 Oboes, Op. 9, No. 6 Collegium Musicum 90 Anthony Robson, Catherine Latham, oboes Chandos 792 "Albinoni: Collected Concertos for Oboe & Strings" | |
9 am | |
| William Boyce · Overture No. 9 in A Cantilena Chandos 6531 "William Boyce: Overtures 1-9" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cantata BWV 78: "Jesus, who has wrested my soul" (selections) Netherlands Bach Collegium Ruth Holton, soprano; Sytse Buwalda, alto; Nico van der Meel, tenor Brilliant Classics 94050 "Bach Edition: Complete Works" | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · Cello Concerto in Bb, Wq. 171 (finale) Members of the Handel & Haydn Society Guy Fishman, cello Olde Focus Recordings 915 "C.P.E. Bach: Concerti for cello, strings and basso continu | |
| Domenico Scarlatti · Sonata in A, K. 320 (L. 341) Konstantin Scherbakov, piano Naxos 8.5548 42 "Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas Vol. 7" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Harp Concerto in Bb, Op. 4, No. 6 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Marisa Robles, harp Decca 425723 "Harp Concertos" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · "May the treasures of the wide world leave my soul in peace" from Cantata 204 Munich Chamber Orchestra Christine Schafer, soprano; Hilary Hahn, violin Deutsche Grammophon 001383 202 "Bach: Violin and Voice" | |
10 am | |
| Johann Pachelbel · Arietta with Variations in F Kent Tritle, organ of Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY MSR 1380 "A Treasury of German Baroque" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Orchestral Suite No. 2 in b, BWV 1067 Academy of Ancient Music Liza Beznosiuk, flute L'Oiseau-Lyre 417834 "Bach: Orchestral Suites" | |
| Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco · Concerto in G, Op. 6, No. 5 Il Tempio Armonico, Verona Stradivarius 33791 "Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco: Concerti a piu Instrumenti, Op | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Fugue in D, BWV 532 Simon Preston, organ of the Kreuzberg Church, Bonn, Germany Deutsche Grammophon 427668 "Bach: Toccata & Fuge D-Moll BWV 565 U.A." | |
| Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel · Concerto grosso in D for four choirs of trumpets, flute, oboe, bassoon, strings & continuo Paillard Chamber Orchestra Maurice Andre, Bernard Gabel, Guy Touvron, Bernard Soustrot, Mineo Sugiki, Pierre Schweitzer, trumpets; Maxence Larrieu, flut Erato 469572 2 "Maurice André Edition - Concertos, Vol. 1" | |