The poetry and beauty of Bach’s Cello Suites (BWV 1007-1012) are adapted in these remarkable interpretations by violist Kim Kashkashian, offering “a different kind of sombreness, a different kind of dazzlement” as annotator Paul Griffiths observes.
One of the most compelling performers of classical and new music, Kashkashian has been hailed by The San Francisco Chronicle as “an artist who combines a probing, restless musical intellect with enormous beauty of tone.” She approaches Bach’s music with the same commitment as revealed in her other solo recordings, the legendary Hindemith Sonatas album and the widely acclaimed (and Grammy-winning) account of Kurtág and Ligeti.
Amongst the viola player’s many other important recordings is another Bach disc – of 3 Sonatas for Viola da Gamba und Cembalo (BWV 1027-1029) – with Keith Jarrett playing the harpsichord.
Here is Ms. Kashkashian in music from this recording:
