Product Description

JS Bach's cello suites are known and loved by classical aficionados worldwide. These are the second known recordings of the suites on violin and the first to feature the 6th Suite on 5-string violin. Gandelsman's years of experience with master musicians from various world traditions (Bela Fleck, Martin Hayes, Kayhan Kalhor) bring a refreshing deeply personal view to these magnificent works.

Review

There are many fine recordings and several great ones of these sonatas and partitas, and now a new one by Johnny Gandelsman takes its place among the very best

NPR's Fresh Air

Crisp, buoyant and with a sweet clarity of tone, it's one of the most dance-like takes on this daunting set of masterpieces.

The New York Times

An extraordinary CD. This is music that requires titanium technique and - even rarer - a rich inner life. Live and on disc, Gandelsman shares them both.

NY Magazine

Sparklingly personal Bach, shorn of grandeur, lofted by the spirit of dance, and as predictable as the flight of a swallow...

The Boston Globe

Exquisite expressive directness --San Francisco Chronicle