Anner Bylsma — Collection: Cello Suites & Sonatas, Sony Classical (11 CD)

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Product Details:

• Product Type: Audio CD box set (11 discs)
• Brand / Label: Sony Classical
• Artist: Anner Bylsma (cello / violoncello piccolo)
• Catalogue No.: 88843010762
• Release Year: 2014 (compilation)
• UPC: 888430107625
• Genre: Classical / Baroque & Classical chamber

Product Features

• Format: 11 × CD
• Soloist: Anner Bylsma, with Frans Brüggen, Bob van Asperen, Gustav Leonhardt and others
• Made in the E.U.
• Condition: Brand new, factory sealed

Overview

This eleven-disc Sony Classical box gathers the cellist Anner Bylsma's landmark recordings of the great cello repertoire — most famously both of his complete cycles of Bach's Six Suites for solo cello, the 1979 and the 1992 recordings, side by side. For anyone who cares about period-instrument cello playing, that pairing alone is the reason to own this.

Beyond the Bach Suites, the set ranges wide: Bach sonatas with harpsichord and viola da gamba, the violin partitas adapted for cello piccolo, Vivaldi and Boccherini sonatas, Corelli's "La Follia," and a disc on the 17th-century cello. The supporting cast is a roll-call of period-performance royalty — Brüggen, Leonhardt, van Asperen.

A definitive document of one of the most influential cellists of the historically-informed movement.

Interesting Facts

• Anner Bylsma (1934–2019) was a pioneering Dutch cellist central to the historically-informed performance movement.
• The box includes both of his complete Bach Cello Suite cycles — 1979 and 1992 — a rare chance to compare the two.
• He frequently played a Baroque cello and a violoncello piccolo, the smaller five-string instrument used for some of the music here.
• Collaborators include Frans Brüggen, Gustav Leonhardt, and Bob van Asperen, leading figures of the early-music world.
• The set also surveys the cello's 17th-century origins through works by Frescobaldi, Gabrielli, and others.

Track Listing

• CD1–2: Bach — 6 Suites for solo cello (1992)
• CD3–4: Bach — 6 Suites for solo cello (1979)
• CD5: Bach — 3 Sonatas for harpsichord & viola da gamba; J.C.F. Bach Sonata
• CD6: Bach — Partita for solo violin No. 3, Partita for flute, Sonata for solo violin No. 2 (cello piccolo)
• CD7: Bach — Flute Sonata No. 3; Corelli — "La Follia"
• CD8: Dotzauer exercises; Handel recorder sonatas; The Violoncello in the 17th Century
• CD9: Vivaldi — Sonatas for cello & b.c.
• CD10–11: Boccherini — Sonatas and Fugues for cello

Publishers

Released by Sony Classical / Sony Music Entertainment in 2014 (catalogue 88843010762). Made in the E.U.

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