Six Suites for Cello

Marko Ylönen · Johann Sebastian Bach

2019 · ABCD 444

Credits

Performers: Marko Ylönen — Cello
Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach

About this release

Cellist Marko Ylönen has recorded a beautiful double album containing Bach’s six suites for solo cello. On the album, Ylönen wants to emphasize the way in which the different series work together in a dialogue. That is why he does not play them in their numerical order but creates an experience that takes the listener from the world of passion in the fifth series to the joyful tones of the last sixth series. The clear musical structure and the affect of the musical characters and gestures combine in Ylönen’s performance. His interpretation of the Bach suites tells the listener something invaluable, touching and timeless. Marko Ylönen (born 1966) has occupied numerous roles in the course of his career: as soloist and principal cellist, in quartets, trios and duos, as Artistic Director of several festivals and as a teacher. He has also reaped success in many Finnish and international competitions and recorded a large volume of staple and contemporary cello literature. His concert tours have taken him across Europe, to the USA, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, and he has recorded on the Ondine, Finlandia, BIS, Alba and other labels. A regular soloist with most of the Finnish orchestras, Marko Ylönen has also appeared with the Camerata Salzburg, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Prague Chamber Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestras of Adelaide, Melbourne and Stavanger, and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. Among the conductors he has worked with are Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Juha Kangas, John Storgårds, Hannu Lintu, Susanna Mälkki, Ben Wallfisch, Klaus Mäkelä, Sakari Oramo, Moshe Atzmon, Alexander Vedernikov and Olli Mustonen. He has given recitals at such prestigious venues as the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York and the Kleine Zaal of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. In chamber repertoire he has performed with many of the world’s greatest musicians at festivals in Finland and elsewhere. He has been Professor of chamber music at the Sibelius Academy since 2009. His own teachers were Csaba Szilvay, Heikki Rautasalo and Heinrich Schiff, and he plays a Bartolomeo Cristofori cello from the 1720s.

Tracks

Disc 1
Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
1.I. Préludecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001276:35
Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
2.I. Préludecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001286:18
Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
3.LEVY 2comp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001292:08
Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010
4.I. Préludecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001304:13
Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
5.V. Gavotte I - Gavotte IIcomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001315:11
6.VI. Giguecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001323:08
Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
7.I. Préludecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001333:33
8.II. Allemandecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001343:37
9.III. Courantecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001352:58
10.IV. Sarabandecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001365:02
11.V. Bourée I - Bourée IIcomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001373:51
12.VI. Giguecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001383:28
Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
13.I. Préludecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001393:35
14.II. Allemandecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001403:25
15.III. Courantecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001412:22
16.IV. Sarabandecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001424:34
17.V. Menuet I - Menuet IIcomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001433:09
18.VI. Giguecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001442:44
Disc 2
Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
1.I. Préludecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001452:35
2.II. Allemandecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001464:02
3.III. Courantecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001472:36
4.IV. Sarabandecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001483:00
5.V. Menuet I - Menuet IIcomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001493:25
6.VI. Giguecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001501:57
Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010
7.I. Préludecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001514:16
8.II. Allemandecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001524:02
9.III. Courantecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001533:36
10.IV. Sarabandecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001545:17
11.V. Bourée I - Bourée IIcomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001555:06
12.VI. Giguecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001563:11
Suite No. 6 in D major, BVW 1012
13.I. Préludecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001575:07
14.II. Allemandecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001587:41
15.III. Courantecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001593:47
16.IV. Sarabandecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001604:36
17.V. Gavotte I - Gavotte IIcomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001614:26
18.VI. Giguecomp. Johann Sebastian BachISRC FIABA19001624:14

Reviews

Marko Ylönen kertoo Bachin soolosarjoissa syvää tarinaa
Levyt
J.S. BACH
Six Suites for Solo Cello
Marko Ylönen, sello
Alba
Marko Ylönen (s.1966) on yksi harvoja suomalaisia sellistejä, joka on levyttänyt nämä Bachin soolosarjat. Maailmalta levytyksiä kyllä löytyy laajasti. Karkeasti nämä äänitteet voi tulkinnallisesti jakaa kahteen ryhmään.
Toinen ryhmä pysyttelee tiukasti barokin tyylissä ja toinen ryhmä painottaa tulkinnassaan muita tyylejä. Ylönen soittaa kyllä teokset…
15.9.2019 · Jari Pitkänen Keskisuomalainen
J.S.Bach: Soolosellosarjat. Marko Ylönen. Alba 2 cd. ★★★★
MARKO YLÖNEN on muotoillut Bachin kuusi soolosellosarjaa numerojärjestyksestä poikkeavaksi kokonaisuudeksi, joka alkaa passiomaisen c-mollisarjan murheisuudesta ja päättyy keveästi iloitsevaan D-duurisarjaan. Sellon kiinteä, kantavasti äänitetty sointi puhuttelee suoraan. Yksittäiset osat heijastelevat kunkin sarjan yleisluonnetta. Yleisilme on vakavahko. Vaikka jotkin tanssiosat saattavat saada totutusta poikkeavan, yleensä…
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