J.S. Bach's genius is universally revered by music lovers, and a significant part of his output was in transcriptions of his own work, a tradition kept alive in Eleonor Bindman's piano versions of the Six Suites for Solo Cello. Eleonor Bindman has avoided embellishing these iconic pieces, preserving the intriguing ambiguities in Bach's implied harmonies and savoring their expressive qualities through the baritone register of a marvelous Bösendorfer piano. These admirably accurate transcriptions reveal the mysterious mathematical grace and flexibility of structure that makes Bach's art so organic and eternal."
1 Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Arr. E. Bindman for Piano)
2 I. Prelude
3 II. Allemande
4 III. Courante
5 IV. Sarabande
6 V. Menuets I-II
7 VI. Gigue
8 Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 (Arr. E. Bindman for Piano)
9 I. Prelude
10 II. Allemande
11 III. Courante
12 IV. Sarabande
13 V. Menuets I-II
14 VI. Gigue
15 Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1009 (Arr. E. Bindman for Piano)
16 I. Prelude
17 II. Allemande
18 III. Courante
19 IV. Sarabande
20 V. Bourrées I-II
21 VI. Gigue
- Disc 2 -
1 Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010 (Arr. E. Bindman for Piano)
2 I. Prelude
3 II. Allemande
4 III. Courante
5 IV. Sarabande
6 V. Bourrées I-II
7 VI. Gigue
8 Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 (Arr. E. Bindman for Piano)
9 I. Prelude
10 II. Allemande
11 III. Courante
12 IV. Sarabande
13 V. Gavottes I-II
14 VI. Gigue
15 Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012 (Arr. E. Bindman for Piano)
16 I. Prelude
17 II. Allemande
18 III. Courante
19 IV. Sarabande
20 V. Gavottes I-II
21 VI. Gigue
J.S. Bach's genius is universally revered by music lovers, and a significant part of his output was in transcriptions of his own work, a tradition kept alive in Eleonor Bindman's piano versions of the Six Suites for Solo Cello. Eleonor Bindman has avoided embellishing these iconic pieces, preserving the intriguing ambiguities in Bach's implied harmonies and savoring their expressive qualities through the baritone register of a marvelous Bösendorfer piano. These admirably accurate transcriptions reveal the mysterious mathematical grace and flexibility of structure that makes Bach's art so organic and eternal."
