Chris Thile - Bach Trios (CD)

2017 release, an album of Bach works recorded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, mandolinist Chris Thile, and bassist Edgar Meyer. The album comprises works by J.S. Bach originally written for keyboard instruments, plus one sonata for viola da gamba. In 2011, Ma, Thile, and Meyer-along with Stuart Duncan-collaborated on The Goat Rodeo Sessions, which won two Grammy Awards. The New York Times said of Yo-Yo Ma, who is considered one of today's foremost interpreters of Bach, "Other cellists hear Bach's suites the same as Mr. Ma, but few if any have the technical means to transfer their imaginings so precisely into sound." Ma maintains a balance between his engagements as soloist with orchestras worldwide and his recital and chamber music activities. His discography includes more than one hundred albums, eighteen of which have won Grammy Awards. Ma also serves as the Artistic Director of Silkroad, an organization he founded to promote cross-cultural performance and collaborations. More than eighty works have been commissioned specifically for the Silk Road Ensemble, which tours annually. Ma also serves as the Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Negaunee Music Institute and in 2016 was appointed Artistic Advisor to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Trio Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 530: I. Vivace
2. Trio Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 530: II. Lento
3. Trio Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 530: III. Allegro
4. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude No. 19 in a Major, BWV 864
5. Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme, BWV 645
6. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 20 in a Minor, BWV 889
7. Ich Ruf Zu Dir Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
8. Prelude No. 18 in E minor, BWV 548
9. Fugue No. 18 in E minor, BWV 548
10. Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: VI. Passepied
11. Kommst Du Nun, Jesu Vom Himmel Herunter, BWV 650
12. Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIII a 3, "Rectus"
13. Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIII a 3, "Inversus"
14. Erbarm Dich Mein, O Herre Gott, BWV 721
15. Sonata for Viola Da Gamba No. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029: I. Vivace
16. Sonata for Viola Da Gamba No. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029: II. Adagio
17. Sonata for Viola Da Gamba No. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029: III. Allegro