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In the '80s there were those listeners who thought that Heinrich Schiff might redeem cello performance practice from fatal beauty and lethal elegance. Aside from the burly and brawny Rostropovich, more and more cellists were advocating a performance style whose ideals were perfect intonation and graceful phrasing. In some repertoire, say, Fauré, these are perfectly legitimate goals. In other repertoire, Beethoven and Brahms, say, it is a terrible mistake. In Bach's Cello Suites, as the fay and fragile Yo-Yo Ma recordings make clear, it was a terminal mistake. Not so in Schiff's magnificently muscular 1984 recordings of the suites: Schiff's rhythms, his tempos, his tone, his intonation, and especially his interpretations were anything but fay or fragile. In Schiff's performance, Bach's Cello Suites are not the neurasthenic music of a composer supine with dread and despair in the dark midnight of the soul, but the forceful music of a mature composer in full control of himself and his music. Schiff's strong bow and incisive attack made joyful not fluffy music of the major-key suites and his robust mind and deep heart made soulful not morbid music of the minor-key suites. For listeners in the '80s, the contrast with Ma's pretty but vapid performances could not have been more stark. For later listeners, Schiff's manly and vigorous performances will be a tonic against the hollowness of contemporary cellists. EMI's early digital sound was perhaps too close and possibly too loud but nevertheless amazingly vivid and immediate.
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Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
DISC 2
Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hartwig Paulsen, Engineer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hartwig Paulsen, Engineer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hartwig Paulsen, Engineer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hartwig Paulsen, Engineer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hartwig Paulsen, Engineer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hartwig Paulsen, Engineer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hartwig Paulsen, Engineer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hartwig Paulsen, Engineer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hartwig Paulsen, Engineer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hartwig Paulsen, Engineer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hartwig Paulsen, Engineer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hartwig Paulsen, Engineer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hartwig Paulsen, Engineer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hartwig Paulsen, Engineer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hartwig Paulsen, Engineer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hartwig Paulsen, Engineer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hartwig Paulsen, Engineer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hartwig Paulsen, Engineer - Heinrich Schiff, Cello, MainArtist
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
Album review
In the '80s there were those listeners who thought that Heinrich Schiff might redeem cello performance practice from fatal beauty and lethal elegance. Aside from the burly and brawny Rostropovich, more and more cellists were advocating a performance style whose ideals were perfect intonation and graceful phrasing. In some repertoire, say, Fauré, these are perfectly legitimate goals. In other repertoire, Beethoven and Brahms, say, it is a terrible mistake. In Bach's Cello Suites, as the fay and fragile Yo-Yo Ma recordings make clear, it was a terminal mistake. Not so in Schiff's magnificently muscular 1984 recordings of the suites: Schiff's rhythms, his tempos, his tone, his intonation, and especially his interpretations were anything but fay or fragile. In Schiff's performance, Bach's Cello Suites are not the neurasthenic music of a composer supine with dread and despair in the dark midnight of the soul, but the forceful music of a mature composer in full control of himself and his music. Schiff's strong bow and incisive attack made joyful not fluffy music of the major-key suites and his robust mind and deep heart made soulful not morbid music of the minor-key suites. For listeners in the '80s, the contrast with Ma's pretty but vapid performances could not have been more stark. For later listeners, Schiff's manly and vigorous performances will be a tonic against the hollowness of contemporary cellists. EMI's early digital sound was perhaps too close and possibly too loud but nevertheless amazingly vivid and immediate.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 36 track(s)
- Total length: 02:04:35
- Main artists: Heinrich Schiff
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
A Warner Classics release, © 2003 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH
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