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Recorded in the richly sonorous Church of Santa Eufemia in the fishing village of Bermeo on the Cantabrian coast of Spain, Gilles Colliard's performances of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas are unbelievably good. Although his tone is warm with more than a hint of vibrato and his technique is smooth with just a bit of sharpness, Colliard's playing is as natural as it is passionate, as concentrated as it is expansive. His performances are as much lived and felt as they are considered and contemplated with luminous depths, numinous heights, and, when the music calls for it, profoundly human transcendence. While the pantheon of great recordings of the Sonatas and Partitas -- the Grumiaux, the Milstein, the Heifetz, the Szeryng, the Kuijken -- is not unduly disturbed, it does have to make room for this one. Like the Spanish EMEC label, Gilles Colliard will be unfamiliar to an international audience, but with this recording, both the artist and the label should soon become much better known.
© TiVo
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Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
DISC 2
Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Gilles Colliard, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
Album review
Recorded in the richly sonorous Church of Santa Eufemia in the fishing village of Bermeo on the Cantabrian coast of Spain, Gilles Colliard's performances of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas are unbelievably good. Although his tone is warm with more than a hint of vibrato and his technique is smooth with just a bit of sharpness, Colliard's playing is as natural as it is passionate, as concentrated as it is expansive. His performances are as much lived and felt as they are considered and contemplated with luminous depths, numinous heights, and, when the music calls for it, profoundly human transcendence. While the pantheon of great recordings of the Sonatas and Partitas -- the Grumiaux, the Milstein, the Heifetz, the Szeryng, the Kuijken -- is not unduly disturbed, it does have to make room for this one. Like the Spanish EMEC label, Gilles Colliard will be unfamiliar to an international audience, but with this recording, both the artist and the label should soon become much better known.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 31 track(s)
- Total length: 02:21:15
- Main artists: Gilles Colliard
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Label: EMEC Records
- Genre: Classical
2012 EMEC Records 2012 (P) EMEC Records
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