The Art of the Curved Bow Vol.1

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Release Date: 21st Nov 2017
Catalogue No: MOD-CD-52
Label: Mode
Length: 66 minutes

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Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV1009

Work length20:05

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Michael Bach (cello)

Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: I. Prelude

Track length3:03

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Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: II. Allemande

Track length3:25

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Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: III. Courante

Track length3:10

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Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande

Track length2:51

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Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: V. Bourrées I & II

Track length4:16

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Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: VI. Gigue

Track length3:20

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Schnebel: 5 Inventions

Work length10:36

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Michael Bach (cello)

5 Inventions: No. 1, Reihungen

Track length1:54

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5 Inventions: No. 2, Alternativen

Track length1:25

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5 Inventions: No. 3, Stauen

Track length1:30

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5 Inventions: No. 4, Ewartungen

Track length3:17

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5 Inventions: No. 5, Ambivalenzen

Track length2:30

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Schnebel: Mit Diesen Händen

Work length35:19

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Mechthild Seitz (mezzo-soprano), Michael Bach (cello)

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A major release for lovers of the music of J.S. Bach as well as fans of New Music. The CURVED BOW, or BACH Bow, gives string-players the unique ability to play up to all four strings simultaneously--an impossibility with today's bow. Some believe that the curved bow was used during Bach's time, in the 20th century it was championed by the likes of Albert Schweitzer. It is a device with incredible potential for new and old repertoire, shedding new musical light on the works in which it is employed.

Michael Bach, a German cellist now living in France, has been playing with the curved bow for many years, continually developing his technique and the design of the bow itself. His mastery of the curved-bow brought him to the attention of John Cage, who worked with Bach on some late works utilizing the special techniques of the curved bow (to be featured on future Mode releases), and many other contemporary composers also intrigued by the possibilities of this style.

This is the first in a series by Michael Bach on Mode Records. Each Art of the Curved Bow release will feature one of Bach's Cello Suites performed to tremendous effect and sonority with the curved-bow, with contemporary couplings.

Here Michael Bach performs Bach's Cello Suite in C major along with two works by Dieter Schnebel, an innovative composer of Europe's post-war generation. Schnebel's Mit Diesen Händen is a powerful work for cello and mezzo-soprano to a harrowing poem of Heinrich Böll.

Michael Bach is also a visual artist--the CD comes with a full-sized poster of his art to Böll's poem, liner notes by Schnebel and an essay on the curved bow by James Pritchett.

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