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Bach Trios / Yo-Yo Ma, Thile, Meyer


Release Date: 04/07/2017 
Label:  Nonesuch   Catalog #: 558933  
Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Chris Thile,  Yo-Yo Ma,  Edgar Meyer
Number of Discs: 1 
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Notes and Editorial Reviews

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, mandolinist Chris Thile, and bassist Edgar Meyer play works by J.S. Bach originally written for keyboard instruments, plus a sonata for viola da gamba. They last recorded together, with Stuart Duncan, on the Grammy-winning album The Goat Rodeo Sessions, which the Los Angeles Times called "haunting, invigorating, often breathtaking." Awarding the album five out of five stars, the Times of London called Bach Trios "effervescent" and "irresistible."

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REVIEWS:

Thile and Meyer, with their backgrounds in bluegrass and American roots music, bring an appealing swing and spontaneity to the Bach…Ma draws a glorious palette of sounds from his cello, which Read more sings and weeps and whispers.

– BBC Music Magazine

It took a few tracks to get used to the clipped, precise sound of the mandolin, at times evoking lute or harpsichord, but by the time these three fine musicians tackled the Fugue No 20 in A minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2, I was convinced.

– The Observer (UK) Read less

Works on This Recording

1.
Trio Sonata for Organ no 6 in G major, BWV 530 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Chris Thile (Mandolin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Edgar Meyer (Double Bass)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1727; Leipzig, Germany 
2.
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue no 19 in A major, BWV 864 - Prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Chris Thile (Mandolin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Edgar Meyer (Double Bass)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1722; Cöthen, Germany 
3.
Chorale Preludes (6) BWV 645-650 "Schübler": no 1, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Chris Thile (Mandolin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Edgar Meyer (Double Bass)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1748-1749; Leipzig, Germany 
4.
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude and Fugue no 20 in A minor, BWV 889 - Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Chris Thile (Mandolin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Edgar Meyer (Double Bass)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1738-1742; Leipzig, Germany 
5.
Orgelbüchlein: Ich ruf'zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Chris Thile (Mandolin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Edgar Meyer (Double Bass)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1713-1717; Weimar, Germany 
6.
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548 "Wedge" by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Chris Thile (Mandolin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Edgar Meyer (Double Bass)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1727-1731; Leipzig, Germany 
7.
Partita for Keyboard no 5 in G major, BWV 829: Passepied by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Chris Thile (Mandolin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Edgar Meyer (Double Bass)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1726-1731; Leipzig, Germany 
8.
Chorale Preludes (6) BWV 645-650 "Schübler": no 6, Kommst du nun, Jesu, BWV 650 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Chris Thile (Mandolin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Edgar Meyer (Double Bass)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1748-1749; Leipzig, Germany 
9.
The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 13, a 3, rectus by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Chris Thile (Mandolin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Edgar Meyer (Double Bass)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1745-1750; Leipzig, Germany 
10.
The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 13, a 3, inversus by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Chris Thile (Mandolin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Edgar Meyer (Double Bass)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1745-1750; Leipzig, Germany 
11.
Erbarm' dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Chris Thile (Mandolin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Edgar Meyer (Double Bass)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1708-1717; ?Weimar, Germany 
12.
Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no 3 in G minor, BWV 1029 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Chris Thile (Mandolin), Yo-Yo Ma (Cello), Edgar Meyer (Double Bass)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1720; Cöthen, Germany 

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review:  ( 2 Customer Reviews )
 outstanding June 21, 2017 By kate  wilson (san francisco, CA) See All My Reviews "This CD is a treasure - it is subtle and unobtrusive, the sort of music that one can play and still focus on the task at hand. Being a Bach lover, I am never happier than when his music is in my brain, it is however, a little too pianissimo some of the time, kate" Report Abuse
 Beyond Expectations May 5, 2017 By Kathleen Sagmiller S. (Poulsbo, WA) See All My Reviews "This trio of performers are expressing the joy of playing music with one another. A special recording of pleasurable listening." Report Abuse
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