CD 1:
Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 625
Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731
Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008
Christus, der uns selig macht, BWV 620

CD 2:
Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 726
Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009
O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 618
Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010
Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 610

CD 3:
Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich, BWV 609
Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011
Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727
Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012
Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein/Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit, BWV 668a

Valentin Erben, cellist of the legendary Alban Berg Quartet, presents his recording of Johann Sebastian Bach's solo suites, recorded in Erben's 75th year. Together with his son Sebastian, Erben has given the cycle of cello suites a framework by adding nine organ chorales, as it were bridges between the individual suites. Erben's playing is at once powerful and humble, youthful yet wise – here we have an interpretation of these muchperformed works that counters those interpretations that ostensibly focus on the instrumental virtuosity of Bach's music. The "lifelong chamber musician" Erben appears here as a soloist in the truest sense of the word, and one may regret, for all the joy of this recording, that the world had to wait so long for it.

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Recording: Marienkapelle & Bruckner-Orgel, Stiftskirche, St. Florian/Austria, 16–18 June, 29 June – 2 July & 27 July 2020.