6 Cello Suites by Florian Berner

Johann Sebastian Bach

Florian Berner

6 Cello Suites

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Perfect Noise
UPC: 0719279934021
Catnr: PN 2305
Release date: 08 September 2023
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Perfect Noise

UPC
0719279934021

Catalogue number
PN 2305

Release date
08 September 2023

"Florian Berner plays a Bach to kneel down. His feeling, his style and above all his beautiful, warm sound let Bach’s cello suites become most beautiful. "

Pizzicato, 19-9-2023

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In September 2020 Florian Berner travelled to Tuscany. Playing in the local church, and initially just for himself, he recorded the first three of Bach’s six suites for solo cello. By early 2023 he completed the cycle in Köthen, where Bach was Capellmeister from 1717-1722. The two separate experiences captured performances of unique intuition and power.

Im September 2020 reiste Florian Berner in die Toskana. Er spielte in der örtlichen Kirche und nahm -zunächst nur für sich selbst - die ersten drei der sechs Suiten für Violoncello solo auf. Anfang 2023 vollendete er dann den Zyklus in Köthen, wo Bach von 1717-1722 als Hofkapellmeister tätig war. Entstanden sind zwei Aufnahmen von außerordentlicher Intuition und Gestaltungskraft.

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Florian Berner

For more than two decades, viennese cellist Florian Bernerhas been a welcome guestin the world’s major music centers. As cellist and founding member of the Hugo WolfQuartet, he has taken part in extended concert tours throughout Europe, Asia and SouthAmerica and the US. He has appeared in such renowned concert venues as Carnegie Hall(New York), Cité des Arts (Paris), Konzerthaus and Musikveriein, Wien, Berlin Philharmo-nie, Suntory Hall (Tokyo) and the Lockenhaus, Schubertiade and Colmar Chamber MusicFestivals.Florian Berner’s numerous accolades include a Rising Star award, the Special Prize ofthe Vienna Philharmonic and the European Chamber Music Prize. His extensive oeuvre asa recording artist includes CDs released by Gramola, Extraplatte, VMS, cpo and CamJazz.In 2016, he co-founded the Alban Berg Ensemble Vienna (ABEW) with the Alban BergFoundation, granting permission for the ensemble’s name. In addition to its internationalconcert appearances, the ABEW performs a regular concert cycle in Vienna and holds itsown chamber music festival – the BERGfrühling in Ossiach.The Alban Berg Ensemble’s debut CD was released in July 2020 by Deutsche Grammo-phon.Florian Berner studied at the mdw in Vienna and with Mario Brunello in Italy. Todayhe holds master classes at numerous American universities, at the St. Petersburg Con-servatory and at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. He has served as a lecturer forthe Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra (Venezuela), Superar (Vienna), the Norwegian YouthSymphony Orchestra and the Ötztaler Kulturwochen festival, among many others. Mr.Berner holds a professorship for chamber music at the Music and Arts University of theCity of Vienna.Florian Berner plays a cello by Nicolò Gagliano, Naples, 1819

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and hundreds of cantatas. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth. Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognised as a great composer until a revival of interest in and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.

Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognised as a great composer until a revival of interest in and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.

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Florian Berner plays a Bach to kneel down. His feeling, his style and above all his beautiful, warm sound let Bach’s cello suites become most beautiful.
Pizzicato, 19-9-2023