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A highly regarded representative of the new generation of cellists, Benedict Kloeckner has been championed by such maestros as Daniel Barenboim and Sir Simon Rattle. With a discography including an acclaimed recording of the Schumann Cello Concerto nominated for the German Record Critics prize, Kloeckner also demonstrates a great interest in new music. He plays an Italian Cello by Francesco Rugeri (Cremona 1690), formerly played by Maurice Gendron. In this three-album set he tackles the sacred summit of the solo cello repertoire, rightly pointing out that the lack of original manuscripts for the Six Suites leaves them especially open to individual interpretation. Yet he takes a further step in making this recording his own, interpolating between each of the suites miniature compositions for solo cello that he commissioned from composers on six different continents under the motto InchSounds of LightInch, thereby placing Bach's Western European masterworks in dialogue with music from across the globe in our own time. Album Tracks 1. Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007~Prélude 2. Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007~Allemande 3. Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007~Courante 4. Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007~Sarabande 5. Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007~Menuet 6. Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007~Gigue 7. Unter dem Sternenhimmel des Rheins 8. Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV1008~Prélude 9. Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV1008~Allemande 10. Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV1008~Courante 11. Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV1008~Sarabande 12. Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV1008~Menuet 13. Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV1008~Gigue 14. I am Cello 15. Suite No. 3 in C BWV1009~Prélude 16. Suite No. 3 in C BWV1009~Allemande 17. Suite No. 3 in C BWV1009~Courante 18. Suite No. 3 in C BWV1009~Sarabande 19. Suite No. 3 in C BWV1009~Bourée 20. Suite No. 3 in C BWV1009~Gigue 21. Soweto Cello Riffs 1. Suite No. 4 in E flat BWV101
