A breathtaking interpretation of Bach’s Cello Suites

'A spellbinding set that is arguably Podger's finest recorded achievement to date'

Freya Parr

Published: May 29, 2019 at 1:41 pm

'Music that one thinks of instinctively as boldly-etched, deeply (in every sense) introspective and eliciting a melancholic sense of struggle, becomes more dance-like, airy and freewheeling'

JS Bach Cello Suites Nos. 1-6 Rachel Podger (violin) Channel Classics CCS SA 41119 (hybrid CD/SACD) 127:38 mins (2 discs)

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Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.

A breathtaking interpretation of Bach’s Cello Suites

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