CD Description
Although an exact chronology of the suites cannot be completely established, it is commonly agreed that they date back to the years when Bach was a Kapellmeister in Cöthen for either Christian Ferdinand Abel, a renowned gambist, or, more likely, for Christian Bernhard Linike, an excellent cellist. Luigi Piovano currently solos and plays first cello with the Accademia Nazionalea di Santa Cecilia Symphony Orchestra and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1999 Piovano took part in the "Menuhin Festival " of Gstaad, playing with Sitkovetsky, Dalberto and Collins and at the Salzburg Festival with the famous "Pollini Project," which gave him the opportunity in 2001 to play at New York City s prestigious Carnegie Hall, in Tokyo in 2002, and in Saint Cecilia s Academy in Rome in 2003.He plays a Matteo Goffriller, c1720 for Suites 1-5 and a cello with 5 strings by William Foster III, 1795, for Suite No. 6.
