Emmanuel Pahud, Jonathan Manson and Trevor Pinnock: Bach

Emmanuel Pahud, Jonathan Manson and Trevor Pinnock

Emmanuel Pahud previously recorded the flute sonatas of Johann Sebastian Bach with harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock and cellist Jonathan Manson. Of this, Gramophone wrote: 'One of the most attractive features of these performances is their moving and gentle beauty.' Today Manson solos in the First Cello Suite . The first of six, which were actually forgotten until Pedro Casal, then only thirteen, showed them up at a book stall. Casals himself became a legend, but so did the cello suites by him.

Bach

In his day, Bach's flute sonatas were often heard in a Leipzig coffee house where he gave concerts. Pahud, Manson and Pinnock play three of the four sonatas that have been preserved. They show a composer who takes tradition into account, but also innovates. The sonatas are very expressive, they move towards the 'empfindsamer Stil': not only technique excels, but also the feeling. In addition, the sonatas are full of dialogues and voices imitating each other. Pahud brilliantly gives the music extra wings, wrote the New York Times .