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Reviewer: With current research asserting with increasing certainty ‑ to the dismay of cellists everywhere ‑ that Bach's ‘cello’ suites were in fact intended for the violoncello da spalla, it is reassuring that this latest addition to the long list of cello recordings seems so fresh and inventive. Viola de Hoog’s background as both a baroque and modern cellist (she performed for 20 years with the Schönberg Quartet and has been principal cellist with Concerto Köln and the King’s Consort) is immediately apparent. Her interpretation deftly synthesises historically informed technique with surprisingly romantic phrasing. De Hoog paints with long and elegant lines while enjoying the darker colours of her Guadagnini. Her gigues contrast a full legato with well‑articulated and animated staccato while her preludes and sarabands draw out a resonance viol players would be proud of.
Confident and affective ornamentation finds its way into a number of
movements, from selective use of vibrato as a special colour to more brazen
cadenza‑like digressions. The end of the D minor prelude is adorned with the
sort of performer‑invented divisions many cellists shun as 'interfering with
Bach' but which de Hoog performs with convincing agility. Perhaps we can
ignore the research a little longer. | |
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