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Recording engineer and producer Sergei Kvitko has completed degrees in music from Russia and the US, including Doctorate in Piano Performance from Michigan State University. (Read more...)
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Marimba Suites (2 CDs)

Marimba Suites (2 CDs)

Gwendolyn Burgett Thrasher plays Her Transcriptions of Six Cello Suites by J. S. Bach
$24.99
   

Gwendolyn Burgett Thrasher, at only 26, boasts degrees from Eastman, Peabody and Yale, and top prizes at World Marimba Competition and other international contests. She has wowed audiences worldwide with her breathtaking performances, and is now releasing this highly anticipated debut recording of her own transcriptions of Bach’s Complete Cello Suites. These reverent but fearless arrangements are destined to become a staple in marimba repertoire and her technically dazzling and musically passionate playing is setting a new standard for marimba performance. Already said to be “one of the best marimba recordings ever made” and “out of this world performance” this double CD set is going to change the way you hear Bach and think about marimba.

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Track Listing

DISK 1
Suite 1 in G Major BWV1007
01 Prelude
02 Allemande
03 Courante
04 Sarabande
05 Menuets I & II
06 Gigue
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Suite 2 in D Minor BWV 1008
07 Prelude
08 Allemande
09 Courante
10 Sarabande
11 Menuets I & II
12 Gigue
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Suite 3 in C Major BWV 1009
13 Prelude
14 Allemande
15 Courante
16 Sarabande
17 Bourrees I & II
18 Gigue
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DISK 2
Suite 4 in E-flat Major BWV 1010
01 Prelude
02 Allemande
03 Courante
04 Sarabande
05 Bourrees I & II
06 Gigue
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Suite 5 in C Minor BWV 1011
07 Prelude
08 Allemande
09 Courante
10 Sarabande
11 Gavottes I & II
12 Gigue
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Suite 6 in D Major BWV 1012
13 Prelude
14 Allemande
15 Courante
16 Sarabande
17 Gavottes I & II
18 Gigue