The Anner Bylsmer Collection

4 box sets available in this series:
Anner Bylsma plays Cello Suites and Sonatas
Anner Bylsma plays Concertos and Ensemble Works
Anner Bylsma plays Chamber Music Vol. 1
Anner Bylsma plays Chamber Music Vol. 2

Sony Classical celebrates the 80th birthday of distinguished Dutch cellist Anner Bylsma with a special survey of his finest recordings, many originally issued on Sony’s legendary period-music label Vivarte, and now re-released as four individually boxed sets.

Born in The Hague in 1934, Bylsma won First Prize in the 1959 Pablo Casals Competition in Mexico and served as Principal Cellist in Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from 1962 to 1968, before becoming better known as one of the leading pioneers in the period-instrument revival of the Sixties and Seventies.

A close collaborator of such fellow “Dutch Baroque School” members as Frans Brüggen and the late Gustav Leonhardt, he co-founded the period-instrument chamber ensemble L’Archibudelli with his wife, the violinist Vera Beths, and in 1979 famously made the first ever period-instrument recording of Bach’s six unaccompanied Cello Suites.

While Bylsma has won fame for his historically informed interpretations of the major Baroque and early Classical masterpieces, he is no adherent of dry authenticity, preferring instead to pursue the ideal of ‘musical truth’. As he says: “It’s more of a feeling that you must be playing the way the piece was meant to be played. If it is meant honestly and comes from the heart, then it rings true and gives pleasure.”

Disc: 1
1. I. Prélude - Anner Bylsma
2. II. Allemande - Anner Bylsma
3. III. Courante - Anner Bylsma
4. IV. Sarabande - Anner Bylsma
5. V. Menuet I/II - Anner Bylsma
6. VI. Gigue - Anner Bylsma
7. I. Prélude - Anner Bylsma
8. II. Allemande - Anner Bylsma
9. III. Courante - Anner Bylsma
10. IV. Sarabande - Anner Bylsma
11. V. Menuett I/II - Anner Bylsma
12. VI. Gigue - Anner Bylsma
13. I. Prélude - Anner Bylsma
14. II. Allemande - Anner Bylsma
15. III. Courante - Anner Bylsma
16. IV. Sarabande - Anner Bylsma
17. V. Bourrée I/II - Anner Bylsma
18. VI. Gigue - Anner Bylsma

Disc: 2
1. I. Prélude - Anner Bylsma
2. II. Allemande - Anner Bylsma
3. III. Courante - Anner Bylsma
4. IV. Sarabande - Anner Bylsma
5. V. Bourrée I/II - Anner Bylsma
6. VI. Gigue - Anner Bylsma
7. I. Prélude - Anner Bylsma
8. II. Allemande - Anner Bylsma
9. III. Courante - Anner Bylsma
10. IV. Sarabande - Anner Bylsma
11. V. Gavotte I/II - Anner Bylsma
12. VI. Gigue - Anner Bylsma
13. I. Prélude - Anner Bylsma
14. II. Allemande - Anner Bylsma
15. III. Courante - Anner Bylsma
16. IV. Sarabande - Anner Bylsma
17. V. Gavotte I/II - Anner Bylsma
18. VI. Gigue - Anner Bylsma

Disc: 3
1. Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 - Anner Bylsma
2. Suite for Solo Cello No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 - Anner Bylsma
3. Suite for Solo Cello No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009

Disc: 4
1. Suite for Solo Cello No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010
2. Suite for Solo Cello No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011
3. Suite for Solo Cello No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012

Disc: 5
1. I. Vivace
2. II. Adagio
3. III. Allegro
4. I. Adagio
5. II. Allegro
6. III. Andante
7. IV. Allegro
8. I. Adagio
9. II. Allegro ma non tanto
10. III. Andante
11. IV. Allegro moderato
12. I. Larghetto
13. II. Allegro
14. III. Tempo di Minuetto

Disc: 6
1. Partita for Solo Violin No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 (Arr. for Violoncello Piccolo)
2. Sonata for Flute in A Minor, BWV 1013 (Arr. for Violoncello Piccolo in G Minor)
3. Sonata for Solo Violin No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003 (Arr. for Violoncello Piccolo)

Disc: 7
1. I. Adagio ma non tanto
2. II. Allegro
3. III. Siciliano
4. IV. Allegro assai
5. I. Preludio (Vivace)
6. II. Corrente (Allegro)
7. III. Sarabanda (Largo)
8. IV. Giga (Allegro)
9. Sonata in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 12 "La Follia"
10. Etude in A Minor, Op. 155, No. 2: Allegro - L'Archibudelli
11. Etude in B-Flat Major, Op. 54, No. 6: Allegro non troppo - L'Archibudelli
12. Etude in D Major, Op. 158, No. 2: Presto - L'Archibudelli
13. I. Larghetto
14. II. Allegro
15. III. Larghetto
16. IV. A tempo di Gavotta
17. V. Allegro
18. I. Larghetto
19. II. Allegro
20. III. Adagio
21. IV. Allegro
22. I. Allegro
23. II. Adagio
24. III. Allegro

Disc: 8
1. Canzone XVI in A Minor (detta la Samminiata)
2. Canzone VIII in G Minor (detta la Ambitiosa)
3. Canzone XV in F Major (detta la Lieuratte)
4. Ricercar V in C Major
5. Canon à due Violoncelli in D Major
6. Ricercar I in G Minor
7. Grave - Presto - Adagio
8. Ricercar IV in E-Flat Major
9. Sonata in C Major, Op. 3, No. 10
10. Ricercar II in A Minor
11. Allegro - Prestissimo - Adagio - Aria allegro
12. Ricercar III in D Major
13. Grave - Allegro - Largo - Presto
14. Ricercar III in F Major
15. Ricercar X in G Minor
16. Sonata in G Major, Op. 3, No. 9
17. Ricercar VI in G Major
18. Ricercar VII in D Minor
19. Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 1, No. 7

Disc: 9
1. I. Largo
2. II. Allegro
3. III. Largo
4. IV. Allegro
5. I. Largo
6. II. Allegro
7. III. Largo
8. IV. Allegro
9. I. Largo
10. II. Allegro
11. III. Largo
12. IV. Allegro
13. I. Largo
14. II. Allegro
15. III. Largo
16. IV. Allegro
17. I. Largo
18. II. Allegro
19. III. Largo
20. IV. Allegro
21. I. Largo
22. II. Allegro
23. III. Largo
24. IV. Allegro

Disc: 10
1. Sonata No. 7 in A Minor, RV 44
2. Sonata No. 9 in G Minor, RV 42
3. Sonata No. 8 in E-Flat Major, RV 39
4. I. Allegro
5. II. Largo assai
6. III. Allegro moderato
7. I. Allegro moderato
8. II. Adagio
9. III. Affettuoso
10. I. Allegro
11. II. Largo assai
12. III. Rondo - Allegro

Disc: 11
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Andante affetuoso
3. III. Allegro
4. Allegro
5. I. Allegro
6. II. Adagio - Bob Van Asperen
7. III. Affettuoso
8. I. Andantino
9. II. Adagio assai
10. III. Tempo di Minuetto amoroso
11. Allegro
12. I. Adagio
13. II. Allegro
14. III. Allegretto
15. I. Allegro
16. I. Allegro
17. II. Larghetto
18. III. Allegro