Anner Bylsma plays Chamber Music Vol. 1 Box Set

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. String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11: No. 5, G. 275 - The Smithsonian Chamber Players
2. String Quintet in F Minor, Op. 11, No. 4, G. 274 - The Smithsonian Chamber Players
3. String Quintet in D Major, Op.11, No. 6, G. 276 "L'Uccelliera" - The Smithsonian Chamber Players

Disc: 2
1. I. Allegro con garbo - Various Performers
2. II. Menuetto moderato - Trio - Various Performers
3. III. Largo - Various Performers
4. IV. Allegretto - Variations I-VI - Various Performers
5. V. Menuetto, Allegretto - Trio - Various Performers
6. VI. Finale, Presto - Various Performers
7. VII. Marcia, Andante grazioso - Various Performers
8. I. Allegro spiritoso - Various Performers
9. II. Adagio cantabile - Various Performers
10. III. Menuetto, Allegretto - Trio - Various Performers
11. IV. Allegro molto - Various Performers
12. I. Allegro brillante
13. II. Adagio affettuoso
14. III. Menuetto, Allegrino - Trio
15. IV. Presto

Disc: 3
1. I. Allegro - L'Archibudelli
2. II. Tema con variazioni - Andante - L'Archibudelli
3. III. Menuetto - Trio - L'Archibudelli
4. IV. Adagio - L'Archibudelli
5. V. Menuetto - Trio I - Trio II - L'Archibudelli
6. VI. Rondo - Allegretto - L'Archibudelli
7. I. Allegro
8. II. Menuetto, Allegretto - Trio
9. III. Adagio ma non troppo
10. IV. Adagio - Allegro

Disc: 4
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Menuetto, Allegretto - Trio
3. III. Andante
4. IV. Allegro
5. I. Allegro
6. II. Andante
7. III. Allegro
8. I. Allegro
9. II. Scherzo - Trio
10. III. Andante
11. IV. Finale, Allegro

Disc: 5
1. I. Allegro - L'Archibudelli
2. II. Menuetto, Allegro - Trio - L'Archibudelli
3. III. Poco adagio - L'Archibudelli
4. IV. Finale, Allegro spirituoso - L'Archibudelli
5. No. 1 in B-Flat Major - Andante
6. No. 2 in A Major, Adagio - Allegro
7. No. 3 in C Major, Scherzo - Allegro non troppo - Trio
8. No. 4 in A-Flat Major, Andante - Maestoso
9. No. 5 in F Major - Pastorale
10. No. 6 in G Major, Larghetto - Allegro
11. I. Allegro - L'Archibudelli
12. II. Larghetto - L'Archibudelli
13. III. Minuetto, Allegro - Trio - L'Archibudelli
14. IV. Finale, Allegro - L'Archibudelli

Disc: 6
1. I. Allegro moderato ed espressivo - L'Archibudelli
2. II. Menuetto, Presto, Dolore - Febbre e delirio - L'Archibudelli
3. III. Andante sostenuto, Convalescenza - L'Archibudelli
4. IV. Finale, Guarigione - L'Archibudelli
5. I. Introduzione, Largo - Allegro spirituoso - L'Archibudelli
6. II. Adagio grandioso - L'Archibudelli
7. III. Menuetto, Allegretto moderato, La malinconia - L'Archibudelli
8. IV. Finale, Allegretto - L'Archibudelli
9. I. Allegro risoluto - L'Archibudelli
10. II. Minuetto, Presto - L'Archibudelli
11. III. Adagio cantabile - L'Archibudelli
12. IV. Finale, Allegretto - L'Archibudelli

Disc: 7
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Andante poco Adagio
3. III. Finale, Allegro
4. I. Allegretto
5. II. Adagio
6. III. Finale, Un poco allegretto
7. I. Allegro moderato e brillante
8. II. Andante
9. III. Finale sur un thème russe, Andante un poco Allegretto
Disc: 8
1. I. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco - The Smithsonian Chamber Players, L'Archibudelli
2. II. Andante - The Smithsonian Chamber Players, L'Archibudelli
3. III. Scherzo, Allegro leggierissimo - The Smithsonian Chamber Players, L'Archibudelli
4. IV. Presto - The Smithsonian Chamber Players, L'Archibudelli
5. I. Allegro molto e con fuoco - The Smithsonian Chamber Players, L'Archibudelli
6. II. Andantino, quasi Allegretto - The Smithsonian Chamber Players, L'Archibudelli
7. III. Scherzo, Allegro moderato e tranquillo - The Smithsonian Chamber Players, L'Archibudelli
8. IV. Finale, Allegro vivace - The Smithsonian Chamber Players, L'Archibudelli

Disc: 9
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Adagio
3. III. Andante con variazioni
4. Exercise for 2 Violoncellos No. 11 in A Minor: Allegro
5. Judas Maccabaeus: 12 Variations on a Theme for Piano and Violoncello in G Major, WoO 45
6. Exercise for 2 Violoncellos No. 9 in D Minor: Allegro moderato
7. I. Adagio - Allegro
8. II. Andante
9. III. Rondo
10. I. Allegro
11. II. Largo assai
12. III. Allegretto assai
13. Die Zauberflöte: 7 Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" for Piano and Violoncello in E-Flat Major, WoO 46