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Chris Thile
Bach's Instrumental Works

Contents

Recordings of Solo Instrumental Music
Recordings of Chamber Works
Recordings of Orchestral Works
Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions
Recordings of Vocal Works

Chris Thile - Short Biography

Discography

Recordings of Solo Instrumental Music


Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions


T-1

Perpetual Motion

 

Invention No. 13 in A minor, BWV 784 [E. Glennie, marimba] [1:45]
Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: Prelude [banjo] 3:47]
Sinfonia No. 10 in G major, BWV 796 [C. Thile, mandolin; E. Meyer, double-bass] [1:01]
Five studies for piano. Presto in G minor I : after Bach / Johannes Brahms; arrangement of Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: Finale [E. Glennie, marimba] [1:49]
Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: Prelude [banjo] [2:17]
Sinfonia No. 15 in B minor, BWV 801 [J. Bell, violin ; E. Glennie, marimba] [1:14]
Invention No. 6 in E major, BWV 777 [E. Meyer, bass] [2:29]
Invention No. 11 in G minor, BWV 782 [E. Glennie, marimba] [0:55]
Sinfonia No. 7 in E minor, BWV 793 [J. Bell, violin; E. Meyer, double-bass] [2:01]
Principally arrangements for banjo and various instruments; some selections arranged for solo banjo. All pieces arranged by Edgar Meyer and Béla Fleck

Béla Fleck (Banjo) [all selections]; with, variously: Joshua Bell (Violin); Gary Hoffman (Violoncello); Evelyn Glennie (Marimba); Edgar Meyer (Double-bass, Piano); Chris Thile (Mandolin); James Bryan Sutton (Steel string guitar); John Williams (Guitar)

Sony Classical SK-89610
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Feb 12 & Mar. 25-27, 2001
Jan 29, 2001
2000

CD / TT:
MP3 / TT: 56:19

Recorded at Avatar Recording Studios, New York City, New York, USA; Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, London; and Sanctuary Studio and Peacock Gardens Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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T-2

Into the Cauldron

 

Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Variation No. 1 [1:56]

Mike Marshall (Mandolin, Mandocello); Chris Thile (Mandolin)

Sugar Hill Records SHCD-3967
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2003

CD / TT: 45:44
MP3 / TT: 45:44

Recorded at Gatorland Studios.
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T-3

Live Duets: mandolins, mandola and mandocello

Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: Gigue [4:34]

Chris Thile (Mandolin, Mandocello); Mike Marshall (Mandolin, Mandola, Mandocello)

Sugar Hill Records SHCD-4010
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2005

CD / TT: 53 min
MP3 / TT: 53:00

Recorded live at various USA venues.
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T-4

Bach & friends

 

Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: Prelude []

Chris Thile (Mandolin)

Michael Lawrence Films

Apr 2009

2-DVD / TT:

The first disc is a documentary film including interviews and performances by several musicians, musicologists, and researchers about Bach. The second disc consists of complete performances of Bach compositions from the film.


T-5

The Goat Rodeo Sessions: Live

 

Sonata for viola da gamba & harpsichord No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027: Mvts. 3 & 4 [6:06]

Yo-Yo Ma (Cello); Stuart Duncan (Fiddle, Mandolin, Plectrum Banjo); Edgar Meyer (Double-bass, Piano); Chris Thile (Mandolin, Fiddle, Guitar, Vocals); Aoife O'Donovan (Vocals)

Sony Classical 88697979012
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Sony Classical 88691974659

Jan 31, 2012

CD / TT: 57:18
MP3 / TT: 62:25
DVD / TT: 79 min

Recorded & filmed live at the House of Blues in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Director: Jim Gable; Producers: Ruth E. DeSarno, Laurie Donnelly, Anne Adams, Laura Kszan.
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T-6

J.S. Bach: Sonatas and partitas, Vol. 1

 

Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 [14:46]
Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 [26:41]
Sonata for solo violin No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 [22:33]
All arranged for mandolin

Chris Thile (Mandolin)

Nonesuch 7559795864
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Jan 12-17, 2013

CD / TT: 64:00
MP3 / TT: 63:49

Recorded at The Barn, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA. Produced by Edgar Meyer; Recorded and mixed by Richard King.
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T-7

Bach Trios [T-6]

 
 
 

1-3. Trio Sonata No. 6 in G major, BWV 530, arranged for mandolin, cello & double-bass [3:12, 6:08, 2:58 = 12:19]
4. WTC 1: Prelude No. 19 in A major, BWV 864, arranged for mandolin, cello & double-bass [1:36]
5. Chorale Prelude Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645, arranged for mandolin, cello & double-bass [1:36]
6. WTC 2: Fugue No. 20 in A minor, BWV 889, arranged for mandolin, cello & double-bass [1:33]
7. Chorale Prelude Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (I), BWV 639, arranged for mandolin, cello & double-bass [2:28]
8-9. Prelude & Fugue in E minor ("Wedge"), BWV 548, arranged for mandolin, cello & double-bass [5:41, 6:11]
10. Passepied (Mvt. 6) from Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829, arranged for mandolin, cello & double-bass [2:04]
11. Chorale Prelude Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650, arranged for mandolin, cello & double-bass [2:54]
12-13. Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080: Contrapunctus XIII: "Rectus" [2:19], Contrapunctus XIII: "Inversus" [2:21]
14. Chorale Prelude Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721, arranged for mandolin, cello & double-bass [4:10]
15-17. Sonata for viola da gamba & harpsichord No. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029 [4:54, 4:18, 3:15 = 12:27]
*All works arranged by Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, and Edgar Meyer

Yo-Yo Ma (Cello); Chris Thile (Mandolin, Guitar); Edgar Meyer (Double-bass)

Nonesuch 75597-93920
Nonesuch -93921
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Mar 3-8, 2016

CD / TT: 60:52
LP / TT: 60:52
MP3 / TT: 60:44

Recorded, at the Barn, Washington, Massachusetts, USA. Mixed at the Clubhouse Studio, Rhinebeck, New York, USA.
Producer: Steven Epstein; Engineer: Richard King; Technical Supervisor: Rich Jacobsohn; Executive Producer: Ruth E. DeSarno.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (August 2013 - December 2017)

Chris Thile: Short Biography | Recordings of Instrumental Works


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