Chris Thile Mandolin virtuoso and composer Chris Thile, a multiple–Grammy Award winner and a MacArthur Fellow, has long been known as an audacious improviser and a tireless collaborator whose work has incorporated bluegrass, folk, rock, jazz, and classical elements. Besides his brilliant bandmates in Punch Brothers, his fellow travelers have also included pianist Brad Mehldau, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, guitarist Michael Daves, and double bassist/composer Edgar Meyer, among others. But this time Thile has taken on perhaps his greatest musical challenge all by himself with Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 1, which comprises three works written for solo violin: Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; and Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003. While Thile has often included pieces by Bach in his live repertoire, alongside his own work and his interpretations of work by artists ranging from Bill Monroe to Radiohead, this disc, produced by his friend and mentor Meyer, fulfills a long-held dream to create studio recordings of these pieces rendered on mandolin. Thile says the recording sessions were an opportunity “to interact with the greatest musician who ever lived." Chris Thile’s tracks Salt (in the Wounds) of the Earth, Pt. 2 by Chris Thile published on 2021-05-06T23:16:17Z Salt (in the Wounds) of the Earth, Pt. 3 by Chris Thile published on 2021-05-06T23:16:13Z Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117: IV. Presto by Chris Thile published on 2021-05-06T23:16:10Z Salt (in the Wounds) of the Earth, Pt. 1 by Chris Thile published on 2021-05-06T23:16:09Z Ecclesiastes 2:24 by Chris Thile published on 2021-05-06T23:16:07Z God Is Alive Magic Is Afoot by Chris Thile published on 2021-05-06T23:15:33Z Won't You Come and Sing for Me by Chris Thile published on 2021-05-06T23:15:25Z Dionysus by Chris Thile published on 2021-03-19T02:19:56Z Laysong by Chris Thile published on 2021-03-19T00:16:51Z Thank You, New York (2020) [feat. Gaby Moreno] by Chris Thile published on 2020-10-17T01:57:48Z