Nonesuch Records releases an album of Bach works recorded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, mandolinist Chris Thile, and bassist Edgar Meyer, Bach Trios, on April 7, 2017. The album comprises works by J.S. Bach written for keyboard instruments, plus one sonata for viola da gamba (complete tracklisting below). In 2011, Ma, Thile, and Meyeralong with Stuart Duncancollaborated on The Goat Rodeo Sessions, which won two Grammy Awards.

Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyers first recording together was the 1996 album Appalachia Waltz, which also featured fiddler Mark OConnor; that album was followed by Appalachian Journey, also with OConnor, in 2000. Meyer and Thile also began playing together nearly two decades ago, and first performed live as a duo in 2003. They have made two duo albums, 2008s Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile and the Grammywinning 2014 record Bass & Mandolin.

TRACKLSTING

Bach Trios

1. I. Vivace
2. II. Lento
3. III. Allegro
4. Prelude No. 19 in A Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, BWV 864
5. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
6. Fugue No. 20 in A Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, BWV 889
7. Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
8. Prelude in E Minor, BWV 548
9. Fugue No. 18 in E Minor, BWV 548
10. Passepied from Keyboard Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829
11. Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650
12. Contrapunctus XIII: Rectus from The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080
13. Contrapunctus XIII: Inversus from The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080
14. Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721Sonata for Viola da Gamba No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 1029

1. Vivace
2. Adagio
3. Allegro