French-American cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton has always strived to make music a language open to the world. The musician, who won the Rostropovich Competition at the age of 25, is the preferred interpreter of many contemporary composers, including Pascal Dusapin and Wolfgang Rihm, and has collaborated with actresses such as Fanny Ardant and Charlotte Rampling as well as film director Chantal Akerman. Sonia Wieder-Atherton's partnership with Alpha Classics comprises three recordings of Bach's cello suites, beginning with this recording of Suites Nos. 1 and 2. This and the two following recordings (Suites 3 to 6) appear with photos of the great Sarah Moon: "When I play Bach's suites, I always see the image of Giacometti's hands at some point, tirelessly shaping sound until a face emerges. (...) Engaging with the Bach suites is an experience that comes very close to that. It is about it's about digging into the strings until the phrase is born and finding the right way to breathe it. (...) And then came the encounter with Sarah Moon. When my desire to record the Bach suites was born, I dreamed of her pictures. Because when I look at them, I imagine the creation of the world, the parting of the waters, the appearance of the earth, before the beginning of time."