Swiss-French flautist Emmanuel Pahud, named "one of the finds of the decade" by Gramophone Magazine, is one of today's most exciting and adventurous musicians. Appointed Principal Flute for the Berliner Philharmoniker aged just 22, his solo albums have sold over 400,000 copies worldwide, including a Mozart Concertos disc that has sold over 70,000 units. Pahud now explores the genius of Johann Sebastian Bach in a 2-CD release featuring all of Bach's flute sonatas. These works were written between about 1720 and 1741 at a time when the recorder was being superseded by the transverse flute, and are a celebration by Bach of the technical and expressive qualities and tonal colors this new instrument offered him.

“巴赫无伴奏大提琴组曲的所有演奏版本中，最爱还是史塔克1992年在RCA的录音。”日本乐评家武田明伦如是推荐。在1999年的“名曲名盘300”中，此录音版本更名列第5，乐评界与古典发烧友一致高度评介！
巴赫的六组无伴奏大提琴组曲（BWV 1007-1012）是无伴奏乐曲中最早闻名于世的典范，在音乐结构、艺术魅力和思想深度上都举世无双，自1901年被卡萨尔斯“发现”并介绍给全世界的听众以来，它们便成了无限意义的延伸，更被誉为演奏家技巧与修养的试金石，史塔克、罗斯特罗波维奇、傅尼叶、马友友等无数大师都屡次争相诠释这一纪念碑式作品。
作为二十世纪最伟大的大提琴演奏家，史塔克已经先后五次灌录巴赫的这一惊世巨作，都获得了极好的评论，并为他带来了1998年度葛莱美“最佳器乐独奏奖”的荣耀。本专辑收录的是他在70岁高龄之际，于RCA灌录的第五次录音。史塔克认为对美的追求永无止境，他冀求每一次的演奏，都能更接近这套乐曲的真理。
对比以前的四次，此第五次演奏里，细节更多，表现也更精确，史塔克在展现着他的速度与演奏力度的同时，以其一贯充满活力的风格诠释着，琴声中，充满了对生命的热情和坚毅。