Having won three major prizes in one year Torleif Thedéen emerged onto the international stage to become one of the most popular cellists of his generation, appearing regularly as soloist or chamber player at numerous prestigious venues and with many illustrious colleagues. In 1986 he began recording for BIS; a decade later his release of Shostakovich cello concertos won the Cannes Classical Award. His philosophy on performing music is based upon a private, objective absorption and comprehension of the work in question that results in a highly subjective public account of it.

Thedéen’s sizable discography represents much standard cello repertoire as well as a number of less established twentieth-century works. J.S. Bach’s solo suites (2000) are g...