Zhu Xiao-Mei - Johann Sebastian Bach: The French Suites, BWV 812-817

It is with children in mind that I recorded these French Suites, always having heartfelt simplicity and purity in their mind. Children see the world with hope, optimism, and cast in light � much like Mir� sees the world. I find a childlike purity in him, similar to what I hear in the French Suites. There is a quote by Mir� that touches me enormously and makes me think a lot whenever I play, as it reflects something that may be the most difficult aspect of musical interpretation � and of art in general: 'To gain freedom is to gain simplicity'Zhu Xiao-Mei.