The CD is a revelation - dare I say it, I prefer listening to this recording than any cello performance I've come across. I genuinely had no idea that the bass could be played with such finesse and delicacy. Moreover the instrument's innate depth and warmth imbues the Bach with an incredible aura of timeless dignity. The momentum of a bass's heavy strings and the enormous size of its fingerboard prevent virtuoso displays comparable to those achievable on a cello. Instead, Meyer's adopts a soulful, introspective interpretation - it is this that creates the sense of timelessness. The performance is at once intensely intimate, and suggestive of a personal space limited only by the boundaries of imagination. I hear the internal structures of the lines unfolding with a compulsive and beautiful logic in a manner I've never experienced when listening to unaccompanied Bach on the cello or violin. At the same time there is an undeniable lightness and lilt - never any perception of the instrument's unwieldy bulk. In the insert Meyer refers to his experience in popular, non-classical music and I can well believe it. At the time of writing, I consider this the most beautiful CD I have ever come across. There are moments in the D minor suite that I cannot praise further than saying that I find them, to the depths of my artistic soul, sublime. Now if only he would record the other three cello suites. And I can't help wondering what might become the violin chaconne on a double bass...

I'm aware that I'm becoming a blind advocate in a way Meyer explicitly rejects in his insert notes - I'm not obsessed with making an argument for this music on the bass. So be it.

It is a pleasant bonus that the CD itself is individually and attractively presented, in a very understated way - much in keeping with the personal nature of the playing.