Press
“…Rohmann is also able to keep the tempi nimble where needed but to create an expansive expressiveness in the slower movements, which is particularly noticeable in the mercurial Second Suite. Her unusual but historically informed ordering of the Suites ends with the most complex, the Sixth, which she plays on a five-string piccolo cello. This retains the original chordal textures, placing of open strings and resulting harmonic effect that combine to create a ghostly sound that brings yet another facet to these masterworks, and brings to an end a project that should file Rohmann’s two volumes (the first was reviewed in May) on the shelf under ‘definitive’.”
Gramophone Magazine
“Let’s hope that this debut recording by the prize-winning Hungarian cellist Ditta Rohmann is the first of a two-disc set.(…)Having tuned down the top string to G for the C minor Suite (No 5), Rohmann draws lovely dark tones from her instrument, especially in the Prélude and Sarabande. But she saves the best for last, by making the Gigue sing. Longing to hear more!”
Gramophone Magazine
“Yet the most refreshing and heart-warming came on the 4th day, a remarkable solo recital by Ditta Rohmann (pictured), the 2nd-prize winnner of the Leipzig Bach Competition 2012. Performing the Cello Suite No.1 (BWV 1007), Benjamin Britten’s Suite No.3 (which has reference to BWV 1007), and Cello Suite No.4 (BWV 1010), she amply demonstrated her talent in her deeply internalised, colourful and resourceful performance, making the most of this opportunity. We will certainly hear her more often in the future. Next year’s Bachfest Leipzig takes place from 13 – 22 June 2014 with the theme
The True Art’, commemorating the 300th anniversary of C.P.E Bach.”