Track by Track: Anastasia Kobekina

Track by Track is a dynamic way for an artist to guide you through one of their albums. Exclusive audio commentary features personal insights and invaluable context, bringing you closer than ever to the music. Anastasia Kobekina’s performances of the six Bach Cello Suites are among the most exciting and heartfelt in recent years. Recorded in the intimacy of a private home studio, Kobekina plays on Baroque instruments (including a piccolo cello for Suite No. 6), but approaches the music from a very personal perspective. As you’ll discover from the music and commentaries, her readings are packed full of expressive and rhythmic idiosyncrasies. “I searched for years for my own approach to Bach,” she told Apple Music Classical earlier in 2025, “because every time I took a lesson or attended a masterclass, everybody had their own way of interpreting Bach. I couldn’t feel that the music was quite mine—until I started playing Baroque cello.” Kobekina’s Track by Track commentaries are testament to her lifelong love of this music—listen as she shares her thoughts on these most miraculous and profound of solo instrumental pieces.