Mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile has released a video of him performing Bach's Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: III. Sarabanda live at Reservoir Studios in New York City. He also performs the piece on his new album, Bach: Sonatas & Partitas, Vol. 2, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Traditional Classical Albums chart on its release on Nonesuch in November. You can watch the video, directed by Matthew Edginton, here:

On Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 2, Chris Thile performs Bach's Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005; and Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006. For his second recording of Bach Violin Sonatas and Partitas, 12 years after the first volume, the mandolin virtuoso opted for a more personal approach, allowing himself to take liberties with the scores, which he recorded in multiple, somewhat untraditional, locations of personal significance. “My mentor, Edgar Meyer, has shown me ... you practice Bach ... because it makes your life better," Thile says. "Because it makes the world around you seem like a better, happier place. Because communing with something that beautiful, made by a human being, continuing to be made and enjoyed by so many human beings, makes you proud to be human ... I love practicing Bach, and I wanted to try and share how that ongoing process feels and sounds to me." You can get the album on double vinyl and CD and hear it here; Nonesuch Store orders include a print signed by Thile, while they last.

Chris Thile resumed his US solo tour earlier this month, and the concerts continue in a couple weeks. For details and tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.