Mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile, whose new album, Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 2, is out November 7, stopped by for the Nonesuch Selects video series, in which artists visit the Nonesuch office, pick some of their favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices. He chose recordings by Wilco; Randy Newman; Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade; Cécile McLorin Salvant; Gabriel Kahane; and Punch Brothers. You can watch it below and subscribe to the Nonesuch Records YouTube channel for all the latest. And now, you can get all of Chris Thile's Nonesuch Selects for 25% off the everyday low prices in the Nonesuch Store here through Sunday!

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 hear a playlist of music from Chris Thile's Nonesuch Selects on Spotify and Apple Music here. You can watch all of the Nonesuch Selects videos here.