Cello Suites

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Heinrich Schiff

The Six Cello Suites are a set of six suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed between 1717 and 1723. They are Baroque solo works that adapt dance forms and employ implied polyphony and contrapuntal techniques to create a wide expressive and technical range, representing a significant development in Bach's instrumental writing and the repertoire for solo string instruments.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Cello Suite no. 1 in G, BWV 1007: I. Prelude
    1:56
  2. 2.
    Cello Suite no. 1 in G, BWV 1007: II. Allemande
    3:57
  3. 3.
    Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: III. Courante
    2:42
  4. 4.
    Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande
    2:22
  5. 5.
    Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: VI. Menuetto 1 & 2
    3:12
  6. 6.
    Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: VII. Gigue
    1:44
  7. 7.
    Cello Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: I. Prelude
    2:59
  8. 8.
    Cello Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: II. Allemande
    3:13
  9. 9.
    Cello Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: III. Courante
    2:11
  10. 10.
    Cello Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande
    4:21
  11. 11.
    Cello Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: V. Menuetto 1 & 2
    3:00
  12. 12.
    Cello Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: VI. Gigue
    2:39
  13. 13.
    Cello Suite no. 3 in C, BWV 1009: I. Prelude
    3:15
  14. 14.
    Cello Suite no. 3 in C, BWV 1009: II. Allemande
    3:40
  15. 15.
    Cello Suite no. 3 in C, BWV 1009: III. Courante
    3:02
  16. 16.
    Cello Suite no. 3 in C, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande
    3:51
  17. 17.
    Cello Suite no. 3 in C, BWV 1009: V. Bourree 1 & 2
    3:42
  18. 18.
    Cello Suite no. 3 in C, BWV 1009: VI. Gigue
    3:15

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Cello Suite no. 4 in E flat, BWV 1010: I. Prelude
    3:10
  2. 3.
    Cello Suite no. 4 in E flat, BWV 1010: II. Allemande
    3:36
  3. 4.
    Cello Suite no. 4 in E flat, BWV 1010: III. Courante
    3:12
  4. 5.
    Cello Suite no. 4 in E flat, BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande
    3:34
  5. 6.
    Cello Suite no. 4 in E flat, BWV 1010: V. Bourée 1 & 2
    4:47
  6. 7.
    Cello Suite no. 4 in E flat, BWV 1010: VI. Gigue
    2:57
  7. 8.
    Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: I. Prelude
    5:07
  8. 9.
    Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: II. Allemande
    4:40
  9. 10.
    Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: III. Courante
    2:17
  10. 11.
    Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande
    3:18
  11. 12.
    Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: V. Gavotte 1 & 2
    4:18
  12. 13.
    Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: VI. Gigue
    2:23
  13. 14.
    Cello Suite no. 6 in D, BWV 1012: I. Prelude
    4:29
  14. 15.
    Cello Suite no. 6 in D, BWV 1012: II. Allemande
    5:45
  15. 16.
    Cello Suite no. 6 in D, BWV 1012: III. Courante
    3:24
  16. 17.
    Cello Suite no. 6 in D, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande
    4:26
  17. 18.
    Cello Suite no. 6 in D, BWV 1012: V. Gavotte 1 & 2
    4:20
  18. 19.
    Cello Suite no. 6 in D, BWV 1012: VI. Gigue
    4:04

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