Suites for Solo Violoncello, BWV 1007-1012, Volume 2: Suites 4-6

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Simon Rowland-Jones

Suites for Solo Violoncello, BWV 1007–1012, Volume 2: Suites 4–6 is the collection of the fourth to sixth cello suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed circa 1717–1723. These late-Baroque solo cello works feature dance-based movements, implied polyphony and wide expressive contrast, and they occupy a foundational place in the solo string repertoire and in Bach's instrumental output as demonstrations of his contrapuntal writing for an unaccompanied instrument.
First released: 1997

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Cello Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: Prélude
    3:32
  2. 2.
    Cello Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: Allemande
    3:56
  3. 3.
    Cello Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: Courante
    3:41
  4. 4.
    Cello Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: Sarabande
    4:31
  5. 5.
    Cello Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: Bourrées I & II
    4:19
  6. 6.
    Cello Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: Gigue
    2:47
  7. 7.
    Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: Prélude
    6:38
  8. 8.
    Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: Allemande
    4:40
  9. 9.
    Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: Courante
    2:39
  10. 10.
    Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: Sarabande
    3:12
  11. 11.
    Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: Gavottes I & II
    3:59
  12. 12.
    Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: Gigue
    2:43
  13. 13.
    Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: Prélude
    4:48
  14. 14.
    Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: Allemande
    5:47
  15. 15.
    Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: Courante
    3:25
  16. 16.
    Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: Sarabande
    4:44
  17. 17.
    Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: Gavottes I & II
    3:00
  18. 18.
    Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: Gigue
    4:19

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