Solo Cello Suites

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Miklós Perényi

Suites for Unaccompanied Cello are a set of six suites by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, composed between 1717 and 1723. Rooted in Baroque dance forms and written for solo cello, they employ implied polyphony, wide register and expressive bowing to suggest multiple voices and occupy a central place in the solo string repertoire and in Bach's output for unaccompanied instruments.
First released: 9th October 2020

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
    3:04
  2. 2.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: I. Prélude
    3:42
  3. 3.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande
    3:46
  4. 4.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: II. Allemande
    3:13
  5. 5.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: III. Courante
    2:44
  6. 6.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: III. Courante
    2:23
  7. 7.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande
    2:59
  8. 8.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande
    5:03
  9. 9.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: V. Menuets I & II
    3:50
  10. 10.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: V. Menuets I & II
    3:46
  11. 11.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: VI. Gigue
    2:47
  12. 12.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue
    1:51
  13. 13.
    Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010: I. Prélude
    4:15
  14. 14.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: I. Prélude
    3:55
  15. 15.
    Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010: II. Allemande
    4:13
  16. 16.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: II. Allemande
    3:43
  17. 17.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: III. Courante
    3:42
  18. 18.
    Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010: III. Courante
    3:53
  19. 19.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande
    3:49
  20. 20.
    Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande
    4:24
  21. 21.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: V. Bourrées I & II
    3:47
  22. 22.
    Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010: V. Bourrées I & II
    5:47
  23. 23.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: VI. Gigue
    3:05
  24. 24.
    Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010: VI. Gigue
    3:40
  25. 25.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: I. Prelude
    7:19
  26. 26.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: I. Prelude
    5:21
  27. 27.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: II. Allemande
    4:53
  28. 28.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: II. Allemande
    7:14
  29. 29.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: III. Courante
    2:26
  30. 30.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: III. Courante
    4:06
  31. 31.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande
    3:30
  32. 32.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande
    5:39
  33. 33.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: V. Gavottes I & II
    5:26
  34. 34.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: V. Gavottes I & II
    4:29
  35. 35.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: VI. Gigue
    2:38
  36. 36.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: VI. Gigue
    3:59