6 Suites for Solo Cello BWV 1007-1012

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Ralph Kirshbaum

The Six Suites for Solo Cello, BWV 1007–1012, are a set of six unaccompanied cello suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed circa 1717–1723. They exemplify Baroque solo instrumental writing, combining dance-suite movements with intricate polyphonic and contrapuntal techniques that imply harmonic progressions within a single melodic line, and they occupy a formative position in the cello repertoire and in Bach's body of instrumental works.
First released: 1999

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
    2:33
  2. 2.
    Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: I. Prélude
    3:39
  3. 3.
    Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande
    4:18
  4. 4.
    Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: II. Allemande
    3:08
  5. 5.
    Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: III. Courante
    2:37
  6. 6.
    Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: III. Courante
    2:05
  7. 7.
    Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande
    3:22
  8. 8.
    Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande
    5:13
  9. 9.
    Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: V. Menuet I & II
    3:12
  10. 10.
    Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: V. Menuet I & II
    3:11
  11. 11.
    Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: VI. Gigue
    2:46
  12. 12.
    Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue
    2:06
  13. 13.
    Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: I. Prélude
    3:48
  14. 14.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: I. Prélude
    4:23
  15. 15.
    Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: II. Allemande
    4:04
  16. 16.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: II. Allemande
    3:49
  17. 17.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: III. Courante
    3:26
  18. 18.
    Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: III. Courante
    3:05
  19. 19.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande
    4:25
  20. 20.
    Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande
    5:00
  21. 21.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: V. Bourrée
    5:09
  22. 22.
    Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: V. Bourrée I & II
    3:22
  23. 23.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: VI. Gigue
    2:47
  24. 24.
    Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: VI. Gigue
    3:17
  25. 25.
    Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: I. Prélude
    6:53
  26. 26.
    Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: I. Prélude
    4:34
  27. 27.
    Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: II. Allemande
    5:46
  28. 28.
    Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: II. Allemande
    8:46
  29. 29.
    Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: III. Courante
    2:13
  30. 30.
    Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: III. Courante
    3:31
  31. 31.
    Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande
    4:17
  32. 32.
    Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande
    4:44
  33. 33.
    Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: V. Gavotte I & II
    4:40
  34. 34.
    Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: V. Gavotte I & II
    4:18
  35. 35.
    Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: VI. Gigue
    2:21
  36. 36.
    Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: VI. Gigue
    4:01

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