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.
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Disc 1
- 1.Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude2:33
- 2.Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande4:18
- 3.Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: III. Courante2:37
- 4.Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande3:22
- 5.Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: V. Menuet I & II3:11
- 6.Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue2:06
- 7.Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: I. Prélude3:48
- 8.Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: II. Allemande4:04
- 9.Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: III. Courante3:05
- 10.Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande5:00
- 11.Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: V. Bourrée I & II3:22
- 12.Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: VI. Gigue3:17
- 13.Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: I. Prélude6:53
- 14.Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: II. Allemande5:46
- 15.Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: III. Courante2:13
- 16.Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande4:17
- 17.Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: V. Gavotte I & II4:40
- 18.Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: VI. Gigue2:21
Disc 2
- 2.Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: I. Prélude3:39
- 3.Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: II. Allemande3:08
- 4.Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: III. Courante2:05
- 5.Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande5:13
- 6.Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: V. Menuet I & II3:12
- 7.Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: VI. Gigue2:46
- 8.Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: I. Prélude4:23
- 9.Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: II. Allemande3:49
- 10.Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: III. Courante3:26
- 11.Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande4:25
- 12.Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: V. Bourrée5:09
- 13.Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: VI. Gigue2:47
- 14.Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: I. Prélude4:34
- 15.Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: II. Allemande8:46
- 16.Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: III. Courante3:31
- 17.Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande4:44
- 18.Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: V. Gavotte I & II4:18
- 19.Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: VI. Gigue4:01













