Cello Suites

Album by Benjamin Britten & William Butt

Cello Suites are a set of three suites for solo cello by English composer Benjamin Britten, composed between 1964 and 1971. The music blends modernist harmonic language with references to Baroque forms and extended cello techniques, and it occupies an important place in Britten's later output and the 20th-century solo cello repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Cello Suite no. 1, op. 72: I. Canto Primo. Sostenuto e largamente
    2:35
  2. 2.
    Cello Suite no. 1, op. 72: 1. Fuga. Andante moderato
    4:27
  3. 3.
    Cello Suite no. 1, op. 72: 2. Lamento. Lento rubato
    3:26
  4. 4.
    Cello Suite no. 1, op. 72: II. Canto secondo. Sostenuto
    1:36
  5. 5.
    Cello Suite no. 1, op. 72: 3. Serenata. Allegretto pizzicato
    2:21
  6. 6.
    Cello Suite no. 1, op. 72: 4. Marcia. Alla marcia moderato
    3:58
  7. 7.
    Cello Suite no. 1, op. 72: III. Canto terzo. Sostenuto
    2:39
  8. 8.
    Cello Suite no. 1, op. 72: 5. Bordone. Moderato quasi recitativo
    3:39
  9. 9.
    Cello Suite no. 1, op. 72: 6. Moto perpetuo e canto quarto. Presto
    3:56
  10. 10.
    Cello Suite no. 2, op. 80: I. Declamato. Largo
    4:09
  11. 11.
    Cello Suite no. 2, op. 80: II. Fuga. Andante
    5:46
  12. 12.
    Cello Suite no. 2, op. 80: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
    2:22
  13. 13.
    Cello Suite no. 2, op. 80: IV. Andante lento
    7:03
  14. 14.
    Cello Suite no. 2, op. 80: V. Ciaccona. Allegro
    9:05

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Cello Suite no. 3, op. 87: I. Introduzione
    2:59
  2. 3.
    Cello Suite no. 3, op. 87: II. Marcia
    2:10
  3. 4.
    Cello Suite no. 3, op. 87: III. Canto
    1:29
  4. 5.
    Cello Suite no. 3, op. 87: IV. Barcarola
    1:48
  5. 6.
    Cello Suite no. 3, op. 87: V. Dialogo
    1:48
  6. 7.
    Cello Suite no. 3, op. 87: VI. Fuga
    3:30
  7. 8.
    Cello Suite no. 3, op. 87: VII. Recitativo
    1:38
  8. 9.
    Cello Suite no. 3, op. 87: VIII. Moto perpetuo
    1:00
  9. 10.
    Cello Suite no. 3, op. 87: IX. Passacaglia
    11:07

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