6 Suites for Solo Cello

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Mischa Maisky

The Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello are a set of six suites for solo cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed circa 1717–1723. Rooted in the Baroque dance-suite tradition, they use contrasting tempi and characters to explore the cello's range, technical capabilities and expressive potential through contrapuntal writing and implied polyphony, and they occupy a central place in the solo string repertoire and in Bach's instrumental output.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Cello Suite #1 in G, BWV 1007: 1. Prelude
    2:39
  2. 2.
    Cello Suite #1 in G, BWV 1007: 2. Allemande
    4:36
  3. 3.
    Cello Suite #1 in G, BWV 1007: 3. Courante
    2:42
  4. 4.
    Cello Suite #1 in G, BWV 1007: 4. Sarabande
    3:59
  5. 5.
    Cello Suite #1 in G, BWV 1007: 5. Menuet I & II
    3:51
  6. 6.
    Cello Suite #1 in G, BWV 1007: 6. Gigue
    2:03
  7. 7.
    Cello Suite #2 in D minor, BWV 1008: 1. Prelude
    4:25
  8. 8.
    Cello Suite #2 in D minor, BWV 1008: 2. Allemande
    4:28
  9. 9.
    Cello Suite #2 in D minor, BWV 1008: 3. Courante
    2:18
  10. 10.
    Cello Suite #2 in D minor, BWV 1008: 4. Sarabande
    6:55
  11. 11.
    Cello Suite #2 in D minor, BWV 1008: 5. Menuet I & II
    3:55
  12. 12.
    Cello Suite #2 in D minor, BWV 1008: 6. Gigue
    3:02

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: 1. Prelude
    4:41
  2. 3.
    Suite No. 3 in C major: 2. Allemande
    4:12
  3. 4.
    Suite No. 3 in C major: 3. Courante
    3:43
  4. 5.
    Suite No. 3 in C major: 4. Sarabande
    6:03
  5. 6.
    Suite No. 3 in C major: 5. Bourree I/II
    4:49
  6. 7.
    Suite No. 3 in C major: 6. Gigue
    3:21
  7. 8.
    Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010: 1. Prelude
    6:22
  8. 9.
    Suite No. 4 in E flat major: 2. Allemande
    4:32
  9. 10.
    Suite No. 4 in E flat major: 3. Courante
    4:12
  10. 11.
    Suite No. 4 in E flat major: 4. Sarabande
    5:05
  11. 12.
    Suite No. 4 in E flat major: 5. Bourree I/II
    5:51
  12. 13.
    Suite No. 4 in E flat major: 6. Gigue
    3:00

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011- 1. Prelude
    7:52
  2. 4.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor- 2. Allemande
    7:01
  3. 5.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor- 3. Courante
    2:14
  4. 6.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor- 4. Sarabande
    4:55
  5. 7.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor- 5. Gavotte I-II
    5:35
  6. 8.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor- 6. Gigue
    2:39
  7. 9.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012- 1. Prelude
    5:47
  8. 10.
    Suite No. 6 in D major- 2. Allemande
    12:18
  9. 11.
    Suite No. 6 in D major- 3. Courante
    3:37
  10. 12.
    Suite No. 6 in D major- 4. Sarabande
    5:49
  11. 13.
    Suite No. 6 in D major- 5. Gavotte I-II
    4:58
  12. 14.
    Suite No. 6 in D major- 6. Gigue
    4:02

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