The 6 Cello Suites

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Maurice Gendron

The Six Cello Suites are a set of six suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed circa 1717-1723. Written in the Baroque style and built from dance-suite structures, they feature intricate polyphonic writing and idiomatic cello techniques that expanded the instrument's solo possibilities and occupy a prominent place in Bach's output and the solo string repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
    2:26
  2. 2.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande
    4:09
  3. 3.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: III. Courante
    2:35
  4. 4.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande
    3:05
  5. 5.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: V. Menuets I-II
    3:04
  6. 6.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue
    2:02
  7. 7.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: I. Prélude
    5:08
  8. 8.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: II. Allemande
    3:18
  9. 9.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: III. Courante
    4:03
  10. 10.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande
    4:48
  11. 11.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: V. Bourées I-II
    5:23
  12. 12.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: VI. Gigue
    2:59
  13. 13.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: I. Prélude
    5:07
  14. 14.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: II. Allemande
    8:14
  15. 15.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: III. Courante
    3:51
  16. 16.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande
    4:31
  17. 17.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: V. Gavottes I-II
    3:56
  18. 18.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: VI. Gigue
    4:27

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