6 Cello Suiten

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Mischa Maisky

The Six Cello Suites are six suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed between 1717 and 1723. Rooted in the Baroque idiom, they employ implied polyphony and present substantial technical and expressive challenges for the performer, making them foundational to the solo cello repertoire and influential on later unaccompanied instrumental writing.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
    2:12
  2. 2.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande
    4:50
  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
    3:43
  5. 5.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: V. Menuet I/II
    3:48
  6. 6.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue
    1:54
  7. 7.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: I. Prélude
    4:04
  8. 8.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: II. Allemande
    4:16
  9. 9.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: III. Courante
    2:09
  10. 10.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande
    6:00
  11. 11.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: V. Menuet I/II
    3:22
  12. 12.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: VI. Gigue
    2:48
  13. 13.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: I. Prélude
    5:22
  14. 14.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: II. Allemande
    11:21
  15. 15.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: III. Courante
    3:33
  16. 16.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande
    4:50
  17. 17.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: V. Gavotte I/II
    4:33
  18. 18.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: VI. Gigue
    4:21

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: I. Prélude
    4:06
  2. 3.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: II. Allemande
    4:13
  3. 4.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: III. Courante
    3:39
  4. 5.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande
    5:11
  5. 6.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: V. Bourrée I/II
    4:05
  6. 7.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: VI. Gigue
    3:20
  7. 8.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: I. Prélude
    5:07
  8. 9.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: II. Allemande
    4:22
  9. 10.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: III. Courante
    3:44
  10. 11.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande
    4:43
  11. 12.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: V. Bourrée I/II
    5:33
  12. 13.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: VI. Gigue
    3:06
  13. 14.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: I. Prélude
    7:07
  14. 15.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: II. Allemande
    7:11
  15. 16.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: III. Courante
    1:53
  16. 17.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande
    4:14
  17. 18.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: V. Gavotte I/II
    4:40
  18. 19.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: VI. Gigue
    2:40

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    CD-pluscore Program

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