Complete Cello Suites (The 2023 Sessions)

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Jean‐Guihen Queyras

Complete Cello Suites (The 2023 Sessions) is a 2023 album of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach presenting his complete solo cello suites. The recording covers the Baroque solo cello repertoire central to the instrument's canon, interpreted with attention to period stylistic practice and modern sonic clarity, and sits within the long history of Bach cello performances and contemporary re-evaluations of phrasing, ornamentation and articulation.
First released: 20th September 2024

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
    2:30
  2. 2.
    Cello Suite no. 4 in E‐flat major, BWV 1010: I. Prelude
    3:53
  3. 3.
    Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande
    4:46
  4. 4.
    Cello Suite no. 4 in E‐flat major, BWV 1010: II. Allemande
    4:12
  5. 5.
    Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: III. Courante
    2:45
  6. 6.
    Cello Suite no. 4 in E‐flat major, BWV 1010: III. Courante
    3:43
  7. 7.
    Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande
    2:51
  8. 8.
    Cello Suite no. 4 in E‐flat major, BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande
    3:49
  9. 9.
    Cello Suite no. 4 in E‐flat major, BWV 1010: V. Bourrées I & II
    4:49
  10. 10.
    Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: V. Minuets I & II
    3:24
  11. 11.
    Cello Suite no. 4 in E‐flat major, BWV 1010: VI. Gigue
    2:34
  12. 12.
    Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue
    1:49
  13. 13.
    Cello Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: I. Prelude
    3:52
  14. 14.
    Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: I. Prelude
    5:30
  15. 15.
    Cello Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: II. Allemande
    3:57
  16. 16.
    Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: II. Allemande
    5:18
  17. 17.
    Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: III. Courante
    2:00
  18. 18.
    Cello Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: III. Courante
    1:53
  19. 19.
    Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande
    3:24
  20. 20.
    Cello Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande
    4:16
  21. 21.
    Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: V. Gavottes I & II
    4:54
  22. 22.
    Cello Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: V. Minuets I & II
    3:10
  23. 23.
    Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: VI. Gigue
    2:29
  24. 24.
    Cello Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: VI. Gigue
    2:47
  25. 25.
    Cello Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: I. Prelude
    3:44
  26. 26.
    Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: I. Prélude
    4:38
  27. 27.
    Cello Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: II. Allemande
    3:58
  28. 28.
    Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: II. Allemande
    7:33
  29. 29.
    Cello Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: III. Courante
    3:17
  30. 30.
    Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: III. Courante
    3:58
  31. 31.
    Cello Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande
    3:24
  32. 32.
    Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande
    4:31
  33. 33.
    Cello Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: V. Bourrées I & II
    3:20
  34. 34.
    Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: V. Gavottes I & II
    3:54
  35. 35.
    Cello Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: VI. Gigue
    3:28
  36. 36.
    Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: VI. Gigue
    4:19

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