Cello Suites

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Zuill Bailey

The Cello Suites are a set of six suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed circa 1717 to 1723 while he worked in Köthen. They are written in the Baroque style and employ dance movements and contrapuntal techniques to produce single-line polyphony that expands the technical and expressive range of the solo cello, and they are central to the instrument's repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude
    2:25
  2. 2.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande
    4:35
  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
    3:30
  5. 5.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: V. Minuet
    3:11
  6. 6.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue
    1:44
  7. 7.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: I. Prelude
    3:26
  8. 8.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: II. Allemande
    3:40
  9. 9.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: III. Courante
    2:59
  10. 10.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande
    4:54
  11. 11.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: V. Bourree
    3:55
  12. 12.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: VI. Gigue
    3:16
  13. 13.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: I. Prelude
    6:21
  14. 14.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: II. Allemande
    5:25
  15. 15.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: III. Courante
    2:03
  16. 16.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande
    4:10
  17. 17.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: V. Gavotte
    4:39
  18. 18.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: VI. Gigue
    2:20

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: I. Prelude
    4:09
  2. 3.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: II. Allemande
    3:12
  3. 4.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: III. Courante
    1:49
  4. 5.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande
    5:09
  5. 6.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: V. Minuet
    3:00
  6. 7.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: VI. Gigue
    2:33
  7. 8.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: I. Prelude
    3:17
  8. 9.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: II. Allemande
    4:28
  9. 10.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: III. Courante
    3:23
  10. 11.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande
    4:28
  11. 12.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: V. Bourée
    4:56
  12. 13.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: VI. Gigue
    2:39
  13. 14.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: I. Prelude
    4:26
  14. 15.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: II. Allemande
    10:20
  15. 16.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: III. Courante
    3:42
  16. 17.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande
    5:19
  17. 18.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: V. Gavotte
    4:09
  18. 19.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: VI. Gigue
    4:06

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