Bach: Six Suites

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Pierre-Henri Xuereb

Bach: Six Suites is a collection of six unaccompanied cello suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed around 1720. These Baroque works for solo cello mix dance forms and lyrical slow movements, and they date from Bach's period in Köthen when he wrote mainly instrumental music.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Cello Suite No.1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude (Played on viola d'amore)
    2:59
  2. 2.
    Cello Suite No.1 in G Major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande (Played on modern viola)
    4:55
  3. 3.
    Cello Suite No.1 in G Major, BWV 1007: III. Courante (Played on viola d'amore)
    2:53
  4. 4.
    Cello Suite No.1 in G Major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande (Played on baroque viola)
    2:49
  5. 5.
    Cello Suite No.1 in G Major, BWV 1007: V & VI. Menuett I - Menuett II (Played on baroque viola)
    3:22
  6. 6.
    Cello Suite No.1 in G Major, BWV 1007: VII. Gigue (Played on viola d'amore)
    2:04
  7. 7.
    Cello Suite No.2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: I. Prélude (Played on baroque viola)
    4:04
  8. 8.
    Cello Suite No.2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: II. Allemande (Played on modern alto)
    3:39
  9. 9.
    Cello Suite No.2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: III. Courante (Played on modern alto)
    2:05
  10. 10.
    Cello Suite No.2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande (Played on baroque viola)
    4:26
  11. 11.
    Cello Suite No.2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: V & VI. Menuett I - Menuett II (Played on baroque viola)
    3:05
  12. 12.
    Cello Suite No.2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: VII. Gigue (Played on modern alto)
    2:42

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Cello Suite No.3 in C Major, BWV 1009: I. Prélude (Played on modern viola)
    4:29
  2. 3.
    Cello Suite No.3 in C Major, BWV 1009: II. Allemande (Played on modern alto)
    3:57
  3. 4.
    Cello Suite No.3 in C Major, BWV 1009: III. Courante (Played on modern alto)
    3:38
  4. 5.
    Cello Suite No.3 in C Major, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande (Player on baroque viola)
    3:33
  5. 6.
    Cello Suite No.3 in C Major, BWV 1009: V & VI. Bourrée I - Bourrée II (Played on baroque viola)
    4:02
  6. 7.
    Cello Suite No.3 in C Major, BWV 1009: VII. Gigue (Played on modern alto)
    3:29
  7. 8.
    Cello Suite No.4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: I. Prélude (Played on modern viola)
    4:19
  8. 9.
    Cello Suite No.4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: II. Allemande (Played on modern alto)
    4:19
  9. 10.
    Cello Suite No.4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: III. Courante (Played on modern alto)
    3:31
  10. 11.
    Cello Suite No.4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande (Played on modern alto)
    3:54
  11. 12.
    Cello Suite No.4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: V. Bourrée I (Played on modern viola)
    3:09
  12. 13.
    Cello Suite No.4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: VI. Bourrée II (Played on baroque viola)
    2:26
  13. 14.
    Cello Suite No.4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: VII. Gigue (Played on modern alto)
    2:54

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Cello Suite No.5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: I. Prélude (Played on baroque viola and modern alto)
    6:40
  2. 4.
    Cello Suite No.5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: II. Allemande (Played on modern alto)
    5:09
  3. 5.
    Cello Suite No.5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: III. Courante (Played on modern alto)
    2:18
  4. 6.
    Cello Suite No.5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande (Played on baroque viola)
    3:07
  5. 7.
    Cello Suite No.5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: V. Gavotte I (Played on modern viola)
    2:29
  6. 8.
    Cello Suite No.5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: VI. Gavotte II (Played on viola d'amore)
    3:00
  7. 9.
    Cello Suite No.5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: VII. Gigue (Played on viola d'amore)
    2:46
  8. 10.
    Cello Suite No.6 in D Major, BWV 1012: I. Prélude (Played on 5-string viola)
    5:31
  9. 11.
    Cello Suite No.6 in D Major, BWV 1012: II. Allemande (Played on 5-string viola)
    7:15
  10. 12.
    Cello Suite No.6 in D Major, BWV 1012: III. Courante (Played on 5-string viola)
    4:08
  11. 13.
    Cello Suite No.6 in D Major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande (Played on 5-string viola)
    4:22
  12. 14.
    Cello Suite No.6 in D Major, BWV 1012: V & VI. Gavotte I - Gavotte II (Played on 5-string viola)
    4:22
  13. 15.
    Cello Suite No.6 in D Major, BWV 1012: VII. Gigue (Played on 5-string viola)
    4:31

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