Suites for Solo Cello: No. 2 in D minor / No. 3 in C / No. 5 in C minor

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Frans Helmerson

Suites for Solo Cello is a collection of unaccompanied cello suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in the early 18th century (circa 1717–1723). These Baroque works feature dance-based movements, elaborate contrapuntal writing adapted for a single instrument and extensive use of arpeggiation and implied polyphony, and they are foundational to the solo cello repertoire and to Baroque instrumental music.

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  1. 1.
    Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: I. Prélude
    4:58
  2. 2.
    Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: II. Allemande
    4:43
  3. 3.
    Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: III. Courante
    2:21
  4. 4.
    Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande
    6:43
  5. 5.
    Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: V. Menuet I & II
    3:41
  6. 6.
    Suite no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: VI. Gigue
    2:46
  7. 7.
    Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: I. Prélude
    4:17
  8. 8.
    Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: II. Allemande
    2:44
  9. 9.
    Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: III. Courante
    2:31
  10. 10.
    Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande
    3:55
  11. 11.
    Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: V. Bourrée I & II
    3:24
  12. 12.
    Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: VI. Gigue
    2:16
  13. 13.
    Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: I. Prélude - Fuga
    7:50
  14. 14.
    Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: II. Allemande
    4:22
  15. 15.
    Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: III. Courante
    1:28
  16. 16.
    Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande
    2:13
  17. 17.
    Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: V. Gavotte
    4:20
  18. 18.
    Suite no. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: VI. Gigue
    1:35

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