Cello Suites

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Nikolaus Harnoncourt

The Six Cello Suites are a set of six suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed around 1720. They employ Baroque dance forms and intricate polyphonic writing adapted for a single instrument, demanding technical precision and wide expressive range, and they occupy a central place in Bach's output for solo instruments and in the cello repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude
    2:18
  2. 2.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande
    5:12
  3. 3.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: III. Courante
    2:37
  4. 4.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande
    2:37
  5. 5.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: V. Menuet I
    1:25
  6. 6.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: VI. Menuet II
    2:11
  7. 7.
    Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: VII. Gigue
    1:50
  8. 8.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: I. Prelude
    3:00
  9. 9.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: II. Allemande
    3:50
  10. 10.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: III. Courante
    2:22
  11. 11.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande
    4:11
  12. 12.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: V. Menuet I
    1:34
  13. 13.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: VI. Menuet II
    2:17
  14. 14.
    Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: VII. Gigue
    3:05
  15. 15.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: I. Prelude
    3:15
  16. 16.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: II. Allemande
    5:20
  17. 17.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: III. Courante
    3:03
  18. 18.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande
    3:53
  19. 19.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: V. Bourree I
    1:36
  20. 20.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: VI. Bourree II
    2:23
  21. 21.
    Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: VII. Gigue
    3:36

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: I. Prelude
    3:43
  2. 3.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: II. Allemande
    4:26
  3. 4.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: III. Courante
    3:47
  4. 5.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande
    3:45
  5. 6.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: V. Bourree I
    3:25
  6. 7.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: VI. Bourree II
    2:35
  7. 8.
    Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010: VII. Gigue
    3:35
  8. 9.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: I. Prelude
    6:08
  9. 10.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: II. Allemande
    5:08
  10. 11.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: III. Courante
    3:01
  11. 12.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande
    3:06
  12. 13.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: V. Gavotte I
    2:41
  13. 14.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: VI. Gavotte II
    2:47
  14. 15.
    Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: VII. Gigue
    2:20
  15. 16.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: I. Prelude
    4:42
  16. 17.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: II. Allemande
    6:18
  17. 18.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: III. Courante
    4:18
  18. 19.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande
    4:19
  19. 20.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: V. Gavotte I
    1:50
  20. 21.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: VI. Gavotte II
    2:19
  21. 22.
    Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: VII. Gigue
    4:27

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