Johann Sebastian Bach - Solo Cello Suites - Miklos Perenyi / Hungaroton 2x Audio CD 2020 / HCD 32834-35

UPC 5991813283429

The six Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012, are suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach. They are some of the most frequently performed and recognizable solo compositions ever written for cello. Bach most likely composed them during the period 1717–23, when he served as Kapellmeister in Köthen. The title given on the cover of the Anna Magdalena Bach manuscript was Suites à Violoncello Solo senza Basso (Suites for cello solo without bass).

Tracklist:

DISC ONE

1 - 6. Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007   18:11

7-12. Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010   26:12

13-18. Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011   26:15

DISC TWO

1 - 6. Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008   20:57

7-12. Suite No. 3 in C minor, BWV 1009   22:02

13-18. Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012   30:47