Bach Cello Suites - Part II

Bach to Mendelssohn

Stéphanie Huang, cello
J. S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 4, in E-flat major, BWV. 1010
I. Prélude
II. Allemande
III. Courante
IV. Sarabande
V. Bourrée
VI. Bourrée
VII. Gigue

Florian Pons, cello
J. S. Bach : Cello Suite No. 5, in C minor, BWV. 1011
I. Prélude
II. Allemande
III. Courante
IV. Sarabande
V. Gavotte
VI. Gavotte
VII. Gigue

Christine J. Lee, cello

J. S. Bach : Cello Suite No. 6, in D major, BWV. 1012
I. Prélude
II. Allemande
III. Courante
IV. Sarabande
V. Gavotte I
VI. Gavotte II
VII. Gigue

The preludes that introduce the six suites are remarkably diversified in their style and architecture. The fourth is full of technical difficulties while offering cadential passages where great freedom of play can be deployed. Doubts persist about the precise instrument for which Bach wrote his famous suites for. The Suite No. 5 requires a scordatura (the fourth string must be tuned a tone lower than normal), and was transcribed for lute by Bach himself. The destination of Suite No. 6 is also complex because, being more acute than the other five, it seems to have been conceived for a
a five-string piccolo cello.

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