Inspired by Bach: The Cello Suites
by Yo-Yo Ma
- Type: Album
- Released: 17 February 1998
- Label: Sony Classical
- Country: United States
- Length: 2:23:07
- Community rating: 3.89/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A solo cello album by Yo-Yo Ma, 'Inspired by Bach: The Cello Suites' presents his second recording of Bach's six suites for unaccompanied cello, each paired with a film collaboration with artists and filmmakers. Ma's interpretation emphasizes the suites' dance origins and lyrical line.
Genres
Descriptors: suite, acoustic, instrumental, orchestral, complex
Tracklist
- Pr茅lude (2:21)
- Allemande (4:36)
- Courante (2:32)
- Sarabande (3:23)
- Menuett I / II (3:35)
- Gigue (1:48)
- Pr茅lude (5:08)
- Allemande (3:40)
- Courante (1:52)
- Sarabande (5:07)
- Menuett I / II (3:03)
- Gigue (2:26)
- Pr茅lude (3:17)
- Allemande (3:35)
- Courante (3:00)
- Sarabande (4:46)
- Bourr茅e I / II (3:19)
- Gigue (3:04)
- Pr茅lude (5:24)
- Allemande (4:36)
- Courante (3:54)
- Sarabande (5:03)
- Bourr茅e I / II (5:13)
- Gigue (2:56)
- Pr茅lude (6:36)
- Allemande (6:26)
- Courante (2:08)
- Sarabande (3:32)
- Gavotte I / II (4:24)
- Gigue (2:58)
- Pr茅lude (4:38)
- Allemande (8:10)
- Courante (4:01)
- Sarabande (5:19)
- Gavotte I / II (3:42)
- Gigue (3:35)
Credits
- Yo-Yo Ma - primary artist, cello
- Atom Egoyan - artwork [artistic collaborators and filmmakers]
- Barbara Willis Sweete - artwork [artistic collaborators and filmmakers]
- Fran莽ois Girard - artwork [artistic collaborators and filmmakers]
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi - artwork [artistic collaborators and filmmakers]
- Julie Moir Messervy - artwork [artistic collaborators and filmmakers]
- Kevin McMahon - artwork [artistic collaborators and filmmakers]
- Mark Morris - artwork [artistic collaborators and filmmakers]