Suiten f眉r Violoncello solo

by Johann Sebastian Bach / Pablo Casals

Suiten f眉r Violoncello solo cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: EMI
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 37:30
  • Community rating: 4.03/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Compiling the legendary Catalan cellist's definitive 1930s EMI recordings, this archival release presents the monumental recovery of Bach's previously obscure masterworks. Casals' deeply expressive, historically unmatched interpretations single-handedly elevated the suites into the standard repertoire for solo cello worldwide.

Genres

Descriptors: suite, acoustic, unaccompanied-solo, complex, technical, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude (2:37)
  2. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande (4:23)
  3. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: III. Courante (2:36)
  4. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande (3:32)
  5. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: V. Menuet I & II (3:18)
  6. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue (1:18)
  7. Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: I. Prelude (3:18)
  8. Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: II. Allemande (3:26)
  9. Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: III. Courante (2:33)
  10. Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande (5:26)
  11. Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: V. Menuet I & II (3:05)
  12. Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: VI. Gigue (1:53)

Credits

  • John Terra - arranged by, producer, mixed by, engineer
  • Phil Sterman - arranged by, producer, mixed by, engineer
  • Alan Ward - mastered by
  • Benjamin Bertozzi - mastered by
  • The Rapino Brothers - remix

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