Steven Isserlis - Bach: The Cello Suites

Steven Isserlis — Bach: The Cello Suites

2007 Gramophone Instrumental Album of the Year on 180-gram 3LP!

Steven Isserlis's multi-award-winning recording of the Bach Cello Suites represents a major milestone for a performer at the zenith of his career — described in The Independent as "the stuff of legend." Steven's eloquent booklet notes reveal his personal thoughts about the suites, as well as extensive academic research. His is an interpretation that has come from his passionate involvement in the music rather than from following the various theories that abound in Bach scholarship, and he discusses it fully in an article which is a perfect complement to this Gramophone Award-winning release.

LP 1 Side A

1. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude

2. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande

3. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: III. Courante

4. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande

5. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: V. Menuet I – Menuet II

6. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue

7. The Song of the Birds (Arr. Beamish)

8. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude (Anna Magdalena Manuscript)

9. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude (Johann Peter Kellner Manuscript)

10. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude (Johann Christoph Westphal Collection)

LP 1 Side B

1. Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: I. Prelude

2. Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: II. Allemande

3. Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: III. Courante

4. Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande

5. Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: V. Menuet I – Menuet II

6. Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: VI. Gigue

LP 2 Side A

1. Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: I. Prelude

2. Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: II. Allemande

3. Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: III. Courante

4. Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande

5. Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: V. Bourrée I – Bourrée II

6. Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: VI. Gigue

LP 2 Side B

1. Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: I. Prelude

2. Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: II. Allemande

3. Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: III. Courante

4. Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande

5. Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: V. Bourrée I – Bourrée II

6. Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: VI. Gigue

LP 3 Side A

1. Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: I. Prelude

2. Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: II. Allemande

3. Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: III. Courante

4. Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande

5. Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: V. Gavotte I – Gavotte II

6. Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: VI. Gigue

LP 3 Side B

1. Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: I. Prelude

2. Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: II. Allemande

3. Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: III. Courante

4. Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande

5. Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: V. Gavotte I – Gavotte II

6. Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: VI. Gigue

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