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Bach: Cello Suites
LAWO Classics

Bach: Cello Suites

$18.99

Details

Composer
BACH, J.S.
Artist
Bjorg Lewis
Format
CD
Label
LAWO Classics
Released
Sep 07, 2018
Catalog #
LWC1154
UPC
7090020181769

About

The six cello suites on this recording have their parallel in six sonatas for solo violin, also from Bach's time in Kothen, before he moved to Leipzig. On the title page of the violin sonatas the composer wrote Libro primo. The original manuscript of the cello suites has vanished, but both wife Anna Magdalena and others left copies. Did the composer perhaps call the cello suites Second Book? Traditional dance forms are the bones of the suites as they are in other suites by Bach and other Baroque composers. But this is not music for a palace ball. The dance tradition serves as the basis for an unrelenting elaboration and exploration of contours, sounds, and rhythms. Bjorg Lewis is one of Norway's most sought-after and admired cellists. She plays on a Gennaro Gagliano dated 1748.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 I. Prelude 03:04
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Prelude
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bjørg Lewis
  2. 2 II. Allemande 03:16
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bjørg Lewis
  3. 3 III. Courante 02:46
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bjørg Lewis
  4. 4 IV. Sarabande 04:10
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bjørg Lewis
  5. 5 V. Bourree I-II 03:32
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Bourree I-II
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bjørg Lewis
  6. 6 VI. Gigue 03:13
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Gigue
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bjørg Lewis
  7. 7 I. Prelude 03:31
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Prelude
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bjørg Lewis
  8. 8 II. Allemande 02:41
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bjørg Lewis
  9. 9 III. Courante 01:54
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bjørg Lewis
  10. 10 IV. Sarabande 04:41
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bjørg Lewis
  11. 11 V. Menuet I-II 03:06
    Track
    11
    Title
    V. Menuet I-II
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bjørg Lewis
  12. 12 VI. Gigue 02:29
    Track
    12
    Title
    VI. Gigue
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bjørg Lewis
  13. 13 I. Prelude 05:50
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Prelude
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bjørg Lewis
  14. 14 II. Allemande 05:22
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bjørg Lewis
  15. 15 III. Courante 02:02
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bjørg Lewis
  16. 16 IV. Sarabande 03:53
    Track
    16
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bjørg Lewis
  17. 17 V. Gavotte I-II 04:50
    Track
    17
    Title
    V. Gavotte I-II
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bjørg Lewis
  18. 18 VI. Gigue 02:25
    Track
    18
    Title
    VI. Gigue
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Bjørg Lewis