J.S.Bach: Sei Suites per Violincello Solo BWV 1007-1012 Rocco Filippini

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Suite I BWV 1007 in sol maggiore/in G major
• 1Suite I BWV 1007: Prélude02:33
• 2Suite I BWV 1007: Allemande03:39
• 3Suite I BWV 1007: Courante02:24
• 4Suite I BWV 1007 Sarabande02:51
• 5Suite I BWV 1007: Menuet03:02
• 6Suite I BWV 1007 Gigue01:48
• Suite II BWV 1008 in re minore/in d minor
• 7Suite II BWV 1008 Prélude03:25
• 8Suite II BWV 1008: Allemande03:06
• 9Suite III BWV 1009: Courante01:58
• 10Suite II BWV 1008: Sarabande04:08
• 11Suite II BWV 1008: Menuet02:58
• 12Suite II BWV 1008: Gigue02:34
• Suite III BWV 1009 in do maggiore/IN C major
• 13Suite III BWV 1009: Prélude03:27
• 14Suite III BWV 1009: Allemande03:20
• 15Suite III BWV 1009: Courante03:03
• 16Suite III BWV 1009: Sarabande04:12
• 17Suite III BWV 1009: Bourrée03:17
• 18Suite III BWV 1009: Gigue03:04
• Suite IV BWV 1010 in mi bemolle maggiore/in E flat major
• 19Suite IV BWV 1010: Prélude03:56
• 20Suite IV BWV 1010: Allemande04:02
• 21Suite IV BWV 1010: Courante03:29
• 22Suite IV BWV 1010: Sarabande04:09
• 23Suite IV BWV 1010: Bourrée04:29
• 24Suite IV BWV 1010: Gigue02:32
• Suite V BWV 1011 in do minore/in c minor
• 25Suite V BWV 1011: Prélude06:28
• 26Suite V BWV 1011: Allemande05:48
• 27Suite V BWV 1011: Courante02:07
• 28Suite V BWV 1011: Sarabande03:01
• 29Suite V BWV 1011: Gavotte04:28
• 30Suite V BWV 1011: Gigue02:17
• Suite VI BWV 1012 in re maggiore/IN D major
• 31Suite VI BWV 1012: Prélude04:48
• 32Suite VI BWV 1012: Allemande06:51
• 33Suite VI BWV 1012: Courante03:33
• 34Suite VI BWV 1012: Sarabande04:51
• 35Suite VI BWV 1012: Gavotte04:10
• 36Suite VI BWV 1012: Gigue04:00
• Total Runtime02:09:48

Info for J.S.Bach: Sei Suites per Violincello Solo BWV 1007-1012

The most remarkable, unexpected, and surprising of the works that came to light in Köthen, where Bach worked from December 1717 to April 1723, are those for violin and cello that Johann Sebastian conceived without the support of any accompaniment, entrusted to either a figured bass or to a cymbal playing in alternating ‘concertante’ manner.

The two collections – each comprising six compositions arranged to an overall scheme presumably with the view to a printed edition – differ both in content and form, but are in some ways complementary. The first collection to be compiled was probably the one with the works for unaccompanied violin, as would be attested by the original manuscript, whose frontispiece reads: Sei Solo. | a | Violino | senza | Baßo | accompagnato. | Libro Primo. | da | Joh: Seb: Bach. | ao. 1720. The work (which has come down to us in six other copies made by different hands, one by Anna Magdalena Bach) includes three sonatas and three suites (BWV 1001-1006). The alternating succession of sonatas and suites (the latter made up of a series of dances, in one case preceded by a prelude) should not however be seen as a succession of six entirely autonomous and independent musical entities (even if Bach speaks of Sei Solo, typical of the editorial custom of the age), but rather as the presentation of three couples of compositions of which the second term or member of the couple is the continuation or corollary of the first; in other words, what we have is integral sonatas, a suite of dances as it were, following a tradition that was by no means rare for the music of the time.

Rocco Filippini, violoncello

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