BACH: Cello Suites - Jean-Guihen Queyras (3 CDs)

Jean-Guihen Queyras - Cello

When Bach revels in the obligation to set out his harmony in melodic terms (in other words, to have the cello play successively each note of what would have been a single chord on the keyboard), the result is one of the supreme monuments of chamber music; when Jean-Guihen Queyras revels in this ‘irresistible vitality’ on his Gioffredo Cappa cello of 1696, the result is one of his most inspired recordings!
Bonus DVD: a complete filmed performance of the Third Suite and a behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of this set.


Disc 1

Intégrale des suites pour violoncelle seul

1Suite n°1 en Sol majeur / G major / G-dur BWV 1007
I. Prélude 2'17
2II. Allemande 4'25
3III. Courante 2'25
4IV. Sarabande 2'30
5V. Menuets I & II 3'05
6VI. Gigue 1'30
7Suite n°2 en ré mineur / D minor / d-moll BWV 1008
I. Prélude 3'36
8II. Allemande 3'55
9III. Courante 1'48
10IV. Sarabande 4'06
11V. Menuets I & II 3'00
12VI. Gigue 2'25
13Suite n°3 en Ut majeur / C major / C-dur BWV 1009
I. Prélude 3'10
14II. Allemande 4'00
15III. Courante 2'55
16IV. Sarabande 3'56
17V. Bourrées I & II 3'27
18VI. Gigue 3'09

Disc 2



1Suite n°4 en Mi bémol majeur / E flat major / Es-dur BWV 1010
I. Prélude 3'57
2II. Allemande 4'34
3III. Courante 3'39
4IV. Sarabande 3'47
5V. Bourrées I & II 4'20
6VI. Gigue 2'23
7Suite n°5 en ut mineur / C minor / c-moll BWV 1011
I. Prélude 6'03
8II. Allemande 4'50
9III. Courante 2'05
10IV. Sarabande 3'20
11V. Gavottes I & II 4'59
12VI. Gigue 2'06
13Suite n°6 en Ré majeur / D major / D-dur BWV 1012
I. Prélude 4'27
14II. Allemande 7'34
15III. Courante 3'33
16IV. Sarabande 4'30
17V. Gavottes I & II 3'20
18VI. Gigue 4'01