Synopses & Reviews
The six cello suites (BWV 1007-1012) and 3 sonatas (BWV 1027-1029) (played most commonly today on the cello and harpsichord), richly demonstrating Bach's intuitive feel for the cello and his technical grasp of its capabilities for musical expression. Bach-Gesellschaft edition, Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig.
Synopsis
This superbly produced volume brings together a group of Bach's most performed compositions: nine works that masterfully reveal the deeply resonant glories of the cello and the viola da gamba. Reprinted here from the definitive Bach-Gesellschaft edition published by Breitkopf & H rtel of Leipzig, they include the six suites for unaccompanied cello (BWV 1007-1012) and three sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord (BWV 1027-1029), the latter most commonly played today on the cello. Alternative versions of the last two cello suites -- providing notation at concert pitch for the scordatura Suite No. 5, and normal cello clefs in place of the original alto and soprano clefs of Suite No. 6 -- appear in an appendix.
The cello suites, long neglected until Pablo Casals began to perform them early in the twentieth century, richly demonstrate Bach's intuitive feel for the cello, and his technical grasp of this instrument's extraordinary capabilities for musical expression. The three sonatas, among the few duo sonatas Bach composed, exuberantly demonstrate how Bach freed the harpsichord from a mere accompanying role and made it an equal partner in the duo texture.
This sturdily bound playing edition features wide margins and large noteheads clearly printed on fine-quality paper. It offers both amateur and professional musicians -- along with music lovers who enjoy following a live or recorded performance, score in hand -- a lifetime of pleasurable study and intimate enjoyment of a select group of Bach's most universally loved and admired works.
Synopsis
Bach-Gesellschaft edition of the six cello suites (BWV 1007-1012) and 3 sonatas (BWV 1027-1029), commonly played today on the cello.
Table of Contents
Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello
"Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007"
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Minuet
Gigue
"Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008"
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Minuet
Gigue
"Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009"
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bourrée
Gigue
"Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010"
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bourrée
Gigue
"Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011"
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gavotte
Gigue
"Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012"
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gavotte
Gigue
Three Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord
"Sonata No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1027"
Adagio
Allegro ma non tanto
Andante
Allegro moderato
"Sonata No. 2 in D Major, BWV 1028"
Adagio
Allegro
Andante
Allegro
"Sonata No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 1029"
Vivace
Adagio
Allegro
Appendix
"Suite No. 5 in C Minor, Notated at Concert Pitch"
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gavotte
Gigue
"Suite No. 6 in D Major, Noated in Bass and Tenor Clefs"
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gavotte
Gigue