Steven Isserlis, violoncello. Recorded Dec. 4-8, 2005 and July 17-19, 2006, Henry Wood Hall, London. Version recorded based principally ms. copies by Anna Magdalena Bach and Johann Peter Kellner MSS, with reference to the two other surviving mss. and Bach's lute transcription of the 5th suite ; includes 3 alternate versions of the prelude to suite no. 1. Program notes by Steven Isserlis in English with French and German translations (19 p.) inserted in container.
Contents:
No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (16:11) ; No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 (17:27) ; No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 (19:46) ; No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010 (21:35) ; No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 (24:06) ;No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012 (27:26) -- The song of the birds : Catalan folksong / arr. Sally Beamish (2:44) -- Prelude from cello suite no. 1 : from the Anna Magdalena manuscript (2:24) ; from the Johann Peter Kellner manuscript (2:21) ; from the collection of Johann Christoph Westphal (2:29).
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