Dalkin of MusicWeb International called Bach's cello suites "among the most profound of all classical music works" and Wilfrid Mellers described them in 1980 as " Monophonic music wherein a man has created a dance of God". The title given on the cover of the Anna Magdalena Bach manuscript was Suites à Violoncello Solo senza Basso (Suites for cello solo without bass).Īs usual in a Baroque musical suite, after the prelude which begins each suite, all the other movements are based around baroque dance types the cello suites are structured in six movements each: prelude, allemande, courante, sarabande, two minuets or two bourrées or two gavottes, and a final gigue. Bach most likely composed them during the period 1717–1723, when he served as Kapellmeister in Köthen.
They are some of the most frequently performed solo compositions ever written for cello. The six Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1012, are suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). The cello part in the basso continuo group can be played by orchestral cellists or by the soloists.Title page of Anna Magdalena Bach's manuscript: Suites á Violoncello Solo senza Basso At the same time the edition allows for a flexible realisation of this concerto: it can be performed by a full tutti orchestra or by one performer per part. The edition is based on the careful evaluation of Vivaldi’s autograph score which is the main source and several inconsistencies found in previous editions have been clarified. The two solo parts take centre stage with virtuosic passages but lie on the instrument so well that they can be comfortably mastered by advanced students. The Concerto RV 531 is the only double concerto in Vivaldi’s œuvre for two solo violoncellos. Vivaldi knew how to tailor his music to the cello and in doing so, helped to establish this still young instrument in the music of that time.
Throughout his life, Antonio Vivaldi wrote almost thirty instrumental works that use the cello as a solo instrument. With practical tips for a flexible realisation of this work.Spaciously arranged solo parts with ideal page turns.Scholarly-critical edition with a Foreword on the background of the work and on performance practice (Ger/Eng).
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