What is Cello Suites (Bach)?
[[File:Frontespizio Cello Suite.png|thumb|Title page of [[Anna Magdalena Bach]]'s manuscript]] The '''''Six suites for unaccompanied cello''''' by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] are some of the most often performed and recognizable solo compositions ever written for [[cello]]. They were most likely composed during the period 1717–1723, when Bach served as a [[Kapellmeister]] in [[Köthen (Anhalt)|Köthen]]. The title of [[Anna Magdalena Bach]]'s manuscript was ''Suites á Violoncello Solo senza Basso''. The suites have been performed and recorded by many famous cellists; like [[Mstislav Rostropovich]], [[Emanuel Feuermann]], [[Pierre Fournier]], [[Jacqueline du Pré]], [[Paul Tortelier]], [[André Navarra]], [[Yo-Yo Ma]], [[Gregor Piatigorsky]], [[Mischa Maisky]], [[János Starker]], [[Anner Bijlsma]] or [[Heinrich Schiff]]. [[Yo-Yo Ma]] won the 1985 [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)|Best Instrumental Soloist Grammy Award]] for his bestselling album ''Six Unaccompanied Cello Suites''. ==Other websites== *[http://www.wimmercello.com/bachs1ms.html Anna Magdalena's manuscript] *[http://www.jsbach.net/midi/midi_solo_cello.html MIDI Sequences] *[http://www.yeodoug.com/publications/pdf/pdf.html Transcriptions of The Suites For Trombone] *[http://www.icking-music-archive.org/scores/bach/bwv1010/BWV1010_5_String.pdf Transcription of the 4th Suite for Violoncello Piccolo]{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at the [http://www.icking-music-archive.org/ Werner Icking Music Archive] [[Category:Compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach]] [[Category:Suites]] {{music-stub}}