Cello Suites For Lute

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Release Date: 16th Apr 2021
Catalogue No: E7385
Label: Naive
Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

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Bach, J S: 6 Cello Suites, No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007

Work length19:46

$6.30

$8.10

Hopkinson Smith (soloist)

I. Prelude

Track length2:53

$1.05

$1.35

II. Allemande

Track length5:10

$1.05

$1.35

III. Courante

Track length3:21

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$1.35

IV. Sarabande

Track length2:32

$1.05

$1.35

V. Menuets I & II

Track length3:39

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VI. Gigue

Track length2:11

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$1.35

Bach, J S: 6 Cello Suites, No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008

Work length21:08

$6.30

$8.10

Hopkinson Smith (soloist)

I. Prelude

Track length4:01

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$1.35

II. Allemande

Track length3:57

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III. Courante

Track length2:48

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IV. Sarabande

Track length3:57

$1.05

$1.35

V. Menuets I & II

Track length3:03

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VI. Gigue

Track length3:22

$1.05

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Bach, J S: 6 Cello Suites, No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009

Work length24:52

$6.30

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Hopkinson Smith (soloist)

I. Prelude

Track length4:16

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$1.35

II. Allemande

Track length4:10

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$1.35

III. Courante

Track length4:00

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$1.35

IV. Sarabande

Track length3:27

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V. Bourrées I & II

Track length5:05

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VI. Gigue

Track length3:54

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Bach, J S: 6 Cello Suites, No. 4 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1010

Work length25:24

$6.30

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Hopkinson Smith (soloist)

I. Prelude

Track length4:15

$1.05

$1.35

II. Allemande

Track length4:48

$1.05

$1.35

III. Courante

Track length3:56

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$1.35

IV. Sarabande

Track length3:27

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V. Bourée

Track length5:30

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VI. Gigue

Track length3:28

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Bach, J S: 6 Cello Suites, No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012

Work length30:28

$6.30

$8.10

Hopkinson Smith (soloist)

I. Prelude

Track length5:21

$1.05

$1.35

II. Allemande

Track length7:46

$1.05

$1.35

III. Courante

Track length4:20

$1.05

$1.35

IV. Sarabande

Track length4:18

$1.05

$1.35

V. Gavottes I & II

Track length3:58

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VI. Gigue

Track length4:45

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Bach, J S: 6 Cello Suites, No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011

Work length23:48

$6.30

$8.10

Hopkinson Smith (soloist)

I. Prelude

Track length5:32

$1.05

$1.35

II. Allemande

Track length5:22

$1.05

$1.35

III. Courante

Track length2:41

$1.05

$1.35

IV. Sarabande

Track length2:49

$1.05

$1.35

V. Gavottes I & II

Track length4:45

$1.05

$1.35

VI. Gigue

Track length2:39

$1.05

$1.35

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Being on intimate terms with Bach’s music, having studied it for several decades, Hopkinson Smith is the perfect mediator of these dance movements, by turns virtuoso and contemplative, constantly highlighting the polyphonic possibilities of the solo cello, somehow intensified by the stirring sound of the plucked strings, while also bringing out the music’s energetic expressiveness and lyricism.

It all emerges so naturally under his masterly hands, which have also crafted five of the six transcriptions - the Suite BWV 1011 arrangement being by Bach’s own work.

“From the very first notes, one is struck by the sheer completeness of the performance,” wrote Classica in March 2013, awarding a ‘Choc’ distinction to the first three Suites. “The choice of keys, the ornamentation, the addition of the bass voices, the rhythmic flexibility, and the way the tempi are adapted to suit the resonance of the instrument: it has all been carefully thought through so as to reach the heart of Bach’s music.”

This tour de force has made these six works into benchmark recordings without equal, now integrated in this re-issue.  2CD with 24-page booklet.

Cello Suites For Lute

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