Bach: The Cello Suites & Organ Chorales Valentin Erben & Sebastian Erben

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750): Organ Prelude "Christ Lag in Todesbanden", BWV 625:
• 1 Bach: Organ Prelude "Christ Lag in Todesbanden", BWV 625 01:24
• Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007:
• 2 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: Prélude 02:53
• 3 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: Allemande 04:23
• 4 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: Courante 02:54
• 5 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: Sarabande 02:50
• 6 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: Menuet I & II 03:10
• 7 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: Gigue 02:12
• Organ Prelude "Liebster Jesu, Wir Sind Hier", BWV 731:
• 8 Bach: Organ Prelude "Liebster Jesu, Wir Sind Hier", BWV 731 02:27
• Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008:
• 9 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: Prélude 03:25
• 10 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: Allemande 03:35
• 11 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: Courante 02:07
• 12 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: Sarabande 04:17
• 13 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: Menuett I & II 03:01
• 14 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: Gigue 02:56
• Organ Prelude "Christus, Der Uns Selig Macht", BWV 620:
• 15 Bach: Organ Prelude "Christus, Der Uns Selig Macht", BWV 620 02:01
• Organ Prelude "Herr Jesu Christ, Dich Zu Uns Wend", BWV 726:
• 16 Bach: Organ Prelude "Herr Jesu Christ, Dich Zu Uns Wend", BWV 726 00:55
• Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009:
• 17 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: Prélude 04:04
• 18 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: Allemande 03:47
• 19 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: Courante 03:41
• 20 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: Sarabande 04:12
• 21 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: Bourrée I & II 03:48
• 22 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: Gigue 03:39
• Organ Prelude "O Lamm Gottes, Unschuldig", BWV 618:
• 23 Bach: Organ Prelude "O Lamm Gottes, Unschuldig", BWV 618 03:54
• Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010:
• 24 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: Prélude 04:35
• 25 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: Allemande 04:07
• 26 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: Courante 03:40
• 27 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: Sarabande 04:15
• 28 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: Bourrée I & II 05:20
• 29 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: Gigue 03:11
• Organ Prelude "Jesu, Meine Freude", BWV 610:
• 30 Bach: Organ Prelude "Jesu, Meine Freude", BWV 610 02:40
• Organ Prelude "Lobt Gott, Ihr Christen, Allzugleich", BWV 609:
• 31 Bach: Organ Prelude "Lobt Gott, Ihr Christen, Allzugleich", BWV 609 00:56
• Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011:
• 32 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: Prélude 06:09
• 33 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: Allemande 05:18
• 34 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: Courante 02:15
• 35 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: Sarabande 03:34
• 36 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: Gavotte I & II 04:42
• 37 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: Gigue 02:29
• Organ Prelude "Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen", BWV 727:
• 38 Bach: Organ Prelude "Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen", BWV 727 01:52
• Suite for Violoncello Solo No 6 in D Major, BWV 1012:
• 39 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: Prélude 05:16
• 40 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: Allemande 07:21
• 41 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: Courante 03:58
• 42 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: Sarabande 04:50
• 43 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: Gavotte I & II 04:19
• 44 Bach: Suite for Violoncello Solo No 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: Gigue 04:29
• Organ Prelude "Wenn Wir in Höchsten Nöten Sein / Vor Deinen Thron Tret Ich Hiermit", BWV 668a:
• 45 Bach: Organ Prelude "Wenn Wir in Höchsten Nöten Sein / Vor Deinen Thron Tret Ich Hiermit" 04:36
• Total Runtime 02:41:27

Info for Bach: The Cello Suites & Organ Chorales

Julius Klengel, famous cellist, pedagogue and also composer in Leipzig around 1900, said one day to his students, “Tomorrow a young cellist will come from Spain and play the suites for cello solo by Johann Sebastian Bach – all by himself. That must be either a fool or a genius.”

It was Pablo Casals. At that time – for that matter, also in Bach’s time – it was difficult to 6 imagine succeeding with a piece for cello alone. This probably also motivated Robert Schumann, among others, to write a piano accompaniment to these suites. ...

Valentin Erben, violoncello
Sebastian Erben, organ

Valentin Erben
has been a “traveler” since his birth in Lower Austria in March 1945. He was just two weeks old when his family embarked on an adventurous flight westward to escape the approaching Russian army.

He was then to spend his childhood and adolescence in Augsburg, Swabia. The eight-year-old had his first regular cello lessons with Paul Freidel, who in turn had still studied with Julius Klengel in Leipzig.

The next station was the Munich Academy of Music, with Walter Reichardt, the then Sollocellist of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. After a year of study in Vienna, with Tobias Kühne, he continued his studies at the Conservatoire in Paris, with André Navarra. In 1967 he graduated with the Grand Prix Du Conservatoire.

In 1968 he won the international cello competition of the ARD in Munich. Two years later, the Alban Berg Quartet was founded in Vienna, to which Valentin Erben belonged throughout its 38-year existence.

He also worked as a professor of violoncello at the University of Music in Vienna from 1970. Since the end of the Alban Berg Quartet, he has been active to this day, whether as a soloist, chamber musician with various ensembles, or partner of dancers, actors, and also continues as a pedagogue.

Recordings with the Arditti Quartet, Artemis Quartet, Belcea Quartet, Meccore Quartet, Quatuor Ysaye, among others. With his duo partner Shani Diluka he recorded all works of Beethoven for piano and cello.

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