J.S. Bach: Complete Cello Suites (The 2023 Sessions) Jean-Guihen Queyras

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007:
• 1 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude 02:30
• 2 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande 04:46
• 3 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: III. Courante 02:45
• 4 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande 02:51
• 5 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: V. Minuets I & II 03:24
• 6 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue 01:49
• Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008:
• 7 Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: I. Prelude 03:52
• 8 Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: II. Allemande 03:57
• 9 Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: III. Courante 01:53
• 10 Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande 04:16
• 11 Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: V. Minuets I & II 03:10
• 12 Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: VI. Gigue 02:47
• Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009:
• 13 Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: I. Prelude 03:44
• 14 Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: II. Allemande 03:58
• 15 Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: III. Courante 03:17
• 16 Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande 03:24
• 17 Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: V. Bourrées I & II 03:20
• 18 Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: VI. Gigue 03:28
• Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010:
• 19 Bach: Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: I. Prelude 03:53
• 20 Bach: Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: II. Allemande 04:12
• 21 Bach: Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: III. Courante 03:43
• 22 Bach: Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande 03:49
• 23 Bach: Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: V. Bourrées I & II 04:49
• 24 Bach: Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: VI. Gigue 02:34
• Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011:
• 25 Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: I. Prelude 05:30
• 26 Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: II. Allemande 05:18
• 27 Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: III. Courante 02:00
• 28 Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande 03:24
• 29 Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: V. Gavottes I & II 04:54
• 30 Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: VI. Gigue 02:29
• Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012:
• 31 Bach: Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: I. Prélude 04:38
• 32 Bach: Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: II. Allemande 07:33
• 33 Bach: Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: III. Courante 03:58
• 34 Bach: Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande 04:31
• 35 Bach: Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: V. Gavottes I & II 03:54
• 36 Bach: Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: VI. Gigue 04:19
• Total Runtime 02:14:39

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A wealth of experience The fruit of a long-standing collaboration between Jean-Guihen Queyras and choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker (whose acclaimed production Mitten wir im Leben sind has had over 100 performances worldwide and was filmed in 4K for the enclosed Blu-ray disc), this new recording of Bach’s Cello Suites arrives 17 years after his first reading that quickly set the standard. Profoundly influenced by his close connection to dance, the cellist has drawn fresh inspiration from the source. Today, he is ready to offer his latest look at the iconic cycle.

Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello (Gioffredo Cappa-Cello 1696)

Jean-Guihen Queyras
enjoys an enviable reputation as a musician of exceptional versatility and integrity, equally as a soloist with orchestras, chamber musician and solo performer.

He has performed with many of the world’s great orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Philharmonia, Orchestre de Paris, NHK Symphony, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Tonhalle Zurich, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Budapest Festival Orchestra and Orchestre de la Suisse-Romande under conductors such as Iván Fischer, Philippe Herreweghe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jiří Bělohlávek, Olivier Knussen and Sir Roger Norrington. He appears regularly with early music ensembles such as the Freiburger Barockorchester and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.

Jean-Guihen Queyras is also an enthusiastic exponent of contemporary music and is committed to expanding the repertoire boundaries of his instrument. He regularly collaborates with composers such as Bruno Mantovani, Jörg Widmann and Pierre Boulez; he also premiered the concertos of Michael Jarrell and Johannes-Maria Staud. In November 2014, Queyras performed Peter Eötvös’ cello concerto with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France for Eötvös’ 70th birthday celebrations and Dutilleux’s concerto for the composer’s 100th anniversary.

His regular chamber music partners include pianists Alexandre Tharaud and Alexander Melnikov and violinist Isabelle Faust. He is a member of the Arcanto Quartett and also performs with Zarb specialists Kevyan and Bijan Chemirani.

Queyras is frequently asked to host artistic residencies. These have included a “Carte Blanche” at the Aix-en-Provence Festival and projects in Utrecht’s Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and Gent’s De Bijloke. He was also “Artist in Residence” with the Hamburg-based chamber orchestra Ensemble Resonanz.

He has made numerous recordings for harmonia mundi. Recent releases include Elgar’s Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations, recorded with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Jiří Bělohlávek, as well as Beethoven’s complete works for cello and piano, recorded with Alexander Melnikov. He is currently involved in an all-Schumann project featuring the complete piano trios, performed with Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov, and the concertos, performed with the Freiburger Barockorchester and Pablo Heras-Casado. The final installment with the Piano Trio No. 1 and the Cello Concerto will be released in early 2016.

The 2015/16 season sees Jean-Guihen Queyras in Residence at the Wigmore Hall. Further highlights include appearances with the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln under François-Xavier Roth, Orquestra Nacionales de España under Vladimir Ashkenazy, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Sir Roger Norrington and Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra under Sylvain Cambreling. In the spring of 2016, he premieres Thomas Larcher’s “Cerha,” a commissioned work for solo cello and string orchestra.

Jean-Guihen Queyras plays a cello made by Gioffredo Cappa in 1696, on loan from Mécénat Musical Société Générale since November 2005. He is a professor at the Musikhochschule Freiburg.

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