J.S. Bach: Cello Suites (3CD)

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                52’24

Suite No.1 in G BWV1007

1. I. Prélude 2’20
2. II. Allemande 4’12
3. III. Courante 2’12
4. IV. Sarabande 2’42
5. V. Menuet I and II 2’51
6. VI. Gigue 1’27

Suite No.2 in D minor BWV1008

7. I. Prélude 3’34
8. II. Allemande 3’19
9. III. Courante 1’45
10. IV. Sarabande 4’13
11. V. Menuet I and II 2’59
12. VI. Gigue 2’22

Suite No.3 in C BWV1009

13. I. Prélude 2’59
14. II. Allemande 3’27
15. III. Courante 2’24
16. IV. Sarabande 3’35
17. V. Bourrée I and II 2’58
18. VI. Gigue 2’55

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                68’18

Suite No.4 in E flat BWV1011

1. I. Prélude 3’13
2. II. Allemande 4’00
3. III. Courante 3’09
4. IV. Sarabande 3’43
5. V. Bourrée I and II 4’09
6. VI. Gigue 2’22

Suite No.5 in C minor BWV1011

7. I. Prélude 5’13
8. II. Allemande 4’31
9. III. Courante 2’09
10. IV. Sarabande 2’51
11. V. Gavotte I and II 4’26
12. VI. Gigue 2’35

Suite No.6 in D BWV1012

13. I. Prélude 3’42
14. II. Allemande 7’11
15. III. Courante 3’13
16. IV. Sarabande 4’18
17. V. Gavotte I and II 3’42
18. VI. Gigue 3’41

Giovanni Sollima 5-string “small” cello

CD3                                                                                                                                                                                60’45

Steven Hackett b.1950

1. Horizons (Genesis, Foxtrot, 1972) for cello solo 1’20

Nicolò Sanguinazzo (pseudonimo Olocin Ozzaniugnas “Diletante di Violoncello”, sec XVIII)

2. Partita di Gavote sopra un Basso (1690-1720) for cello and basso continuo (cello & archlute) 8’58

J.S.Bach/Alfredo Piatti 1822-1901

3. Giga dalla I Suite for cello and piano 1’31

Pancho Ragonese b.1978

4. Aparecidos (2020) for cello solo * 2’50

Domenico Galli 1649-1697

5. Sonata II da “Trattenimento Musicale sopra il Violoncello” (1691) for cello solo without bass 3’56

Giovanni Sollima b.1962

6. Jook-urr-pa (2019) for cello solo * 4’15

J.S.Bach/Robert Schumann 1810-1856

7. Giga dalla III Suite for cello and piano 2’50

John Gunn c.1765-c.1824

8. “Logan Water” da “40 Favorite Scotch Air” (1789) for cello piccolo with 5 chords 2’07

Luigi Forino 1868-1936

9. Prayer on the Prelude of the IV. Suite by J.S.Bach for cello quartet 3’53

J.S. Bach/Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco 1895-1968

VI Suite in D arranged for cello and strings *

(courtesy of Diana Castelnuovo Tedesco and the Library of Congress in Washington), Beverly Hills (1940)

10. I. Preludio 3’33
11. II. Allemanda 8’25
12. III. Corrente 3’00
13. IV. Sarabanda 4’28
14. V. Gavotte I e II 3’11
15. VI. Giga 3’30

Umberto Pedraglio (1978)

16. Allemanda (2020) for cello di fieno * 2’49

* first recordings

Giovanni Sollima 5-string “small” cello

Massimo Polidori, Ludovica Rana, Tommaso Tesini, Andrea Noferini cellos

Peyman Kafsdoozha archlute

Filippo Arila piano

Philharmonic Orchestra of Calabria

Filippo Arlia conductor