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| Bach: The 6 Unaccompanied Cello Suites | 
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| Creators: Yo-yo Ma, Johann Sebastian Bach
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $21.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 716
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 78751
UPC: 828767875125
EAN: 0828767875125
ASIN: B000F6YW3K
Release Date: June 6, 2006
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007; Prelude | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007; Allemande | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007; Courante | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007; Sarabande | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007; Menuett | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007; Gigue | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010; Prelude | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010; Allemande | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010; Courante | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010; Sarabande | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010; Bourree | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010; Gigue | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Prelude | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Allemande | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Courante | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Sarabande | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Gavotte | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Gigue |
Disc 2
| • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008; Prelude | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008; Allemande | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008; Courante | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008; Sarabande | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008; Menuett | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008; Gigue | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009; Prelude | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009; Allemande | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009; Courante | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009; Sarabande | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009; Bourree | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009; Gigue | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012; Prelude | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012; Allemande | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012; Courante | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012; Sarabande | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012; Gavotte | | • | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012; Gigue |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
Re-release? February 19, 2007
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
From the cover, this certainly looks like a re-release of the 1990 album. Ma also recorded the 6 suites again in 1998, aka the White album. I have both, and both are excellent as you might expect. I prefer the white album as the pieces are played in a more livley and dance-like manner.
JS Bach & YoYoMa - The Master played by a Master April 3, 2008
17 out of 24 found this review helpful
YoYo Ma awoke an entire generation to Bach with this recording. Listening to Ma play these works is truly a stunning thing.
Bach is THE master who demands attention and requires another master to play his work correctly and with emotion. In the hands of a technician, Bach can be all dried up and too mathematical. In the hands of a master such as Yo Yo Ma, the concept of the Master living forever through his music becomes true. Bach is all about math. But, with only the math and none of the humanity, Bach can be cold-- and that would be an appalling thing.
Bach's music is about the glorification of God and humanity and only the combination of technique, mathematics, and emotion can bring it alive and make it true. Bach is very challenging for every player on every instrument. Yo Yo Ma will forever be remembered for this 2 disc set. He introduced Bach to a new generation and made Bach seem cool again. But Bach has always been cool and always will be.
Yo Yo Ma's Cello Suites set the standard for every Bach cello recording before or after, for better or ill. But this is no disservice to Mr. Ma. It is rather an acknowledgment of the power of his performance, the brilliance of his technique, and his very special and rare ability to bring the master alive and off the page to enrapture new audiences.
Yo Yo Ma has done the world a service and Bach would certainly concur, I think.
I had a friend in Massachusetts who lived next door to Yo Yo Ma. My friend could hear him practicing the cello at all hours. I said, "Oh how lucky you are!" He replied, "Well, it gets really aggravating after a while-- he's playing all through the night."
I kindly replied, "You're a f****** moron."
What a brilliant set this is by Yo Yo Ma. Anything that advances Bach into the public consciousness as this recording did and still does is a service to humanity. Superb.
Play some Bach April 5, 2007
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
You've probably heard the prelude to Bach's Cello Suite #1 in G, whether you know the title or not; it's been in featured in many movies and advertisements. Suite #1 is absolutely gorgeous and full of emotion, and absolutely worth your time to listen to - and Yo-Yo Ma plays not just the first but all six suites wonderfully on this two-disc album. Turn it up loud or put on some headphones, and let yourself fly away on the sound of the strings as they carry you through a pure and rich soundscape that's elegantly simple yet so full of meaning as to move men to tears.
The new love, old favor November 10, 2006
9 out of 32 found this review helpful
I just love BACH's pieces.
My favor is the violin and the piano/keyboard pieces, all of them, so stop asking me particular. Perhaps the age just click my training since early childhood.
I was not in favor to study cello when I was young. With this fact, I deny myself quite a few opportunities to enjoy cello. Especially after seeing the movie "Hilary and Jackie (1998) " which is some movie out there at that time, I just couldn't bring myself to face cello.
With a chance I acquired this edition, listen to it quietly. As all the BACH's pieces, it just bring the peace to me, comfort the nerve in such a busy crazy world.
So, just want to share some thoughts.
Just Beautiful March 29, 2007
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
This CD brings two of my greatest musical loves together: Bach and the cello. The fact that the cello is unaccompanied, and played exquisitely by Yo Yo Ma, makes listening such pure joy. It satisfies on all levels.
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