From the very first to the ultimate release
HISTORY
SURVEY
PLAYLISTS
ALL THE RECORDINGS
I. History: the very first 4 recordings
N°1. 1938
Pablo Casals
Catalan cellist Pablo Casals was 13 years old when he bought an edition of the Bach cello Suites in a second hand music store in Barcelona. By the age of 26, he started the revival of this masterpiece in performances. 1938: The first recording of the 6 Cello Suites was born...
N°2. 1953
Iwan D'Archambeau
Belgium Cellist born in 1879, Iwan D'archambeau was a member of the Flonzaley Quartet (A. BETTI, 1st Violin A. POCHON, 2nd Violin U. ARA, Viola) from 1903 til 1929. He was the second cellist who recorded the 6 Bach Cello Suites in April 1953. He died in 1955.
N°3. 1955
Enrico Mainardi
Enrico Mainardi recorded the Suites in 1950 and 1955.
Enrico Mainardi studied cello with Giulio Perolini at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He was a child prodigy and gave his first public concert at the age of eight, quickly establishing himself as a remarkable talent.
N°4. 1957
Annlies Schmidt
German cellist Annlies Schmidt studied in Berlin with Emanuel Feuermann to whom she dedicated this recording. Her recording of the Cello Suites was the first following closely Anna-Magdalena Bach manuscripts with an historical set-up / baroque set-up. read more
Best recording of the Bach Cello Suites?
In 2017, 331 cellists answered this question:
"Who is your favorite interpreter of the Bach cello suites?
Top 5 answers :
- A Bylsma
- Yo-Yo Ma
- Pablo Casals
- J-G Queyras
- Pieter Wispelwey
II. Playlists
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III. The listing of all the recordings of the 6 Bach Cello Suites.
More than 250 Journeys into Bach's magnificent 6 Suites for violoncello solo, a research and listing by Marianne Dumas.
1930 - 1960
Casals, Pau
1939
D'Archambeau, Iwan
Released in 1978
Mainardi, Enrico
Recorded in 1950-55
Schmidt, Annlies
Rec 1957-58
Honneger, Henri
1959
Wenzinger, August 1960
Janigro, Antonio
1960
Cassado, Gaspar 1960
Clement, Jean-Marx 1960
Levy, Andre
1960
1961 - 1972
Fournier, Pierre 1961
(Rec in Hanover, 1960)
Burger, Paul
1963
Tortelier, Paul
1963
Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
1965
Startker, Janos
1965
Nyffenegger, Esther
1971
Flachot, Reine
1972
Looser, Rolf
between 1970 & 1979
1973- 1980
Jerbic, Marjan
1974
Rostropovich, Mstislav
1975
Shafran, Daniil
1976
Navarra, Andre
1978
Sadlo, Milos
1978
Gendron, Maurice
1979
Fontanarosa, Renaud
1978
Bylsma, Anner
1979
Grümmer, Peter
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Pedrazzi, Eva
1973
1980- 1983
Starker, J
1980
Perenyi, Miklos
1981
Ma, Yo-Yo
1981
Zlotkin, Frederick
1981
Rostropovitch, M
1983
1984
Bengtsson, Erling
1984
Berger, Julius
1984
Starker, Janos
1984
Vasolieva, Alla
1984
Vectomov, Sasa
1984
1985
Baumann, Jorg 1985
Fujiwara, Mari
1985
Harrell, Lynn
1985
Maisky, Mischa
1985
Schiff, Heinrich
1985
1986 - 1991
Boettcher, Wolfgang
1989
Wispelwey, Pieter 1990
Rautio, Erkki
1991
Magnan, Eliane
1989
1992 - 1993
Demenga, Patrick 1992
Markevitch, Dimitry 1992
Turovsky, Yuri
1992
Mantel, Gerhard
1992
Onczay, Csaba
1993
Zeuthen, Morten
1993
1994 - 1995
Meunier, Alain 1992-4
Filippini, Rocco
1994
Henkel, Christoph 1994
Kirshbaum, Ralph 1994
Rosen, Nathaniel 1994
Brunello, Mario
1995
Rostropovich, Mistislav
1995
1996 - 1997
Schiefen, Guido
1996
Suzuki, Hidemi
1996 - Baroque
Ter Linden, Jaap
1997
Ma, Yo-Yo
1997
1998-1999
Beschi, Paolo
1998
Domb, Daniel
1998
Pergamenschikov, Boris 1998
Wispelwey, Pieter 1998 baroque
Maisky, Mischa
1999
Rattay, Evzen
1999
Sheppard, Susan 1999 Baroque
Thedéen, Torleif 1999
2000
Bartá, Jiri
2000
Burkhardt, Martin 2000 (baroque)
Cohen, Robert
2000
Haimovitz, Matt -
2000
Hanani, Yehuda
2000
Helmerson, Frans
2000
Muller-Schott, Daniel 2000
Rudin, Alexander
2000
2001-02
Cocset, Bruno 2001 (baroque)
Gaillard, Ophélie
2001
Markson, Richard 2002
Bernaert, Jacques 2002
Demarquette, Henri 2002
Jones, Michael Kevin 2002
Zeuthen, Morten
2002
2003-2004
Bruns, Peter
2003
Coppey, Marc
2003
Ilea, Catalin,
2003
Paternoster, Vito,
2003
Brunello, Mario
2004
Istomin, Sergei
2004
Kniazev, Alexander 2004
2005
Hugh, Tim
2005
Kliegel Maria
2005
Mork, Truls
2005
Spanoghe, Vivianne 2005
Wang, Jian
2005
2006
Deletaille, Nicolas 2006
Jaap ter Linden
2006
Sant'ambrogio, Sara 2006
Yang, Wen-Sinn
2006
Yotcheva,Velitchka 2006
2007
Gastinel, Anne
2007
Isserlis, Steven
2007
Kenedy, David
2007
Lipkind, Gavriel
2007
Meneses, Antonio 2007
Queyras, Jean-Guihen
2007
Ostertag, Martin
2007
2008-2009
Jordan, Myles
2008 (baroque)
Neikrug, George (released in 2008)
Pincombe, Steuart 2008 (baroque)
Diaz, Andres
2009
East, Angela 2009 (baroque)
Klinger, Sebastian 2009
Kuijken, Sigiswald 2009 (da Spalla)
Pernoo, Jérôme
2009
Yoran, Victor
2009
Hahn, Klaus-Peter 2009
2010
Badiarov, Dmitry
2010 (da spalla)
Bailey, Zuill
2010
Dieltiens, Roel
2010
Fontana, Matthieu 2010 (baroque)
Georgian, Karine
2010
Matzke, Werner
2010
Metzger, Jorg
2010
Piovano, Luigi
2010
Rehfeldt, Matt
2010
Van Lier, Josephine 2010 (baroque)
Zelenka, Winona
2010
2011
Bauer, Andrzej
2011
Gaillard, Ophélie
2011 (baroque)
Goldschlager, Michael 2011
Haines Eitzen, John 2011
Jogler, Jan
2011
Marinescu, Ovidiu 2011
Rummel, Martin
2011
Tompkins, Tanya 2011 (baroque)
Viersen, Quirine
2011
Wu, Hekun
2011
2012-2013
Carr,Colin
2012
Costanza, Christopher
2012
Tunnicliffe, Richard
2012
Wispelwey, Peter
2012
Butt, William
2012
Costanza, Mary
2012
La Marca, C-Pierre
2013
Miranda, Carmine
2013
2014
Arnau, Tomàs,
2014
Cahn-Lipman, Kivie 2014
De Hoog, Viola
2014
Harlé, David
2014
Geringas, David
2014
Rohmann, Ditta
2014
Enders, Isang
2014
Kotova Nina
2014
Mercer, Rachel
2014
Pang, Clark
2014
Schmidt, Niklas
2014
2015
Debrus, Alexandre 2011-2015
Eijlander, Joachim 2015
Fujiwara, Mari
2015
Haimovitz, Matt
2015
Higham, Philip
2015
Kuijken, Wieland
2015
Watkin, David 2015 (baroque)
Lesser, Laurence
2015
Rademakers, Mayke 2015
Signorini, Luca
2015
Segev, Inbal
2015
2016
Beckmann, Mathias 2016
Gylfadottir, Bryndis Halla 2016
Svedberg, Staffan 2016
Zagorinsky, Alexander 2016
2017
Demanga, Thomas 2017
Franzetti, Luca 2017 (baroque)
Jankovic, Xenia
2017
Luckert, Leonardo 2017 (baroque)
Narroway, Richard 2017
Shao, Sophie
2017
Skoraczewski, Dariusz 2017
Stradner, Christoph 2017
Yang, Sung-Won
2017
2018
Dumas, Marianne
2018 (baroque)
Bárta, Jiří
2018
Moldrup, Toke
2018
Khoma, Natalia
2018
Webber, Sophie
2018
Viersen, Quirine
2018
De Tommaso, Oreste 2018
Ma, Yo-Yo
2018
2019
Gerhardt, Alban
2019
Swart, Lucia
2019 (baroque)
Martinelli, Massimiliano 2019
Bertrand, Emmanuelle 2019 baroque
Ylönen, Marko
2019
Valli, Mauro
2019 baroque
Weber, Maja
2019
Dwyer, Paul
2019 baroque
Teichmanis, Juris 2020
2020
Weilerstein, Alisa 2020
Max, Robert
2020
Galligioni. Francesco 2020
Sebastian, Maitane
2020
2021
Kloeckner, Benedict 2021
Tsang, Bion
2021
Tarasova Marina
2021
Ueno Michiaki
2021
Chretien, Raphaël 2021
Thorsteinsdóttirm, Saeunn 2021
De Naverán, Pablo 2021
2022
Philippe, Bruno
2022
Eugen Prochac
2022
Simone, Gaetano 2022
Stromberg David
2022
Erben, Valentin
2022
Listratovm Alexander 2022 Baroque
Aimard, Valérie
2022
Colliard, Matilda
2022
Steylaerts Karel
2022
2023
Meneses, Antonio
2023
Berner, Florian
2023
Maya Beiser
2023 - Experimental
Michael, Kevin Jones 2023
Queyras, Jean-Guihen
2023
2024
Mconagh, Ailbhe
2024
Thomsen, Henrik Dam
2024
Arrué, Bertille
2024
Kutz, Eric
2024
Skalka, Petr
2024
2025
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