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Rostropovich - Bach Cello Suites

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx6UDgi9TEA

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Cello Suites 1 - 6
Johann Sebastian Bach 

with spoken commentaries by
Mstislav Rostropovich,  Cello

Recorded March 1991 in the 900 year old Romanesque Basilique Sainte Madeleine
Vezlay, Yonne,   France

Introduction 'LightnessÆ (Suite No.1)
Suite No.1 BWV 1007
G major

I: Prelude
IT: Allemande
III: Courante
IV: Sarabande
V: Menuet I ù Menuet II ù Menuet I
VI: Gigue

'Sorrow and IntensityÆ (Suite No.2)
Suite No.2 BWV 1008
D minor

I: Prelude
II: Allemande
III: Courante
IV: Sarabande
V: Menuet I ù Menuet II ù Menuet I
VI: Gigue

'BrillianceÆ (Suite No.3)
Suite No. 3 BWV 1009
C major

I: Prelude
II: Allemande
III: Courante
IV: Sarabande
V: BourrTe I ù BourrTe IT ù BourrTe I
VI: Gigue


'Majesty and opacity' (No.4)
Suite No.4 BWV 1010
E flat major: 

I: Prelude (Preludium)
II: Allemande
Ill: Courante
IV: Sarabande
V: BourrTe I ù BourrTe II-- BourrTe I
VI: Gigue

'DarknessÆ (Suite. No.2)
Suite No. 5 BWV 1011
C minor

I: Prelude
II: Allemande
III: Courante
IV: Sarabande
V: Gavotte I ùGavotte II ù Gavotte I
VI: Gigue

æSunlightÆ (Suite. No.6)
Suite No.6 BWV 1012
D major

I: Prelude
II: Allemande
III: Courante
IV: Sarabande
V:  Gavotte I ùGavotte II ù Gavotte I
VI: Gigue