Uploaded January 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
One of the six Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012, "Prelude from Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007' is a suite for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach. They are some of the most frequently performed and recognizable solo compositions ever written for cello. Bach most likely composed them during the period 1717–23, when he served as Kapellmeister in Köthen. The title given on the cover of the Anna Magdalena Bach manuscript was Suites à Violoncello Solo senza Basso (Suites for cello solo without bass).
Performed by cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
One of the six Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012, "Prelude from Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007' is a suite for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach. They are some of the most frequently performed and recognizable solo compositions ever written for cello. Bach most likely composed them during the period 1717–23, when he served as Kapellmeister in Köthen. The title given on the cover of the Anna Magdalena Bach manuscript was Suites à Violoncello Solo senza Basso (Suites for cello solo without bass).
Performed by cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
