Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Concerto in A major BWV 1055: Cello: Instrumental

If Bach Was A Cellist-The purpose of the series if Bach was a cellist is to live the fantasy that everything Bach wrote he wrote for the cello. It may also serve as a way for cellists to get close to Bach through works other than the six solo suites and the three gamba sonatas.Cello Concerto in C minor for two cellos and piano. C minor becomes a powerful key in Bach's hands. It sets the tone of the composition weight is added and one can even sense how it directs Bach's thought-process. The present concerto exists as BWV 1060 for two harpsichords but if Bach was a cellist his prefered version would have been for two cellos.

If Bach Was A Cellist-The purpose of the series if Bach was a cellist is to live the fantasy that everything Bach wrote he wrote for the cello.The concerto in D minor (BWV 1043) for two violins string orchestra and continuo by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) is one of his most loved works. Indeed the slow movement may be one of the most popular and loved pieces in the instrumental literature. Traditionally it is believed to have been written in Köthen where he held the position of 'fürstlischer Kapellmeister' from 1717-1723 a town that saw the birth of the Brandenburg concertos and the solo works for violin and cello. The Dorian church mode (the absent Bflat in the key of Dminor) would also speak for the younger Bach. Recent research however has shown that the orchestral parts carefully written out by Bach himself and found among the papers of his son Carl Philip Emanuel date from around 1730. The sophistication of the composition also speaks for a later date than Köthen. The original score has been lost.Always in need of concert material for his 'Collegium Musicus' in Leipzig Bach made a version of the present concerto for two harpsichords (BWV 1062). The original key was transposed to C minor so that the top note would not exceed a D but remain within the range of a standard harpsichord. Another C minor concerto (BWV 1060) for two harpsi-chords often heard in an arrangement from the 1920's for violin and oboe by Max Schneider and Max Seiffert speaks for two concertos in D minor for two violins by Bach.When arranging an orchestral score for the pianoforte one has to remember that a double-bass sounds an octave lower than notated. This is a welcomed fact when dealing with two instruments that play the original solo parts an octave down. At the same time for a transcription of this kind the ambition must be to avoid the cello soloists playing in octaves with the violin tutti parts - which is what would happen were they to share the same material. This ambition made a piano reduction

BWV997-The purpose of the series if Bach was a cellist is to live the fantasy that everything Bach wrote he wrote for the cello. It may also serve as a way for cellists to get close to Bach through works other than the six solo suites and the three gamba sonatas.I first came across the Partita by Johann Sebastian Bach in a version for flute and strings beautifully recorded by Kurt Redel. Since my early teens it has been on my list of special pieces.The four movements show extraordinary variation. In the hands of Bach the key of C minor becomes particularly powerful of limitless weight sometimes even stern. Is there an opening of a movement from the baroqueera which compares with power of the first movement here? It is a magni-ficent example of musical temperament.Three 18th century manuscripts survive. One found among the papers of C.Ph.E.Bach and two by Johann Philipp Kirnberger a student of J.S.Bach. All three are in the form of a keyboard sonata. Because of the choice of register however one may ask whether they are in turn arrangements of an original composition for solo flute or solo violin. The Double is very pianistic and may therefore have been added later. For all movements except the Fugue I have supplied a piano part for the right hand.

Six Suites for Violoncello BWV 1007-1012-August Wenzinger's edition of Johann Sebastian Bachs famous cello suites has become the recognized edition for cellists today. Wenzinger's year-long experience in the field of the performance practice of early music has left its mark on this edition and makes an outstanding guide for an authentic interpretation.

Johann Sebastian Bach's six suites for solo cello (BWV 1007-1012) are among the most significant compositions for unaccompanied melody instrument and have won a permanent place in the repertoire of every cellist.Joachim Linckelmann has made the first two suites available for performance on the flute. His arrangements exploit the technical possibilities of the instrument while never straying far from the original. ln this form the cello suites will not onIy be a welcome diversion in the literature for solo flute, but pose a genuine challenge to every flautist.· Convincing, straightforward arrangement· Welcome addition to the solo flute repertoire / Flûte / Partition

This separate edition of the first suite for Cello solo by Johann Sebastian Bach contains the musical text of the well-regarded Wiener Urtext edition with all six Cello suites of Bach by Ulrich Leisinger. Thanks to new findings Leisinger managed to re-evaluate the sources which did not leave the structure of the musical text and the associated delicate problem of the slurs untouched. His re-evaluation gave reasons for a stronger freedom from the manuscript copy of Anna Magdalena Bach which had always been cited as main source until then despite its being very unreliable with regard to the articulation; thus the new edition leads to moreconvincing solutions. This separate edition is the perfect starting point to study Bach's suites for Cello solo in class and provides amateurs with a technically accessible masterpiece in Cello literature.

Johann Sebastian Bach: 6 Solo Suites BWV 1007-1012 for Cello. Edited by Becker.  Six suites by Bach for Cello and Piano. Set for the ABRSM Cello Syllabus Grade 8.

The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach: 25 of His Most Loved Masterpieces-Simply Bach ist eine Sammlung der bekanntesten Kompositionen von Johann Sebastian Bach.Markierungen Artikulationen Fingersätze und Dynamik wurden aufgenommen um die Interpretation zu vereinfachen und große Noten vereinfachen das Notenlesen.

The purpose of the series If Bach Was A Cellist is to live the fantasy that everything Bach wrote he wrote for the Cello. It may also serve as a way for cellists to get close to Bach through works other than the six solo suites and the three gamba sonatas.Ten transcriptions of Orchestral works and the Violin sonatas amply describing the range of Bach's sensuality and virtuosity. With this collection the transcriber aims to make cellists consider Bach for their encores.

Well known pieces from the notebooks by Johann Sebastian Bach for Anna Magdalena Bach; and by Leopold Mozart for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arranged for beginners on the cello in the first position. All of the pieces have been selected and arranged by Alfred H. Bartles. The flexible arrangements allow all of the pieces to be played either as Cello solo Cello duet or Cello with Piano accompaniment.