Anyone familiar with Apollo's Fire will recognise the exceptional baroque orchestra's engaging and entertaining principal cellist Rene Schiffer. Featured on dozens of the Apollo's Fire recordings, Rene steps into the spotlight for his solo debut recording with a meticulous rendering of that pillar of the baroque repertoire, J. S. Bach's Six Suites for Solo Cello.Deploying different instruments - a 1768 BenoÃ®t Fleury cello for the first four suites, an anonymous late 18th century violoncello piccolo with an added string for the fifth (in his own arrangement) and sixth - and multiple tunings, Rene's distinctive interpretations are in harmony with his comprehensive and probing liner notes which abound with theories and intellectual insights.

Tracklist:

Suite No. 1 in G BWV 1007~I. Prelude
Suite No. 1 in G BWV 1007~II. Allemande
Suite No. 1 in G BWV 1007~III. Courante
Suite No. 1 in G BWV 1007~IV. Sarabande
Suite No. 1 in G BWV 1007~V. Minuet I - II
Suite No. 1 in G BWV 1007~VI. Gigue
Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV 1008~I. Prelude
Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV 1008~II. Allemande
Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV 1008~III. Courante
Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV 1008~IV. Sarabande
Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV 1008~V. Minuet I - II
Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV 1008~VI. Gigue
Suite No. 3 in C BWV 1009~I. Prelude
Suite No. 3 in C BWV 1009~II. Allemande
Suite No. 3 in C BWV 1009~III. Courante
Suite No. 3 in C BWV 1009~IV. Sarabande
Suite No. 3 in C BWV 1009~VI. Gigue
Suite No. 4 in E flat BWV 1010~I. Prelude
Suite No. 4 in E flat BWV 1010~II. Allemande
Suite No. 4 in E flat BWV 1010~III. Courante
Suite No. 4 in E flat BWV 1010~IV. Sarabande
Suite No. 4 in E flat BWV 1010~VI. Gigue
Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV 1011~I. Prelude
Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV 1011~II. Allemande
Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV 1011~III. Courante
Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV 1011~IV. Sarabande
Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV 1011~V. Gavotte I - II
Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV 1011~VI. Gigue
Suite No. 6 in D BWV 1012~I. Prelude
Suite No. 6 in D BWV 1012~II. Allemande
Suite No. 6 in D BWV 1012~III. Courante
Suite No. 6 in D BWV 1012~IV. Sarabande
Suite No. 6 in D BWV 1012~V. Gavotte I - II
Suite No. 6 in D BWV 1012~VI. Gigue

UPC: 822252270426
Label: Avie
Release Date: 6.26.26
Format: CD

Rene Schiffer - J.S. Bach: Cello Suites (CD)