The six cello suites, BVW 1007-1012, were completed around 1720 by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1865 - 1750). As usual in a Baroque musical suite, after the prelude which begins each suite, all the other movements are based around baroque dance types. For more information, see the Wikipedia entry. Although they all have individual BWV identifications, they are usually recorded as a set, and that's how I listen to them. Therefore I've decided to group them as one entry. The complete set lasts typically over two hours. I have three versions (not counting seven transcribed for other instruments, from viola to tuba), of which I have a slight preference for the recording by Maurice Gendron on a Philips (reissued on Decca) double CD.
