What are the best editions of Cello Suite No. 3 in C major by Johann Sebastian Bach?

Henle Verlag (Egon Voss, 2000): Urtext edition with source-critical apparatus. Part of Henle's complete suites volume. Bärenreiter (Bettina Schwemer & Douglas Woodfull-Harris, 2012): New critical edition drawing on all surviving manuscript copies with detailed editorial report.

Pieces/ Johann Sebastian Bach/ Cello Suite No. 3 in C major

Cello Suite No. 3 in C major BWV 1009

by Johann Sebastian Bach

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The third suite returns to a bright, expansive key and is the most extroverted of the set. The Prélude's brilliant scale passages and bariolage figuration exploit the full sonority of the instrument. The Bourrées are among the most popular individual movements from the suites, frequently performed as encores.

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Movements

I. Prélude

C major · 3/4

II. Allemande

C major · 4/4

III. Courante

C major · 3/4

IV. Sarabande

C major · 3/4

V. Bourrée I & II

C major · 2/2

VI. Gigue

C major · 3/8

Editions

Bärenreiter

Bettina Schwemer & Douglas Woodfull-Harris · 2012

New critical edition drawing on all surviving manuscript copies with detailed editorial report.

Henle Verlag

Egon Voss · 2000

Urtext edition with source-critical apparatus. Part of Henle's complete suites volume.

Recordings

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