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Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV 1011

by Johann Sebastian Bach

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The fifth suite requires scordatura tuning (the A string lowered to G), giving the instrument a darker, veiled sonority. The Prélude opens with a grave French overture before launching into an elaborate fugue. The Sarabande, built from stark single notes and double stops, is one of Bach's most profound slow movements.

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Movements

I. Prélude

C minor · 2/2 & 3/8

II. Allemande

C minor · 4/4

III. Courante

C minor · 3/4

IV. Sarabande

C minor · 3/4

V. Gavotte I & II

C minor · 2/2

VI. Gigue

C minor · 3/8
Editions

Bärenreiter

Bettina Schwemer & Douglas Woodfull-Harris · 2012

Critical edition including both scordatura and standard tuning notations with full critical apparatus.

Henle Verlag

Egon Voss · 2000

Urtext with clear notation of scordatura tuning. Source-critical commentary included.
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