Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor , BWV 1011
by Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Baroque Suite ~27 min professional
The fifth suite requires scordatura tuning (the A string lowered to G), giving the instrument a darker, veiled sonority. The Prelude 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.
Editions
Henle Verlag
Egon Voss, 2000
Urtext with clear notation of scordatura tuning. Source-critical commentary included.
★★★★★
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Bärenreiter
Bettina Schwemer & Douglas Woodfull-Harris, 2012
Critical edition including both scordatura and standard tuning notations with full critical apparatus.
★★★★★
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