Bach, J S: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV1007-1012

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Release Date: 2nd Feb 2018
Catalogue No: CC72769
Label: Challenge Classics
Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV1007

Work length16:25

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Raaf Hekkema

I. Prelude

Track length2:24

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II. Allemande

Track length4:17

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III. Courante

Track length2:30

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IV. Sarabande

Track length2:27

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V. Menuett I / VI. Menuett II

Track length2:58

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VII. Gigue

Track length1:49

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Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV1008

Work length19:33

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Raaf Hekkema

I. Prelude

Track length4:03

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II. Allemande

Track length3:44

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III. Courante

Track length2:08

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IV. Sarabande

Track length4:25

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V. Menuett I / VI. Menuett II

Track length2:29

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VII. Gigue

Track length2:44

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Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV1009

Work length20:06

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Raaf Hekkema

I. Prelude

Track length2:57

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II. Allemande

Track length3:35

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III. Courante

Track length3:24

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IV. Sarabande

Track length4:10

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V. Bourrée I / VI. Bourrée II

Track length2:56

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VII. Gigue

Track length3:04

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Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV1010

Work length22:39

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Raaf Hekkema

I. Prelude

Track length3:40

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II. Allemande

Track length3:34

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III. Courante

Track length3:30

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IV. Sarabande

Track length4:32

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V. Bourrée I / VI. Bourrée II

Track length4:42

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VII. Gigue

Track length2:41

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Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV1011

Work length21:45

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Raaf Hekkema

I. Prelude

Track length5:18

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II. Allemande

Track length4:29

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III. Courante

Track length2:05

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IV. Sarabande

Track length3:45

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V. Gavotte I / VI. Gavotte II

Track length4:01

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VIII. Gigue

Track length2:07

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Bach, J S: Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV1012

Work length26:43

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Raaf Hekkema

I. Prelude

Track length3:59

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II. Allemande

Track length7:25

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III. Courante

Track length3:42

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IV. Sarabande

Track length4:07

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V. Gavotte I / VI. Gavotte II

Track length3:42

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VII. Gigue

Track length3:48

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Raaf Hekkema: Since I started teaching at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, I have become more conscious of my self-chosen mission: to create a place for the saxophone within the classical music tradition. One way to do this is to forge a stronger bond between the players and the classical tradition, in the knowledge that the saxophone repertoire too is indebted to the great composers of the past. The most influential of them all is, without a doubt, Johann Sebastian Bach.

The path to this recording was long, windy and fascinating. It started with the awareness that the cello suites provide exceptional playing material for saxophonists. But I long felt that for playing Bach on the saxophone, only the light-sounding soprano saxophone would do—which was, I believed, incompatible with the instrument for which the suites were written. During preparations for my previous CD recording of Bach’s partitas for violin (Challenge Classics, CC 72648), I discovered that the alto sax—fitted with an old-style mouthpiece—could reproduce the refined articulation of the violin. Vintage mouthpieces represent the sound ideal of days gone by. Then came the idea to play the suites on six different saxophones, each of which holds a unique place in the history of the instrument. After that, much time went into working out a usable assignment of transpositions and an appropriate choice of instruments, the resulting sound character being the deciding factor.

Bach, J S: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV1007-1012

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