From the very first to the ultimate release

HISTORY

SURVEY

PLAYLISTS

ALL THE RECORDINGS

I. History: the very first 4 recordings

N°1. 1938  
Pablo Casals

Catalan cellist Pablo Casals was 13 years old when he bought an edition of the Bach cello Suites in a second hand music store in Barcelona. By the age of 26, he started the revival of this masterpiece in performances. 1938: The first recording of the 6 Cello Suites was born...

N°2. 1953
Iwan D'Archambeau

Belgium Cellist born in 1879, Iwan D'archambeau was a member of the Flonzaley Quartet (A. BETTI, 1st Violin  A. POCHON, 2nd Violin  U. ARA, Viola) from 1903 til 1929. He was the second cellist who recorded the 6 Bach Cello Suites in April 1953. He died in 1955.

N°3. 1955
 Enrico Mainardi

Enrico Mainardi recorded the Suites in 1950 and 1955.
Enrico Mainardi studied cello with Giulio Perolini at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He was a child prodigy and gave his first public concert at the age of eight, quickly establishing himself as a remarkable talent.

N°4. 1957
Annlies Schmidt

German cellist Annlies Schmidt studied in Berlin with Emanuel Feuermann to whom she dedicated this recording. Her recording of the Cello Suites was the first following closely Anna-Magdalena Bach manuscripts with an historical set-up / baroque set-up. read more

Best recording of the Bach Cello Suites?

In 2017, 331 cellists answered this question:
"Who is your favorite interpreter of the Bach cello suites?
 Top 5 answers :

  1. A Bylsma
  2. Yo-Yo Ma
  3. Pablo Casals
  4. J-G Queyras
  5. Pieter Wispelwey

II. Playlists

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III. The listing of all the recordings of the 6 Bach Cello Suites.

More than 250 Journeys into Bach's magnificent 6 Suites for violoncello solo, a research and listing by Marianne Dumas.

1930 - 1960

Casals, Pau
1939

D'Archambeau, Iwan  
Released in 1978

Mainardi, Enrico
 Recorded in 1950-55

Schmidt,  Annlies
Rec 1957-58

Honneger, Henri
 1959

Wenzinger, August 1960

Janigro, Antonio
1960

Cassado, Gaspar 1960

Clement, Jean-Marx 1960

Levy, Andre
1960

1961 - 1972

Fournier, Pierre  1961
(Rec in Hanover, 1960)

Burger, Paul
1963

Tortelier, Paul
 1963

Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
 1965

Startker, Janos
 1965

Nyffenegger, Esther
 1971

Flachot, Reine
 1972

Looser, Rolf
 between 1970 & 1979

1973- 1980

Jerbic, Marjan
 1974

Rostropovich, Mstislav
 1975

Shafran, Daniil
1976

Navarra, Andre
 1978

Sadlo, Milos
 1978

Gendron, Maurice
 1979

Fontanarosa, Renaud
 1978

Bylsma, Anner
1979

Grümmer, Peter
 ?

Pedrazzi, Eva
1973

1980- 1983

Starker, J
1980

Perenyi, Miklos
1981

Ma, Yo-Yo
1981

Zlotkin, Frederick
 1981

Rostropovitch, M
1983

1984

Bengtsson, Erling
1984

Berger, Julius
1984

Starker, Janos
 1984

Vasolieva, Alla
1984

Vectomov, Sasa
1984

1985

Baumann, Jorg 1985

Fujiwara, Mari
1985

Harrell, Lynn
1985

Maisky, Mischa
1985

Schiff, Heinrich
1985

1986 - 1991

Boettcher, Wolfgang
1989

Wispelwey, Pieter 1990

Rautio, Erkki
1991

Magnan, Eliane
1989

1992 - 1993

Demenga, Patrick 1992

Markevitch, Dimitry 1992

Turovsky, Yuri
1992

Mantel, Gerhard
1992

Onczay, Csaba
 1993

Zeuthen, Morten
1993

1994 - 1995

Meunier, Alain 1992-4

Filippini, Rocco
1994

Henkel, Christoph 1994

Kirshbaum, Ralph 1994

Rosen, Nathaniel 1994

Brunello, Mario
1995

Rostropovich, Mistislav
 1995

1996 - 1997

Schiefen, Guido
 1996

Suzuki, Hidemi
1996 - Baroque

Ter Linden, Jaap
 1997

Ma, Yo-Yo
1997

1998-1999

Beschi, Paolo
1998

Domb, Daniel
1998

Pergamenschikov, Boris 1998

Wispelwey, Pieter 1998 baroque

Maisky, Mischa
 1999

Rattay, Evzen
1999

Sheppard, Susan 1999 Baroque

Thedéen, Torleif 1999

2000

Bartá, Jiri
2000

Burkhardt, Martin 2000 (baroque)

Cohen, Robert
 2000

Haimovitz, Matt -
2000

Hanani, Yehuda
 2000

Helmerson, Frans
2000

Muller-Schott, Daniel 2000

Rudin, Alexander
2000

2001-02

Cocset, Bruno 2001 (baroque)

Gaillard, Ophélie
2001

Markson, Richard 2002

Bernaert, Jacques 2002

Demarquette, Henri 2002

Jones, Michael Kevin 2002

Zeuthen, Morten
 2002

2003-2004

Bruns, Peter
2003

Coppey, Marc
 2003

Ilea, Catalin,
2003

Paternoster, Vito,
2003

Brunello, Mario
 2004

Istomin, Sergei
 2004

Kniazev, Alexander 2004

2005

Hugh, Tim
2005

Kliegel Maria
 2005

Mork, Truls
 2005

Spanoghe, Vivianne 2005

Wang, Jian
 2005

2006

Deletaille, Nicolas 2006

Jaap ter Linden
  2006

Sant'ambrogio, Sara 2006

Yang, Wen-Sinn
 2006

Yotcheva,Velitchka 2006

2007

Gastinel, Anne
 2007

Isserlis, Steven
 2007

Kenedy, David
 2007

Lipkind, Gavriel
2007

Meneses, Antonio 2007

Queyras, Jean-Guihen
2007

Ostertag, Martin
 2007

2008-2009

Jordan, Myles
 2008 (baroque)

Neikrug, George (released in 2008)

Pincombe, Steuart 2008 (baroque)

Diaz, Andres
 2009

East, Angela 2009 (baroque)

Klinger, Sebastian 2009

Kuijken, Sigiswald  2009 (da Spalla)

Pernoo, Jérôme
2009

Yoran, Victor
2009

Hahn, Klaus-Peter 2009

2010

Badiarov, Dmitry
 2010 (da spalla)

Bailey, Zuill
2010

Dieltiens, Roel
 2010

Fontana, Matthieu 2010 (baroque)

Georgian, Karine
 2010

Matzke, Werner
 2010

Metzger, Jorg
 2010

Piovano, Luigi
 2010

Rehfeldt, Matt
 2010

Van Lier, Josephine 2010 (baroque)

Zelenka, Winona
 2010

2011

Bauer, Andrzej
 2011

Gaillard, Ophélie
 2011 (baroque)

Goldschlager, Michael 2011

Haines Eitzen, John 2011

Jogler, Jan
2011

Marinescu, Ovidiu 2011

Rummel, Martin
 2011

Tompkins, Tanya 2011 (baroque)

Viersen, Quirine
 2011

Wu, Hekun
2011

2012-2013

Carr,Colin
2012

Costanza, Christopher
2012

Tunnicliffe, Richard
2012

Wispelwey, Peter
2012

Butt, William
2012

Costanza, Mary
2012

La Marca, C-Pierre
2013

Miranda, Carmine
2013

2014

Arnau, Tomàs,
2014

Cahn-Lipman, Kivie 2014

De Hoog, Viola
2014

Harlé, David
 2014

Geringas, David
2014

Rohmann, Ditta
2014

Enders, Isang
 2014

Kotova Nina
 2014

Mercer, Rachel
 2014

Pang, Clark
2014

Schmidt, Niklas
 2014

2015

Debrus, Alexandre 2011-2015

Eijlander, Joachim 2015

Fujiwara, Mari
 2015

Haimovitz, Matt
 2015

Higham, Philip
 2015

Kuijken, Wieland
 2015

Watkin, David 2015 (baroque)

Lesser, Laurence
 2015

Rademakers, Mayke 2015

Signorini, Luca
2015

Segev, Inbal
2015

2016

Beckmann, Mathias 2016

Gylfadottir, Bryndis Halla 2016

Svedberg, Staffan 2016

Zagorinsky, Alexander 2016

2017

Demanga, Thomas 2017

Franzetti, Luca 2017 (baroque)

Jankovic, Xenia
 2017

Luckert, Leonardo 2017 (baroque)

Narroway, Richard 2017

Shao, Sophie
 2017

Skoraczewski, Dariusz 2017

Stradner, Christoph 2017

Yang, Sung-Won
 2017

2018

Dumas, Marianne
2018 (baroque)

Bárta, Jiří
 2018

Moldrup, Toke
 2018

Khoma, Natalia
 2018

Webber, Sophie
 2018

Viersen, Quirine
2018

De Tommaso, Oreste  2018

Ma, Yo-Yo
 2018

2019

Gerhardt, Alban
 2019

Swart, Lucia
 2019 (baroque)

Martinelli, Massimiliano 2019

Bertrand, Emmanuelle 2019 baroque

Ylönen, Marko
 2019

Valli, Mauro
 2019 baroque

Weber, Maja
 2019

Dwyer, Paul
2019  baroque

Teichmanis, Juris 2020

2020

Weilerstein, Alisa 2020

Max, Robert
 2020

Galligioni. Francesco 2020

Sebastian, Maitane
2020

2021

Kloeckner, Benedict 2021

Tsang, Bion
 2021

Tarasova Marina
 2021

Ueno Michiaki
 2021

Chretien, Raphaël 2021

Thorsteinsdóttirm, Saeunn 2021

De Naverán, Pablo 2021

2022

Philippe, Bruno
2022

Eugen Prochac
 2022

Simone, Gaetano  2022

Stromberg David
 2022

Erben, Valentin
2022

Listratovm Alexander 2022 Baroque

Aimard, Valérie
 2022

Colliard, Matilda
2022

Steylaerts Karel
 2022

2023

Meneses, Antonio
2023

Berner, Florian
 2023

Maya Beiser
2023 - Experimental

Michael, Kevin Jones 2023

Queyras, Jean-Guihen
2023

2024

Mconagh, Ailbhe
2024

Thomsen, Henrik Dam
 2024

Arrué, Bertille
2024

Kutz, Eric
 2024

Skalka, Petr
 2024

2025

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