Bach: Cello Suites
René Schiffer, cello
12th June 2026
AV2704 | 822252270426
£19.50 (2CD Slimline Jewel Case | 32 page booklet) - PRE-ORDER
Summary:
René Schiffer, principal cellist of Apollo’s Fire, steps into the spotlight with a distinctive and probing interpretation of J.S. Bach’s Six Suites for Solo Cello.
Anyone familiar with Apollo’s Fire will recognise the exceptional baroque orchestra’s engaging and entertaining principal cellist René Schiffer. Featured on dozens of the Apollo’s Fire recordings, René steps into the spotlight for his solo debut recording with a meticulous rendering of that pillar of the baroque repertoire, J.S. Bach’s Six Suites for Solo Cello.
Deploying different instruments – a 1768 Benoît Fleury cello for the first four suites, an anonymous late 18th century violoncello piccolo with an added string for the fifth (in his own arrangement) and sixth – and multiple tunings, René’s distinctive interpretations are in harmony with his comprehensive and probing liner notes which abound with theories and intellectual insights.
Tracklist:
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
Six Suites for Solo Cello
Disc 1
Suite No. 1, BWV 1007 in G major
1. I. Prélude
2. II. Allemande
3. III. Courante
4. IV. Sarabande
5. V. Menuet I & II
6. VI. Gigue
Suite No. 2, BWV 1008 in D minor
7. I. Prélude
8. II. Allemande
9. III. Courante
10. IV. Sarabande
11. V. Menuet I & II
12. VI. Gigue
Suite No. 3, BWV 1009 in C major
13. I. Prélude
14. II. Allemande
15. III. Courante
16. IV. Sarabande
17. V. Bourrée I & II
18. VI. Gigue
Disc 2
Suite No. 4, BWV 1010 in E flat major
1. I. Prélude
2. II. Allemande
3. III. Courante
4. IV. Sarabande
5. V. Bourée I & II
6. VI. Gigue
Suite No. 5, BWV 1011 in C minor
7. I. Prélude
8. II. Allemande
9. III. Courante
10. IV. Sarabande
11. V. Gavotte I & II
12. VI. Gigue (2:15)
Suite No. 6, BWV 1012 in D major
13. Prélude
14. Allemande
15. Courante
16. Sarabande
17. Gavotte I & II
18. Gigue
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