Bach(1685–1750)

Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007

G大调第一无伴奏大提琴组曲，BWV 1007

Key: G major
Composed: 1720
Duration: about 18 minutes

Upcoming performances

RecitalSat5Dec 2026

Future Masters: Bach x Su Shi - Kuang Junhong Guitar Recital

Oriental Recital Hall · 19:45

ConcertWed13Jan 2027

Rush Hour Concert 3: Bach to the Power of N

Shanghai Symphony Hall · Chamber Hall · 18:30

Recordings worth hearing

Pablo Casals
Historical
EMI / Warner · 1939
The recording that turned these suites from studies into concert music. It sounds free, even wilful, by today's standards, and every version since descends from it.
Jean-Guihen Queyras
Modern
Harmonia Mundi · 2007
Queyras plays the complete cycle in Shanghai this season. His recording uses a lighter bow and near-dance tempi, returning the suites to the dances they are rather than six monuments.
Anner Bylsma
Period instruments
Sony Vivarte · 1992
Baroque cello and gut strings. Far less bass resonance, so the gaps between voices open up and you hear the harmony Bach implies with a single line.

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“Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007.” Shanghai Concerts, https://shanghaiconcerts.com/en/works/bach-cello-suite-no-1-in-g-major-bwv-1007.

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