Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007, stands as one of the most iconic compositions of classical music, let alone the solo cello repertoire. It is actually one of six such suites that he wrote for unaccompanied cello; each exhibits quite a wide range of emotion and technical mastery.
The suite opens with the famous Prelude, simple and profound, which haunts listeners from the very beginning. It yields to the more effervescent Allemande and Courante, rhythmically attractive in their own right, while the Sarabande and Gigue balance the final movements in terms of its dance-like grace and energetic movement.
Elegant simplicity along with inner structure forms this suite into an emotio...