Cello Suites

Bach s cello suites are renowned as the pinnacle of the instrument s repertoire, and are performed here in period performances by internationally acclaimed cellist David Watkin. The Suites are performed on two gut-string cellos: Suites 1 5 on a Francesco Ruggieri from 1660,
and Suite No. 6 on the five-stringed Cremona cello by A. & H. Amati from
c.1600, both tuned to Baroque pitch. This is thought to be the first time that
the five-stringed Amati has been used to record the sixth suite, and is the only original five-string cello in existence in the UK.