J.S. Bach The Six Cello Suites Michiaki Ueno

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007 in G Major:
• 1 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007 in G Major: I. Prélude 02:22
• 2 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007 in G Major: II. Allemande 04:04
• 3 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007 in G Major: III. Courante 02:40
• 4 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007 in G Major: IV. Sarabande 02:52
• 5 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007 in G Major: V. Menuets 1 & 2 03:15
• 6 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007 in G Major: VI. Gigue 01:46
• Cello Suite No. 4, BWV 1010 in E-Flat Major:
• 7 Bach: Cello Suite No. 4, BWV 1010 in E-Flat Major: I. Prélude 03:43
• 8 Bach: Cello Suite No. 4, BWV 1010 in E-Flat Major: II. Allemande 04:41
• 9 Bach: Cello Suite No. 4, BWV 1010 in E-Flat Major: III. Courante 03:30
• 10 Bach: Cello Suite No. 4, BWV 1010 in E-Flat Major: IV. Sarabande 04:12
• 11 Bach: Cello Suite No. 4, BWV 1010 in E-Flat Major: V. Bourrées 1 & 2 04:48
• 12 Bach: Cello Suite No. 4, BWV 1010 in E-Flat Major: VI. Gigue 02:52
• Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011 in C Minor:
• 13 Bach: Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011 in C Minor: I. Prélude 05:43
• 14 Bach: Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011 in C Minor: II. Allemande 05:21
• 15 Bach: Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011 in C Minor: III. Courante 01:59
• 16 Bach: Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011 in C Minor: IV. Sarabande 04:14
• 17 Bach: Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011 in C Minor: V. Gavottes 1 & 2 04:41
• 18 Bach: Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011 in C Minor: VI. Gigue 02:21
• Cello Suite No. 2, BWV 1008 in D Minor:
• 19 Bach: Cello Suite No. 2, BWV 1008 in D Minor: I. Prélude 03:31
• 20 Bach: Cello Suite No. 2, BWV 1008 in D Minor: II. Allemande 03:45
• 21 Bach: Cello Suite No. 2, BWV 1008 in D Minor: III. Courante 02:04
• 22 Bach: Cello Suite No. 2, BWV 1008 in D Minor: IV. Sarabande 05:02
• 23 Bach: Cello Suite No. 2, BWV 1008 in D Minor: V. Menuets 1 & 2 02:48
• 24 Bach: Cello Suite No. 2, BWV 1008 in D Minor: VI. Gigue 02:37
• Cello Suite No. 3, BWV 1009 in C Major:
• 25 Bach: Cello Suite No. 3, BWV 1009 in C Major: I. Prélude 03:01
• 26 Bach: Cello Suite No. 3, BWV 1009 in C Major: II. Allemande 04:23
• 27 Bach: Cello Suite No. 3, BWV 1009 in C Major: III. Courante 02:54
• 28 Bach: Cello Suite No. 3, BWV 1009 in C Major: IV. Sarabande 04:06
• 29 Bach: Cello Suite No. 3, BWV 1009 in C Major: V. Bourrées 1 & 2 03:30
• 30 Bach: Cello Suite No. 3, BWV 1009 in C Major: VI. Gigue 03:15
• Cello Suite No. 6, BWV 1012 in D Major:
• 31 Bach: Cello Suite No. 6, BWV 1012 in D Major: I. Prélude 04:36
• 32 Bach: Cello Suite No. 6, BWV 1012 in D Major: II. Allemande 07:27
• 33 Bach: Cello Suite No. 6, BWV 1012 in D Major: III. Courante 03:52
• 34 Bach: Cello Suite No. 6, BWV 1012 in D Major: IV. Sarabande 04:27
• 35 Bach: Cello Suite No. 6, BWV 1012 in D Major: V. Gavottes 1 & 2 03:52
• 36 Bach: Cello Suite No. 6, BWV 1012 in D Major: VI. Gigue 03:54
• Total Runtime 02:14:08

Info for J.S. Bach The Six Cello Suites

At the age of twenty-five, Michiaki Ueno, winner of the prestigious Geneva International Competition in 2021, has chosen to record the Cello Suites of Johann Sebastian Bach. The young musician gives a masterly interpretation of a work regarded as the ‘Grail’ of every cellist. He already imposes a distinct artistic personality, one to be reckoned with in future.

Michiaki Ueno, cello

Michiaki Ueno
As the winner of the 75th Geneva International Music Competition 2021 and Bonn’s Beethoven Ring Award 2024, Michiaki Ueno has proven to be one of the most promising artists on the classical music scene.

Born in Paraguay in 1995, Michiaki started his cello studies at the age of five. At the age of eleven, he gave his first concerto performance at the prestigious Suntory Hall, playing the Lalo Cello Concerto. This later led to his success in becoming the first ever Japanese winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in 2009. A year later, he won first prize in the Romanian International Music Competition along with special prizes. He won first prize in the International Johannes Brahms Competition in 2014. His most recent award was first prize in the Geneva International Music Competition in 2021 along with three special awards, including the Young Audience Prize.

As a soloist, Michiaki has performed with numerous orchestras such as the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra, KBS Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, and New Japan Philharmonic among many others. As a chamber musician, he has shared the platform with artists including Jean-Guihen Queyras and Daniel Sepec. Michiaki has received musical education from the late Shoichi Baba, Iñaki Etxepare, and Hakuro Mohri. He also studied with Pieter Wispelwey at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf and with Gary Hoffman at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium where he obtained his Artist Diploma.

Michiaki has received numerous awards such as the Foundation for Youth Award (2011) and the Honourable Award (2015) both from the Iwatani Tokiko Foundation, the “Aoyama Music Prize” (2017), the Idemitsu Music Award (2022), the Hotel Okura Music Award (2023) and the Hideo Saito Memorial Award (2023) as a promising rising star. In 2021, he was conferred a commendation from the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan. He was generously supported by foundations such as the Meiji Yasuda Cultural Foundation, Rohm Music Foundation, Ezoe Memorial Recruit Foundation.

Michiaki performs on two fine instruments: a 1730 “Feuermann” Stradivarius, on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation, and a 1758 P.A. Testore cello, on loan from the Munetsugu Collection, using a F. Tourte bow on loan from the Sumino Hiroshi Collection.

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