The Cello Suites Petrit Ceku

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Suite BWV 1007
• 1 Suite BWV 1007: I. Prelude 02:37
• 2 Suite BWV 1007: II. Allemande 04:46
• 3 Suite BWV 1007: III. Courante 02:41
• 4 Suite BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande 02:55
• 5 Suite BWV 1007: V. Menuet I/II 03:15
• 6 Suite BWV 1007: VI. Gigue 01:47
• Suite BWV 1008
• 7 Suite BWV 1008: I. Prelude 03:33
• 8 Suite BWV 1008: II. Allemande 03:28
• 9 Suite BWV 1008: III. Courante 02:07
• 10 Suite BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande 04:03
• 11 Suite BWV 1008: V. Menuet I/II 02:52
• 12 Suite BWV 1008: VI. Gigue 02:32
• Suite BWV 1009
• 13 Suite BWV 1009: I. Prelude 03:59
• 14 Suite BWV 1009: II. Allemande 04:04
• 15 Suite BWV 1009: III. Courante 03:18
• 16 Suite BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande 03:59
• 17 Suite BWV 1009: V. Bourree I/II 03:48
• 18 Suite BWV 1009: VI. Gigue 03:13
• Suite BWV 1010
• 19 Suite BWV 1010: I. Prelude 03:55
• 20 Suite BWV 1010: II. Allemande 04:30
• 21 Suite BWV 1010: III. Courante 03:28
• 22 Suite BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande 04:14
• 23 Suite BWV 1010: V. Bourree I/II 04:53
• 24 Suite BWV 1010: VI. Gigue 02:52
• Suite BWV 1011
• 25 Suite BWV 1011: I. Prelude 05:27
• 26 Suite BWV 1011: II. Allemande 05:19
• 27 Suite BWV 1011: III. Courante 02:14
• 28 Suite BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande 03:00
• 29 Suite BWV 1011: V. Gavotte I/II 04:29
• 30 Suite BWV 1011: VI. Gigue 02:16
• Suite BWV 1012
• 31 Suite BWV 1012: I. Prelude 04:53
• 32 Suite BWV 1012: II. Allemande 06:58
• 33 Suite BWV 1012: III. Courante 03:56
• 34 Suite BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande 04:08
• 35 Suite BWV 1012: V. Gavotte I/II 04:00
• 36 Suite BWV 1012: VI. Gigue 03:56
• Total Runtime 02:13:25

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First prizewinner of the prestigious Parkening International Guitar Competition, Petrit Çeku is regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of his generation and his exquisite sensibility and expressiveness have attracted and engaged audiences worldwide. Bach cello suites have become a monument and are often revisited by cellists and guitarist, but in this recording, Çeku gives an amazing rendition of these works in the extraordinary arrangement of cellist Valter Despalj.

Recorded in the 13th Century Spanish church of San Francisco, in Ávila, Spain, Petrit Çeku’s vision of Bach’s suites is very personal, seductive, nuanced yet passionate: a wonderful revelation.

Petrit Ceku, guitar

Petrit Ceku
Petrit Çeku’s exquisite sensibility and expressiveness have attracted and engaged audiences worldwide. He has performed many recitals throughout Europe and North America and was a soloist with major symphonic orchestras such as Baltimore Symphony, Czech Chamber Philharmonic, State Hermitage Orchestra of St. Petersburg and Zagreb Philharmonic. He also appears regularly with the famed string ensemble Zagreb Soloists and is a founding member of Guitar Trio Elogio, established in 2008.

Hailed by guitar critic Colin Cooper as “a soloist of the highest ability”, Çeku is the first prize winner of many international guitar competitions, including the most prestigious ones like Parkening (Malibu, USA), Schadt (Allentown, USA), Biasini (Bologna, Italy), and Pittaluga (Alessandria, Italy).

Born in 1985 in Prizren, Kosovo, Çeku took his first guitar lessons with Luan Sapunxhiu. In 2002 he moved to Zagreb, Croatia, after receiving an invitation to study with Xhevdet Sahatxhija. In 2008, Çeku graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Music, in the renowned class of Darko Petrinjak. He then went on to study with the great master, Manuel Barrueco, at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore USA, where he completed his studies in 2013. Çeku's first CD was released in 2008 by Naxos. In 2016 the Spanish label Eudora will issue his recording of all six Bach Cello Suites, arranged by Valter Dešpalj.

Petrit Çeku plays on a Ross Gutmeier guitar.

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