Performance data of the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite no. 4, BWV 1011

This dataset contains data regarding the following 18 recordings of the Prelude from J.S. Bach's Suite for solo cello no. 4, BWV 1011.

Sources

Cellist

Original recording

Reedited or remastered version

Label and catalogue number

Date

Format

Date

Format

Pau Casals

1939

Shellac

His Master’s Voice D.B 6538–6540

Pierre Fournier

1961

LP

1996

CD

Archiv Produktion 449 711-2

Maurice Gendron

1964

LP

1994

CD

Philips Classics 442 293-2

Paul Tortelier

1982

LP

1983

LP

La Voix de son Mäitre 1547931 PM 375

Mischa Maisky

1985

CD

Deutsche Grammophon LC 0173

Thomas Demenga

1987

CD

ECM Records, ECM 1340

Pieter Wispelwey

1990

CD

Channel Classics CCS 1090

János Starker

1992

CD

1997

CD

RCA Victor Red Seal

BGM Classics 09026 612436 2

Anner Bylsma

1992

CD

Sony Music S2K 48047

Mstislav Rostropovich

1995

CD

EMI Classics PM 613

Yo-Yo Ma

1997

CD

Sony Classical S2K 63203

Boris Pergamenschikow

1998

CD

Hänssler CLASSIC CD 92.120

Antonio Meneses

2004

CD

Avié AV0052

Steven Isserlis

2005

CD

Hyperion LC 7533

Maria Kliegel

2005

CD

Naxos 8.557280-81

Anne Gastinel

2007

CD

Naïve V5121

Pieter Wispelwey

2012

CD

Evil Penguin Records EPRC 2012

Thomas Demenga

2017

CD

ECM Records, ECM 2530/31

Data

We provide the following data at the crotchet and quaver levels:

duration (s)

intensity (dB)

intonation (Hz)

Additionally, the dataset includes hierarchical clustering analyses (using Ward-Hartigan criterion), providing:

average profile of the clusters

cluster assigments to each bar

hierarchical tree representations of all the analyses.