"Renowned cellist and interpreter of Baroque music David Watkin records the Cello suites by J.S. Bach, rightly considered as the pinnacle of writing for solo cello. The six suites are recorded on gut strings and on two historic instruments of note, including the unique five-string cello by Brothers Amati, dating from c. 1600"--Container.

Presents cellist Yo-Yo Ma in artistic collaborations with Kabuki actor Tamasaburro Bando, garden designer Julie Moir Messervy, choreographer Mark Morris, ice dancers Jayne Torvil and Christopher Dean, and filmmaker Atom Egoyan, each involving Bach's six Cello Suites. Also includes a 3-D animation of Giovanni Battista Piranesi's "carceri" (prison) etchings set to Bach's Cello Suite no. 2.