AFAIK it was Pablo cassals who originally put the suites on the map... and I have to say along with Segovia, that unfashionable early/mid 20th century way of playing Bach, I kind of love it.
It’s hard to imagine pieces so defining of the cello repertoire was obscure until the 20th century... these days when so much as a sneeze of Bach would be recorded in its original site in Leipzig
by John Eliot Gardner it’s amazing to think that there were obscure corners of the music of a man who might be reasonably argued as the greatest composer of all time....
One question I have (probably for Rob) is on the urtext it says ‘senza bass’ - ie (presumably) without continuo accompaniment. Was Bach the first to do this, or just the one who did it well?
Obviously the unaccompanied solo string pieces are amazing study vehicles for jazz musicians because they show how to outline changes in a single melodic line...
Has anyone played or had a Supro Amulet ?
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