Pablo Casals playing Bach

[belgo]

here on you tube

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the cello suites look deceptively simple

[IntergalacticWalrus]

He was bloody amazing wasn't he?

I have hid CD too, and I also have a CD of Paul Tortelier plying them.

The Casals version puts Tortelier in the shade, man. I'm not a fan of PT tbh, he plays Bach like it's Rachmaninoff [snob]

[IntergalacticWalrus]

Actually, Pruni, I reckon you could probably play Minuet 1 & 2 from Suite 1, they are fairly easy, especailly if you leave out the trills etc.

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[IntergalacticWalrus]

Oh yes, the Sarabande from suite 2

It's one of my faves to play

In fact the whole of suite 2 is swoonworthy

[IntergalacticWalrus]

Ooops, sorry the prelude form suute 2 (must learn to read, esp as I have a job interview from proofreading later!). It's truly fantabulous

It's those chords at the end that do it for me.

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Am inspired to dust off and tune my cello