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	Antonio Meneses: Bach Cello Suites
		Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 The opening measures of the Prelude, an expansive descent through two octaves to the open string of the low C, are something of a statement of intent.
		Bach, however, enriches these delightful pieces of "galanterie" with an expressive melodic line and by means of a tonal contrast between the two movements.
		Suite No 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010 The Prelude to this suite is in two parts, in each of which Bach develops a single melodic idea.
	www.magnatune.com /artists/meneses (2141 words)

	Cello Suites (Bach) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The suites were not widely known before the 1900s, and for a long time it was generally thought that the pieces were intended to be études.
		Suite No. 4 is one of the most technically demanding of the suites since E-flat is an uncomfortable key to intonate on the cello and requires a lot of stretched left hand positions.
		Suite No. 5 was originally written in scordatura with the A-string tuned down to G, but nowadays a version for standard tuning is included almost every edition of the suites along with the original version.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cello_Suites_(Bach) (1464 words)

	Baroque Music - Composers
		Son of Johann Ambrosius Bach, organist and town musician, J. Bach was orphaned at the age of 10 and went to live with his elder brother Johann Christoph at Ohrdruf where he had klavier and organ lessons.
		Because the Bach revival coincided with the flowering of the Romantic movement in music, performance styles were frequently gross distortions of Bach's intentions.
		Bach's ability to assess and exploit the media, styles, and genre of his day enabled him to achieve many remarkable transfers of idiom.
	baroque-music.com /frames/info/bach.shtml (1199 words)

	Mischa Maisky Bach Cello suites
		His new recording of the six cello suites written by Johann Sebastian Bach are one of the early highlights of the "Bach year" which will reach its climax with the 250th anniversary of his death on July 28, 2000.
		Bach's preludes leave a great creative liberty to the performer which Casals decided to use in the sense of his romanticism.
		In 1959, Valery Maisky, a Bach scholar and performer to whose memory this new recording is dedicated, gave a copy of the 1957 Musgyz edition by Alexander Stogorsky to his younger brother Mischa.
	www.cosmopolis.ch /english/cosmo7/maisky.htm (383 words)

	Classical Net - Basic Repertoire List - J.S. Bach
		Bach is considered by many to have been the greatest composer in the history of western music.
		Bach's main achievement lies in his synthesis and advanced development of the primary contrapuntal idiom of the late Baroque, and in the basic tunefullness of his thematic material.
		Bach is also known for the numerical symbolism and mathematical exactitude which many people have found in his music – for this, he is often regarded as one of the pinnacle geniuses of western civilization, even by those who are not normally involved with music.
	www.classical.net /music/comp.lst/bachjs.html (3108 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Bach Cello Suites
		Bach wrote his six cello suites between 1717 and 1723 while he was employed as a court musician at the court in Coethen.
		It sets the mood for the suite and is often thematically related to the other movements, which are all stylized dances.
		Such a formulaic patttern may give the impression that the suites are repetitive and monotonous, but this could not be further from the truth.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A970814 (534 words)

	Bach Cello Suites — Download Cello Suites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The rich tone of the Cello Suite in G Major arises from Bach's masterly use of the cello's open strings.
		Bach uses double and triple stops on the open strings to great effect in the Sarabande, and has written the lines so that the listener fills in what the harmony—in terms of the cello's natural limits—can only imply.
		The Cello Suite in G Major ends on a note of lighthearted gaiety— the other side of Bach's fully rounded musical personality.
	www.musicmint.com /products6/bachcellosuites.html (426 words)

	Review Bach Cello Suites by John Friesen
		Bach's cello suites are arguably the greatest works ever written for solo cello.
		Each of these suites opens with a prelude that should be improvisatory in nature.
		He seems much freer in the allemandes and sarabandes, where one can hear a certain amount of emotion comes through, but at times, such as in the allemande of the 3rd suite, his tone is off occasionally.
	www.bach-cantatas.com /NonVocal/Solo-Cello-Friesen-Kirk.htm (262 words)

	Comparison of Bach Suites in the Cello Music Collection at UNC Greensboro
		In this document Silva advances the theory that Bach intended to be as precise as possible on musical articulation, which Silva defines as the patterns within the phrase, but to allow flexibility in tempi and dynamics.
		Silva refutes the theory that few bowings were indicated in Bach's original manuscripts of the cello suites and that those that exist are awkward.
		Finholt, Tim, "Interpretational Angst and the Bach Cello Suites." dir.
	library.uncg.edu /depts/speccoll/cello/bachessay.html (918 words)

	BACH Cello Suites. Yo-Yo Ma (Sony) - INKPOT
		Glenn Gould, yet another great Bach performer, once remarked that the only reason why anyone should make a new recording is that he has something new to say about and with this music.
		Having been learning these suites since he was 4 years old (he professes that he is still learning them!), Ma does indeed have something new to say.
		One thing is for sure, Bach will always be the one composer who towers above all, inspiring those from the likes of Mozart to the man in the street who programs a few bars of Bach into his handphone.
	inkpot.com /classical/bachvcma.html (1127 words)

	INTERPRETATIONAL ANGST AND THE BACH CELLO SUITES by Tim Janof
		I yearn to deeply comprehend the Bach Cello Suites.
		Rostropovich states the problem for many in his recent Bach Suite videos: "The hardest thing in interpreting Bach is the necessary equilibrium between human feelings, the heart that undoubtedly Bach possessed, and the severe and profound aspect of interpretation...
		In fact, when I heard him play the Bach Suites throughout the years, and while studying with him in the late 50's and early 60's, he was already using quite different bowings from those he had used earlier in his landmark recordings.
	www.cello.org /Newsletter/Articles/angst.htm (3565 words)

	SoundStage! Pablo Casals - The Bach Cello Suites
		Although he recorded four movements from the C major suite acoustically in 1915, it was not until the mid 1930s, and then only after considerable persuasion by the legendary Fred Gaisberg (who first recorded Caruso, later Schnabel), that Casals finally agreed to record all six of the suites complete.
		The meat, of course, is in the cello suites.
		The opening of the Cello Suite No.3 (the first to be recorded by Casals, on November 25, 1936) from the manuscript of Anna Magdalena Bach, dated 1730.
	www.soundstage.com /music/reviews/rev115.htm (861 words)

	Douglas Yeo FAQ: Bach Cello Suites
		The Bach Cello Suites are among my most beloved pieces of music, despite the fact that they were not originally written for the trombone.
		Most important for study of the Suites was the publication, in 1991 (fl and white photo reproduction), of a fascimile edition of the Suites.
		Interpreting the Suites is great fun - deciding what to do with the double stops and broken chords, how to phrase when you need to breathe and the line doesn't give you the chance, and surmounting the immense technical challenges is the stuff of what makes a player a better player.
	www.yeodoug.com /resources/faq/faq_text/bachsuites.html (2914 words)

	Bach Cello Suites for Violin
		Also, as an example, the original key of the Suite 1 prelude is in G but when written for the violin it is in D. I think that altering the key of the music changes the sound quality of the piece.
		In case anyone is curious, icking-music-archive.org provides violin and viola transcriptions of the cello suites for free.
		It's erroneous to assume that because someone doesn't believe the Bach cello sonatas work well on violin that they are unaware that many Bach (or other baroque composers) pieces work on other instruments...for example, I've heard many pieces successfully transcribed to guitar from keyboard, violin or cello.
	www.violinist.com /discussion/response.cfm?ID=7050 (1974 words)

	Performances : Bach Suites for Cello - Fournier, Casals, Navarra, Rostropovich
		Another debatable point in the history of this masterpiece is the fact that these 6 Suites -for those unacquainted with them- are according to their title a collection of dances following one another in strict succession.
		And one last thing: Suites are instrumental music, "and instrumental music should be performed as if it were vocal - that is, as if it were speaking, with the forcefulness of speech"'.
		To be sure, the recording event of 1995 was the complete edition of the Cello Suites by Mstislav Rostropovich; an event that had been anticipated for several decades.
	www.ellopos.net /music/performances/performances-bach-suites.html (628 words)

	Bach Cello Suites - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Baroque Da nce and the Bach Cello Suites.
		The Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, acclaimed as some of the greatest works ever written for solo cello, were...
		Cello Suites and plays them on the double bass, with its slightly more ample proportions.
	suites.fabacd.com /index.php?k=bach-cello-suites (1079 words)

	Janos Starker - Bach: 6 Cello Suites - 180 Gram Vinyl
		The Cello Suites, for example, have been regarded for almost 300 years as purely a set of tricky etudes that every virtuoso in the making simply must tackle.
		The cello, situated to the right of stage center and back a bit from stage front, is gorgeously rich and full in tone color; dynamics are exceptionally impressive...There is music for occasions, and there is music that creates a world to dwell in, rather than merely visit - Bach's Cello Suites are quintessentially the latter.
		I have had many versions of the 6 bach cello suites, and this is the best for many reasons...unbelievable heart, pure sound, just beautiful...I got the stereo version, and think I would like to hear the mono version next, but so much mula...the record sounds like a front row seat..
	store.acousticsounds.com /browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=14235 (1150 words)

	Cello Symphony - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Cello Symphony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major (Haydn)
		Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major (Haydn)
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Cello+Symphony (119 words)

	Bach's Six Unaccompanied Cello Suites
		These pieces for solo cello were as good as lost to the world until the legendary cellist Pablo Casals brought them out of obscurity.
		The PBS shows "Inspired by Bach" brought to us by the great cellist Yo Yo Ma (based on these same suites) heightened their visibility in recent days.
		What Bach does in composing for the solo cello is remarkable; performance of the suites is certainly the domain of seasoned players.
	members.aol.com /mahddawg/cello.html (854 words)

	INKPOT#78 CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWS: J.S.BACH Cello Suites. Wispelwey (Channel)
		Undoubtedly the commission, whether or not autonomous, to write suites for solo cello was particularly challenging and unusual.
		The score of the opening prelude of the First Suite, with its endless semiquavers, shows no indication of tempo or rhythmic variation (except for the two pauses) and yet it is suffused with the myriad beauty of rubato.
		The voices of the cello (Barak Norman, 1710) and the violoncello piccolo (anon.
	inkpot.com /classical/bachvcwis.html (1098 words)

	ArkivMusic \| Bach: 6 Cello Suites / Phoebe Carrai
		Her rendering of the opening Prelude of the First suite is inordinately broad and spacious, her subtle easing into the first note of each phrase giving the entire movement an inevitable flow and continuity.
		In contrast, Carrai's rendering of the Second suite's Courante is swift and expertly articulated, rivaling the speed and accuracy of Wispelwey (Channel) and Dieltiens (Accent) as well as modern-instrument virtuosos Navarra (Calliope) and Starker (Mercury).
		While not recommendable as a first choice among the many recordings of Bach's Suites, Carrai's highly personal and yes, distinguished performances nonetheless offer a genuine point of view--which is more than can be said for many less imaginative accounts that currently clutter the catalog.
	www.arkivmusic.com /classical/album.jsp?site_id=CTRV&album_id=79150 (384 words)

	ArkivMusic \| Bach: The 6 Suites For Cello Performed On Viola / Westphal
		The suites are sublime works consisting of energetic preludes followed by a series of dance movements.
		Her playing in each of the preludes is bursting with excitement and her elegant phrasing in the slower movements is pure poetry.
		Swept away by Bach, I soon forget that I am listening to a viola rather than a cello....this is a successful recording and a valuable supplement to the various performances on cellos..."
	www.arkivmusic.com /classical/album.jsp?album_id=12019 (300 words)

	Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Amazon.com: Mstislav Rostropovich is one of the few musicians who can create a larger-than-life experience through the combined forces of exceptional music, a beautiful instrument, and uncommonly facile communicative skills.
		In his performances of Bach's transcendent masterpieces for solo cello, Rostropovich finds a perfect balance between a romantic, rhapsodic interpretation and one that emphasizes the purely formal "aridity" of Bach's structures.
		Although it's nearly impossible to isolate one or two highlights, the Sarabande and Prelude from Suite No. 5 are among the most profoundly moving cello performances you will ever hear--the closest we probably will ever come to experiencing through music the soul of both Rostropovich and Bach.
	www.creationsmag.com /bach-cello-suites-nos-16-B000002RUY.html (542 words)

	Amazon.com: Bach: Cello Suites: Music: Heinrich Schiff,Johann Sebastian Bach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Schiff's big-toned, dynamic style of playing was heard in some outstanding concerto recordings and he modifies it for Bach, lightening the tone for the swinging dance movements, broadening for soulful slow movements, narrowing dynamics to preserve stylistic correctness.
		This is one of the best recordings of the Bach suites that I have heard (being a cellist, that's quite a few).
		Bach: Suites for Solo Cello ~ Johann Sebastian Bach
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004Z34I?v=glance (851 words)

	Bach and Baroque Music CDs Catalog. 100+ titles.
		BACH: Toccata BWV 912 / Italian Concerto BWV 971 / Fantasia BWV 906.
		BACH : Preludes & Fugues BWV 535, 579, 539, 536, 547 / Trio BWV 583
		Bach originally intended the English and French Suites as pure entertainment for family use.
	www.baroquecds.com (4001 words)

	Baroque Dance and the Bach Cello Suites
		What became clear is that the Bach Cello Suites really aren't meant to be danced to, though there are some movements that work better than others; the sarabandes, bourrées, and minuets usually work the best.
		Bach used the dance forms as mere starting points and, through his boundless imagination, he stretched and molded them to suit his own fancy.
		Bach also completely deviates from the dance form when he inserts the cadenza-like passage in measure 9 (see Example 2), which is great as an instrumental effect, but not great for dancing.
	www.cello.org /Newsletter/Articles/mansbridge/mansbridge.htm (3221 words)

	The Six Bach Suites for Solo Cello (Manuscript)
		Below, for your reading and study, are facsimile copies of the Six Cello Suites, believed to have been made by Bach's second wife Anna Magdalena.
		Hers is one of four manuscript copies of the Suites.
		The Suite No. 5 in C Minor is the only suite for which a Bach autograph still exists.
	www.wimmercello.com /bachms.html (188 words)

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