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Bach: Cello Suites | Pablo Casals, Johann Sebastian Bach | Pau Casals, the Universal Catalan Cello Player

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	Bach: Cello Suites Pablo Casals, Johann Sebastian Bach EMI Classics, 2003 average customer review:based on 13 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great recordings in good transfers: EMI and Opus Kura

I have both this remastered EMI transfer and the Japanese Opus Kura CD set, so I do not think I am destroying anyone's business by my short comment. Neither I want to deprive anyone of the joy of listening to Casals' Bach in either transfer. If you already have a CD version and are happy with it, don't try to get its alternatives. My review is for those music lovers who don't have the Cello Suites BWV 1007-1012 on CD yet or are still looking for the optimal variant.
If you buy this remastered EMI, you get a better package, liner notes and a good sound with noise reduction. If you buy Opus Kura, you get an even better sound, but with more hiss. If you are afraid of hiss and like retouched transfers of vintage recordings, buy the EMI set. If you love Casals' timbre and want to get a more natural sound, Opus Kura is a variant for you.
I have this transfer (EMI 562611-2) and an earlier transfer of the G major Suite BWV 1007 on EMI 567008. Above it, I have Casals on LPs in a good condition. The Opus Kura offers the best and most trustworthy sound from all these variants. I have not heard the Naxos issue of Casals' Suites, but I have another vintage reissues on this label and can confirm that Naxos transfers usually provide exactly that effect Mr.Get Real described: the sound comes as from a remote distance, there is noise reduction and frequency filtering. Opus Kura does not apply to the latter and gives a more vivid and natural sound.

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Pau Casals, the Universal Catalan Cello Player

It is sad that the universal Catalan PAU CASALS is remembered with the Spanish name 'Pablo'. I still remember his speech at the United Nations proclaiming his love fro Catalonia, a country devastated by the Spain of Franco, who prohibited and prosecuted the use of the Catalan language. Anyhow ... this recording is a must!

A timeless classic

After years of telling myself "sometime I will get a recording of Casals playing the Bach suites" I finally did. His rendition is flawless, at least to my ears. The liner notes explain that he found the music in a dusty shop when he was in his early teens, and devoted years and years of study to their performance.

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Guitar Genious

For me, Cassals can play what ever he wants and I will like it. WHY? say you? Because the spaniard had an enormous amount of talent. Let's say like the "Midas" touch of music. Cassals always went out of his way to perform his best. So much so that many times he surprised himself doin it so. highly recommended CD. Elegant, classy, easy listening but with gusto and above all passion, the Bach style in Cassals fingertips.. Enjoy

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Tracks
Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude | Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: II. Allemande | Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: III. Courante | Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande | Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: V. Menuet I & II | Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue | Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: I. Prélude | Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: II. Allemande | Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: III. Courante | Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande | Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: V. Menuet I & II | Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: VI. Gigue | Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: I. Prélude | Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: II. Allemande | Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: III. Courante | Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: IV. Sarabande | Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: V. Bourrée I & II | Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: VI. Gigue | Suite for solo cello No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010: I. Prélude | Suite for solo cello No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010: II. Allemande | Suite for solo cello No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010: III. Courante | Suite for solo cello No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande | Suite for solo cello No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010: V. Bourrée I & II | Suite for solo cello No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010: VI. Gigue | Suite for solo cello No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: I. Prélude | Suite for solo cello No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: II. Allemande | Suite for solo cello No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: III. Courante | Suite for solo cello No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande | Suite for solo cello No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: V. Gavotte I & II | Suite for solo cello No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: VI. Gigue | Suite for solo cello No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: I. Prélude | Suite for solo cello No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: II. Allemande | Suite for solo cello No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: III. Courante | Suite for solo cello No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande | Suite for solo cello No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: V. Gavotte I & II | Suite for solo cello No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: VI. Gigue

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