J S Bach The six cello suites Pablo Casals, 1936 39

Tracklist

Suite No. 1 In G, BWV1007 16:54
1-1 Prelude 2:28
1-2 Allemande 3:40
1-3 Courante 2:32
1-4 Sarabande 2:22
1-5 Menuet I & II 3:14
1-6 Gigue 1:50
Suite No. 2 In D Minor, BWV1008 19:41
1-7 Prelude 3:43
1-8 Allemande 3:54
1-9 Courante 2:16
1-10 Sarabande 4:06
1-11 Menuet I & II 3:19
1-12 Gigue 2:35
Suite No. 3 In C, BWV1009 20:14
1-13 Prelude 3:28
1-14 Allemande 3:45
1-15 Courante 3:14
1-16 Sarabande 3:30
1-17 Bourrée I & II 3:23
1-18 Gigue 3:04
Suite No. 4 In E Flat, BWV1010 22:29
1-19 Prelude 4:15
1-20 Allemande 3:45
1-21 Courante 3:55
1-22 Sarabande 4:09
1-23 Bourrée I & II 3:37
1-24 Gigue 2:35
Suite No. 5 In C Minor, BWV1011 22:31
2-1 Prelude 7:18
2-2 Allemande 3:17
2-3 Courante 2:03
2-4 Sarabande 2:45
2-5 Gavotte I & II 4:29
2-6 Gigue 2:20
Suite No. 6 In D, BWV1012 27:58
2-7 Prelude 5:06
2-8 Allemande 7:31
2-9 Courante 3:42
2-10 Sarabande 4:17
2-11 Gavotte I & II 3:04
2-12 Gigue 3:59
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2-13 Adagio In A Minor From Toccata, Adagio And Fugue In C Major, BWV 564

Arranged By – Siloti*

3:53
2-14 Musette (Gavottes I And II) From English Suite No. 6 In D Major, BWV 811

Arranged By – Pollain*

3:45
2-15 Komm, Süsser Tod, BWV 478

Arranged By – Siloti*

3:27
2-16 Andante From Sonata No. 2 For Unaccompanied Violin, BWV 1003

Arranged By – Siloti*

3:36
2-17 Air From Suite No. 3 In D, BWV 1068

Arranged By – Siloti*

3:47
Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright (p) – HNH International Ltd.
Copyright (c) – HNH International Ltd.
Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios

Credits

Cello – Pablo Casals
Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach
Engineer [Restorations] – Ward Marston
Liner Notes – Tully Potter

Notes
Tracks 1-1 to 1-6:
Recorded 2.VI.1938, Paris

Tracks 1-7 to 1-18:
Recorded 25.XI.1936, Abbey Road Studios, London

Tracks 1-19 to 1-24:
Recorded 13.VI.1939, Paris

Tracks 2-1 to 2-6:
Recorded 13-16.VI.1939, Paris

Tracks 2-7 to 2-12:
Recorded 14, 15..VI.1939, Paris

Tracks 2-13 to 2-17:
Recorded 3.VI.1938, Paris

Total playing time: 148:47

[SShogunShogun]

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[williamgregory]

In 1890, when he was 13, he found a tattered copy of Bach's six cello suites in a second-hand music store in Barcelona. He spent the next 13 years practicing them every day before he would perform them in public for the first time.

[carlosa.dominguez]

Yes, he recorded them in two batches at Paris and London during the Spanish Civil War... In fact, he discovered the scores in Barcelona, they were forgotten as cellists thought they were mere exercises. He then rehearsed them for more than 10 years before performing and discovering them to the world. Amazingly, he was so upset by the allies refusal to liberate Spain from Franco's dictatorship that he refused to play in public for more than 15 years after IIWW, only taking students at his modest residence in Prades, France, close to is natal Catalonia. He could not, would not, return to live in Spain, dying just before Franco. His was an inspiring life, an undeterred commitment to music, peace, democracy... a tru hero in music and in silence.

[davidtong-jnop]

Mon grand père était luthier, et il affectionnait tout particulièrement cette œuvre. Quand il est arrivé aux derniers jours de sa belle existence, une des seules choses qui l'apaisaient était d'écouter ce chef-d'œuvre. Quand j'entends cette merveille musicale, je ne peux pas penser à autre chose qu'à lui et aux belles valeurs de douceur, d'harmonie, de force tranquille, qu'il a léguées à toutes les personnes qui l'ont rencontré.

[yowzephyr]

"I used to think that eighty was a very old age. Now I am ninety. I do not think this any more. As long as you are able to admire and to love, you are young." - Pablo Casals //// In 1957, at age 80, Casals married 20-year-old Marta Montañez y Martinez. He is said to have dismissed concerns that marriage to someone 60 years his junior might be hazardous by saying, "I look at it this way: if she dies, she dies."

[noahwhite-telles]

It's so interesting to hear a recording that was NOT influenced by other recordings. This is the first complete recording of the Bach Cello Suites

[jamesmonday]

I listen to these every morning for the last 40 years.

[eliotfintushel]

I worked for a while with Manfred Clynes, who had accompanied Casals on piano in Puerto Rico when Casals was teaching there. Manfred, an accomplished musician (and inventor) in his own right, considered Casals a musical avatar whose death removed from our world something unique, precious, and irreplaceable. This gorgeous recording shows how true that is.

[jeremiahliang]

The more I listen to it, the more I feel the grandeur of a magnificent, awesome hand of the creator creating the universe, the spirit of mankind, the animals and nature. It is like Bach talking to God and Casals eavesdropping the conversation to narrate to us what was said.

[naughtynaughty_j]

Wow, to discover the beauty of this music. For 42 years I cheered the music that was popular, pop, alternative, hiphop, trance, EDM. One day, in my car, I tuned in to the Dutch classical music station, and my mind completely wandered of at the traffic lights listening to a piano piece by Rachmaninov. So much to discover! These cello suites by Bach are truly magnificent...

[nicolascampo]

Comienzo y final de cada pieza (creo que están más publicados en el posteo original):
I.Prélude - Moderato (00:00)
II.Allemande - Molto moderato (02:29)
III.Courante - Allegro non troppo (06:11)
IV.Sarabande - Lento (08:43) V.Menuet I & II (11:05)
VI.Gigue (14:19)

Cello Suite n°2 in D / Ré minor BWV 1008
I.Praeludium (16:13) II.Allemande (19:59)
III.Courante (23:58) IV.Sarabande (26:12)
V.Menuetto I & II (30:23) VI.Gigue (33:44)

Cello Suite n°3 in C / Do Major BWV 1009
I.Preludium (36:22) II.Allemande (39:54)
III.Courante (43:41) IV.Sarabande (46:54)
V.Bourée I & II (50:25) VI.Gigue (53:52)

Cello Suite n°4 in E flat / Mi bémol Major BWV 1010
I.Prélude - Allegro Maestoso (56:55)
II.Allemande - Allegro moderato (1:01:15)
III.Courante - Allegro non troppo (1:05:14)
IV.Sarabande - Lento (1:09:14)
V.Bourée I & II (1:13:28) VI.Gigue (1:17:08)

Cello Suite n°5 in C / Do minor BWV 1011
I.Prélude - Adagio ; Allegro moderato (1:19:50)
II.Allemande - Molto moderato (1:27:05)
III.Courante - Allegro non troppo (1:30:25)
IV.Sarabande - Lento (1:32:26)
V.Gavotte I & II (1:35:13) VI.Gigue - Allegretto (1:39:44)

Cello Suite n°6 in D / Ré Major BWV 1012
I.Prélude - Allegro moderato (1:42:08)
II.Allemande - Quasi adagio (1:47:19)
III.Courante - Allegro non troppo (1:54:57)
IV.Sarabande - Lento (1:58:41)
V.Gavotte I & II - Allegro moderato (2:03:05)
VI.Gigue - Vivace (2:06:19)

[JazzWithJakeInSF]

The engineer who remastered these recordings must be an obsessed genius. I've heard some remarkable restorations of jazz from this era, but none better at restoring the musical integrity and artistic expression of the original. Absolutely stunning.

[beatricedubois]

[Suite I]
Prelude 0:05
Allemande 2:30
Courante 6:09
Sarabande 8:39
Minuet I&II 11:01
Gigue 14:15

[Suite 2]
Prelude 16:13
Allemande 19:54
Courante 23:48
Sarabande 26:02
Minuet I&II 30:11
Gigue 33:30

[Suite 3]
Prelude 36:15
Allemande 39:43
Courante 43:27
Sarabande 46:43
Bourre I&II 50:13

[pingpong]

Pablo Casals was my grandpa's favorite cellist and I can see why, My grandpa was a professional cellist who traveled the world with his cellos and when retired he would blow the mind of this little boy nearly 60 years ago in his front room, I miss him but Casals always bring him back to me.Great share thanks.

[mailiheie]

Ohne Pablo Casals und seiner Interpretation der Cello Suiten wäre mein Leben unvollständig... Mein tägliches Brot...

[bystroffc]

Casals famously hated how he sounded in recordings, referring to the microphone as a metal monster. And you can hear how it takes away some of the quality. But Casals' genius shines through.

[antonpopescu]

I don't think that this performance will be surpassed very soon. Such richness of sound, one doesn't miss the orchestra, the music is complete. I can't have enough of it.

[veronicawood]

I just learned that this was literally the first recording of these pieces, and this was the man that caused them to become known to the world again! Before that, if they were recognized, it was as a practice drill!

[hannesheinz]

One of the best interpretations of that suites!
Not in sense of "historically informed" but with an intuitive feeling for the musical spirit and essence of these singular works!

[Neopachuco]

Can you believe that Casals was recording the suites during the Spaniard Civil War (1936-1939)? Imagine the actual mood of the Spanish cellist throughout.