Pablo Casals - Bach HMV COLH 16-18
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May 19, 2013
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Complete Cello Suites BACH 3LP PABLO CASALS original recordings made 1938
Great Recordings of the Century
HMV COLH 16-18 rare uk pressing
ALL 3 LPs - with cardboard inserts and booksVinyl = -NM Inserts=EX Booklets=EX Covers=VG++ (slight discolouration and edge/corner scuffs)
SUITE No 1 -IN G MAJOR, BWV 1007 / No 2 IN D MINOR, BWV 1008 -
RECORDING DETAILS - SUITE No 1 - RECORDED IN PARIS ON JUNE 2nd 1938 BY PABLO CASALS ON MASTER No's 2 LA 2583 TO 2588 INCLUSIVE -
FIRST ISSUED IN DECEMBER, 1938, ON RECORD No's DB 3671 TO 3673. TRANSFERRED TO LP IN PARIS IN 1957 ON MASTER No 2XLA 332.
SUITE 2 - RECORDED IN LONDON ON 23 NOVEMBER 1936, BY PABLO CASALS ON MASTER No's 2EA 4476 TO 4485 INCLUSIVE.
FIRST ISSED IN FEB, 1938 ON RECORD No's 3399 TO 3401. TRANSFERRED TO LP IN PARIS IN 1957 ON MASTER NUMBER 2XEA 10124.
BOTH SUITES FIRST ISSUED ON LP IN JULY 1957, ON RECORD No COLH.. 16 IN THE "GRAVURES ILLUSTRES" SERIES IN FRANCE. ISSUED IN ENGLAND IN OCTOBER 1957 IN THE "GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE CENTURY" SERIES.
Pablo Casals recorded J.S. Bach's 6 Cello Suites for EMI between 1936 and 1939 in London and Paris, and these legendary recordings have been in print for many decades without break. There is a mystique attached to these performances that overrides any minor defects of reproduction, and students of these works repeatedly turn to this cellist, who essentially rescued the suites from the tedium of the practice room and presented them to the world as fully fledged works of invention and virtuosity. Casals' freedom of phrasing and playfulness with rhythm make the music feel spontaneous and often intensely lyrical, and the quality of interpretation approaches recitative, insofar as Bach's lines at times receive an almost vocal expression. Since Casals' day, the Cello Suites have been played in many ways, including efforts to play them in an authentic Baroque manner, as well as more Romantic attempts at individual expression, but Casals still seems to be the standard against which other performances are measured, and these recordings are indispensable to any serious collector.
ALL IN ALL A VERY NICE COPY OF THIS QUALITY SOUGHT AFTER SOLO CELLO LP RECORD IN VINYL IN NICE SHAPE - GOOD LUCK!!
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