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SUGGESTED LISTENING

VIOLA • Fuchs, Lillian. Bach: 6 Suites for Cello Solo Played on the Viola. Legendary Treasures, Doremi 7801–7802, 2005, compact disc. • McCarty, Patricia. J. S. Bach: The Six Cello Suites, Performed on Viola. Ashmont Music 6100, 2000, compact disc. • Rowland-Jones, Simon. Johann Sebastian Bach: Suites for Solo Violoncello BWV 1007–1012. 2 vols. Meridian, 84270 and 84324, 1994–1997, compact disc. • Westphal, Barbara. J. S. Bach: The Six Suites for Cello Performed on Viola . Bridge Records 9094A/B, 1999, compact disc. CELLO • Bailey, Zuill. Bach Cello Suites . Telarc TEL-31978-02, 2010, compact disc. • Casals, Pablo. Suites for Unaccompanied Cello . EMI CDH 7 61028 2, 1988, compact disc. • Fournier, Pierre. Suites for Solo Cello . Deutsche Grammophon 419 359-2, 1986, compact disc. • Ma, Yo-Yo. J. S. Bach: Six Unaccompanied Cello Suites . CBS Records M2K 37867, 1983, compact disc.

SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL

GENERAL

• Siblin, Eric . The Cello Suites: J. S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece . New York: Atlantic Monthly, 2009.

This well-written-and-researched book is a readable narrative for music performers as well as music fans. It is highly recommended for musicians studying these suites as well as listeners—it explains the mystery, the power, and the inevitable draw the suites create in musicians.

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