“(regarding the prelude from suite two)... The key is minor, the three notes a tragic triad. The tones move closer and closer to a harrowing vision, weaving spiter-like, relentlessly gathering sound into thighter concentric circle that come to an abrupt stop. Nothing fills the empty space. A tiny prayer is uttered.”
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Eric Siblin,
The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece
