Helena Dixon performs JS Bach, Cello Suite No. 2: I. Prelude in the Henry Epstein Studio at WXXI Public Media.

Out now, Gale Recordings, nicolella.com/cds.htm Of the six suites Johann Sebastian Bach composed for solo cello (in 1720 or thereabouts), he later arranged one to be ...

Bach’s instrumental output encompasses a wide spectrum, but none so intimate as his suites for solo cello. Watch and listen to six great cellists playing highlights of these amazing pieces. When you ...

A great cellist, Bach’s beautiful prelude and an allegory to give us all hope. It's a difficult time. Countless people around the world are being impacted by uncertainty, disruption and loss caused by ...

An extraordinary two years for Anatasia Kobekina, who reaches a high point in September when Sony Classical releases the trailblazing cellist’s recording of Bach’s iconic Cello Suites on September 26, ...

‘If I don’t feel too good,” writes Swiss cellist Thomas Demenga, “I go to my studio and play one or two suites – it’s a mental cleansing process.” Plenty of musicians turn to Bach for solace or ...

Internationally renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma has released a music video featuring footage crowd-sourced from around the world. In the video Ma performs performs the Prelude from Bach’s First Cello Suite.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. It's the music that has inspired generations of cellists and violas. Even though it was composed nearly ...

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The sound, perhaps not surprisingly, sits somewhere between those of the cello and the viola, achieving a happy combination of the former’s depth of tone and the latter’s melodic lucidity. But there ...

Nevertheless, the musical results have been at best mixed and the series has not been without its detractors. Criticism has been directed not so much at the deconstruction of the classics per se but ...