tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post6482167785187201120..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Pablo Casals and all that jazzUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-78519548741226766932011-04-19T11:22:59.190+01:002011-04-19T11:22:59.190+01:00The excerpt from the interview quoted above begins...The excerpt from the interview quoted above begins, "In the late Twenties, Casals had begun to record some of the Bach solo pieces as well as a great variety of other material, from lightweight to esoteric." Casals recorded no solo Bach between April 1916 and late 1936, when he embarked on his set of the Suites for HMV. As for the other material he recorded in the late 1920s, most of it was standard lightweight cello bon-bon repertoire; none of it was remotely esoteric then (now it might be, only because such repertoire has disappeared from concerts and records). The connection you seek to establish is not surprising at all: Casals was a globally famous musician and his records of the cello suites were very well known.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01447090393898006955noreply@blogger.com