Had it not been for the accidental discovery of the Catalan cellist Casals, this suite of a cappella cellos may have been forever sealed under the vast ocean of classical music.
In 1901, after buying a new cello, the young Casals scoured all the score shops in the city in an attempt to find a score for cello. After searching for a long time, he finally found this set of rare treasures at the bottom of an old box, which made it see the light of day.
The world-class Suite for Unaccompanied Cello (BWV 1007-1012) was written by johann Sebastian Bach, the great "father of modern Western music," and is one of the earliest and best-known examples of a cappella, a work that is unparalleled in terms of musical structure, artistic charm and depth of thought. Since their discovery, Casals have become an extension of infinite meaning, and have even been hailed as touchstones of the virtuoso skill and cultivation of the performer.
Today, I would like to enjoy this world-famous masterpiece "A cappella suite" of "Sixth A cappella cello suite in D major" (BWV 1012) - Gavotte.
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The sixth suite is in D major and includes: 1. Prelude, 2. Allemande, 3. Courante, 4. Sarabande, 5. Gavotte, and 6. Gigue.
Suite No. 6 is written in D major and is the key of sunshine and triumph. This is the most joyful of all tones, like the final movement of Beethoven's Choral Symphony. Bach's Sixth Suite is written in tones of triumph, joy, human unity, friendship and love, and this final suite rises above the series.
Therefore, the "A cappella cello suite" is known as the bible of the cello world, and almost every cellist, when his artistic attainment reaches a certain level, will strive to take Bach's a cappella suite as his own reserved repertoire and record it. Among them, Casals, Fournier, Genos Stark and Rostropovich are generally considered to be the better versions, and the Chinese cellist Yo-Yo Ma also recorded "Bach Inspiration".
The A cappella suite has an extraordinary significance for Bach, for Casals and for the history of cello performance, and is one of the most "elemental" masterpieces in Bach's many works. The structure is rigorous, precise, highly rational and approachable, the connotation is profound and always full of emotional brilliance, and it is a masterpiece in the history of music with the height of ideas, the depth of emotion, the difficulty of technique and the breadth of acceptance.
We should sincerely thank these composers who have contributed a lot of musical masterpieces to the world, it is they who have made us get unlimited spiritual sublimation, they have enriched and enriched our musical life, and they have achieved a precious music world!