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From the archive: Interpreting Bach

2021-07-22T12:55:00

5 STRING VIOLA

When asked to record Bach’s Cello Suites, violist Simon Rowland-Jones chose to produce his own edition from which to work. He discusses his approach and the various problems it posed.

In 1993 violist Simon Rowland-Jones was invited by Meridian Records to record Bach’s Cello Suites on viola. Apart from a recording by Lillian Fuchs on Decca and an incomplete version for Biddulph by William Primrose, who claimed, somewhat surprisingly, that it was impossible to play Suite no.6 On viola, there were no other complete viola recordings available at that time…

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