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Post Subject: Fuchs, TooPosted by Paul S on: 7/28/2012
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Just wanted to add my enthusiasm for Lillian Fuchs' transcription and performance of the Bach Cello Suites! Even via CD, the viola is rendered well enough by my system, and Fuchs' playing, including her tempo, is sublime. The lines are well articulated without being etched, and the play in no way obfuscates the note-to-note relationships and groupings, nor the "counts". I have opinions about vibrato for Bach, but I am not fanatical about it. IMO, it works in this case. And I agree wholeheartedly that Fuch's use of the viola's special pitch and timbre adds another dimension to these seminal Suites.
Bravo!
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