It's interesting that Bach's Cello Suite (Prelude to Suite #1 below) sounds so different depending on who's playing it. Most have probably heard the YoYo Ma rendition in some chick flick. Other cellists you may want to listen to include Mischa Maisky and Mstislav Rostropovich. I've chosen the Pau Casals version mostly because he brought this obscure piece of music back into the public. He found the sheet music in a shop in Barcelona in 1890 and practiced playing it for 12 years before performing it publicly. He was forced into exile in France because of voicing some opinions against Spain's Franco government. That same government promised to amputate his arms if he returned.
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