Bach: Cello Suites

“Bach in German means ‘brook’,” explained Paul Tortelier. “If you add too much expression, the water stops flowing... If you want to do an abstract Bach, then the water turns cold. That's no longer a Bach who glorifies God and nature." In these performances of the Cello Suites, the charismatic Tortelier gives lucid, vivid, dancing expression to his admiration and veneration for the composer.