{"product_id":"j-s-bach-3-viola-da-gamba-sonatas-bwv-1027-1029-branden","title":"J.S. Bach: 3 Viola da gamba Sonatas, BWV 1027-1029 \u0026 Branden","description":"\u003cb\u003eThese performances from the inaugural 1950 Prades Festival are unforgettable. The Sonatas evince a grandeur and humanity that was quintessential Casals.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 'The work of all artists stands as a symbol of human freedom; no one has enriched that freedom more signally than Pablo Casals'; President John Kennedy's tribute to the great Catalan cellist on the occasion of his fabled White House appearance in 1961 resounds eloquently across the decades in these reissues. A passionate antagonist of tyranny and injustice, Casals withdrew from public life in 1945, having settled in Prades as a refugee in 1939. His return to the concert stage during festivals at Prades and Perpignan between 1950 and 1966, was catalogued by inspirational performances originally mustered on mediocre-sounding Columbia LPs.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ...[T]he Bach performances from the inaugural 1950 Prades event are unforgettable; Casals recorded these sonatas, written for viola da gamba with pianist Paul Baumgartner, and directed the Festival Orchestra in the Fourth Brandenburg Concerto. If the latter recalls inflated pre-war emasculations from the Busch ensemble and others, the Sonatas evince a grandeur and humanity that was quintessential Casals, and in uncommonly decent sound.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e -- Michael Jameson, BBC Music Magazine\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sony Masterworks","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49606315802904,"sku":"074646657225","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/4363189-3219397.jpg?v=1777620218","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/j-s-bach-3-viola-da-gamba-sonatas-bwv-1027-1029-branden","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}