This is an amazing stroke of luck. I had a piece called 'LG Cello Suite' as a factory ringtone on my LG phone and absolutely loved it and hence picked it up after lots of struggling (started learning the guitar again this Jan - from scratch - after 11 wasted years - feel tremendous remorse as well as some sense of redemption).
Then on Googling, found it was part of the legendary J.S. Bach Cello Suites and started listening to those just now.
This is some of the greatest & most beautiful music I've found, amplified greatly, no doubt by the sound of the cello itself, which I think is the most beautiful instrument I've heard....so rich, deeply penetrating and soul-stirring...
Just heard Mischa Maisky & Pablo Casal's versions of "Bach's Cello Suite 1 : Prelude" and they're amazing, but the gentle soul-massaging quality of the movements in the notes of this piece are brought out best in this version by Yo Yo Ma in my opinion....
Yo Yo Ma's version of Prelude (I've cried the first 3 times I heard it...profoundly moving):
Mischa Maisky's version of the full Cello Suite 1 starting ofcourse with Prelude (kinda haunting quality to it in many places, very nice):
Pablo Casal's version of Prelude (the sound has a unique, raw quality to it, probably due to both the playing & instrument as well as the recording. I'm no expert though. Casal is apparently one of the great Cello virtuosos famed for bringing these Cello suites back to life and popularity)
And this is a beautiful classical guitar rendition:
And here's the piece I first heard & fell in love with (phone ringtone which was only the first 15 sec intro) - Cello Suite 1 III : Courante
Courante on 6-string bass - almost futile due to the incompatibility of the instruments (the continuous sound of a bow vs picking on a fretboard!)
