J.S. Bach: Bourrée I & II, Cello Suite No. 3 (BWV 1009), Classical Guitar

Pablo Casals had been the first to resurrect the Cello Suites after discovering them in a shop in Barcelona:

"They became my most cherished music. I studied and worked at them every day for the next 12 years… I would be 25 before I had the courage to play one of these suites in public at a concert. Up till then, no violinist or cellist had ever played one of the Bach suites in its entirety. They would play just a single section—a saraband, a gavotte or a minuet. But I played them as a whole: from the prelude through the five dance movements, with all the repeats that give the wonderful entity and pacing and structure of every movement, the full architecture and artistry. They had been considered academic works, mechanical without warmth. Imagine that! How could anyone think of them as being cold, when a whole radiance of space and poetry pours forth from them! They are the very essence of Bach, and Bach is the essence of music."