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Bach: Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012 (Transcribed for Harp)

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Once in a great while an album comes along that I can't stop listening to. I

have turned so many friends onto this album. The music of Bach taken

together with the sound of the harp is magical and transformative. The harp

is the perfect accompaniment to my day, every day. I love this collection.

Also, it is 2 CDs worth of material, so it doesn't get repetitious. Victoria

Drake is an amazing artist worth checking out.

Victoria Drake has rendered the Bach Cello Suites with new emotions through her transcriptions and moving performance. You will love this CD set.

Victoria Drake's bold and visionary decision to adapt the glorious Bach cello suites for harp is as inspired as it is satisfying. What an amazing achievement. This is a deeply felt and deeply gratifying recording.

After purchasing Victoria Drake's "Bach:Cello Suites" and enjoying it tremendously, I have gone back to get three more for gifts. Bach and harp--it doesn't get any better than that!

I have taken an interest in the Harp lately and I found this absolutely wonderful rendition of the Bach Cello Suites quite by accident. I love the Bach Cello Suites and I particularly like rendition of Misha Maisky in his younger years. This album by Victoria Drake shows her love not only of Bach, but her mastery of the Bach Cello Suites. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves the music of the harp and is a fan of J. S. Bach.

New appreciation and understanding of Bach's "Cello Suites". This is what Bach had going in his mind when he wrote these 6 masterpieces. I have listened (and studied) the cello suites for 25 years on cello and guitar and now to hear them on harp is to hear them fresh and new.

Victoria Drake, always a very sensitive musician, has given us a superb interpretation of Bach's "Cello Suites" played on a vintage harp. Her dynamic control is exceptional, and the ability of the harp to bring out the inner voices makes one wonder why these suites were not always played on a harp.