J.S. BACH Cello Suite No.1. Transcription for double bass by T. Pelczar | db - Tomasz Januchta

Lost transcription – arrangement of J.S. Bach’s cello suites for double bass by Tadeusz Pelczar 00:00 Prelude 03:54 Allemande 09:46 Courante 13:34 Sarabande 17:21 Menuet I, II 21:44 Gigue Few people know that in Poland in the 1970s, a collection of transcriptions of cello suites by J.S. Bach for double bass was created, being unique on a global scale. For many years they had been developed by Tadeusz Pelczar, the first double bass player of the National Philharmonic and a longtime professor at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. The suites were published in 1971 by the PWM Edition and have been reissued twice. Despite the fact the material has been performed by students of Polish universities, it has not been comprehensively recorded and widely popularized in the world. Only fragmentary recordings of the arrangement can be found online, and the knowledge of Tadeusz Pelczar and his legacy is practically non-existent. While developing cello suites for double bass, Tadeusz Pelczar - driven by the desire