10 Encores

If we agree that the music of Johann Sebastian Bach is as romantic as that of Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, it will also work wonders in a recital hall. The pieces presented here encourage the use of Bach's music as encores. Its melodic beauty is a perfect way to part with an audience.

The If Bach was a cellist series: The purpose of the series if Bach was a cellist is to live the fantasy that everything Bach wrote, he wrote for the cello. It may also serve as a way for cellists to get close to Bach through works other than the six solo suites and the three gamba sonatas. Ten transcriptions of orchestral works and the violin sonatas amply describing the range of Bach's sensuality and virtuosity. With this collection the transcriber aims to make cellists consider Bach for their encores.