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Violinists and Cellists...

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#1 ·
What do think of guitar transcriptions of Bach's Violin Partitas & Sonatas and the Cello Suites? I think the bowed instruments are preferable in the adagio.sarabande movements, but the plucked one handles the counterpoint and chordal passages more clearly. I'm working on Segovia's transcription of the Chaconne, in which he was influenced by Busoni's piano version.
 
#4 ·
The cello suites are much different, of more 'general application' than the violin sonatas and partitas, which strike me as intended to present challenges specific to the instrument.