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Suite II, d-moll – op. 131c
Max Reger composed his three suites for cello solo in 1914/15 for three important cellists and teacher of his time: Julius Klengel, Hugo Becker and Paul Grümmer. He also had a personal friendship with Klengel. Reger humorously announced his opus 131c to him in the summer of 1915 as "strong triplets" and asked the cellist "to use these three pieces as often as possible in lessons" - which of course require a high level of mastery among the students.
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Suite Nr. 3, C-Dur
The third suite in C major, BWV 1009, is the most brilliant of the cycle. With never-ending ingenuity, the prelude takes advantage of the possibilities of runs and triad breaks - very similar to the prelude of the E major partita for solo violin. The captivating drama of this movement arises from the harmonic evasions that gradually creep into the initially radiant C major.
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