"This edition of Bach's Suites for Unaccompanied Cello should be received with joy by devotees of cello playing throughout the world. Here, in an interpretation by two of Pablo Casal's most loyal and sensitive friends and disciples, is an edition of the Bach Suites that represents the teaqchings of the great Catalan cellist. For over forty years Lieff and Marie R. Rosanoff have been in close personal and artistic contact with Casals, and with the tradition of Bach performance that he pioneered. they have absorbed the spirit and logic of a system of cello playing that has radically transformed the technique of the instrument. During long and distinguished careers as teachers and artists in America the Rosanoffs have developed and codified this system, and provided enlightened examples for several generations of young artists. Now, at last, this set of fingerings, dynamics, and articulations, which has circulated only among the fortunate members of an intimate circle, is available to the public, and cellists everywhere can explore the Bach Suites under their expert guidance. For all who love Bach and the cello, this publication is an event of major importance"

Kenneth Levy, Dept. of Music, Brandeis University, 1961