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Robin Ireland was the violist for The Lindsays (formerly The Lindsay String Quartet) for over 20 years. Although these works were originally written for other instruments, the use of a viola as on this recording comes from Bach's second son, Carl Philipp Emanuel, who wrote that his father "enjoyed playing the viola above all." Bach wrote transcriptions of his own works and there is little doubt that, had he been aware of the possibilities afforded by the modified viola, he may well have transcribed these himself.