Please help a classical music dunce (that would be me) decide:
Maria Kliegel on Naxos; Yo Ma-Ma on CBS; and Janos Starker on Mercury (earliest) or RCA (most recent). There are good attributes to each of these, such as:
Kliegel - good flow and emotion; played on 1693 Stradivarius.
Yo Ma-Ma - technically brilliant(?).
Starker - Mercury release is a hybrid SACD, so best sound? But RCA release is supposedly better performance?
Also, any others I should consider? I am not interested in other recordings unless they too are both well performed and better than average sound quality.
Thank you
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Topic - BACH - Cello Suites - CD only, but which? - rockadanny 07:35:25 02/16/07 (20)
- Story about my preference for Starker. . . - Chris from Lafayette 11:27:06 02/19/07 (0)
- Re: BACH - Cello Suites - CD only, but which? - remiller 09:23:17 02/19/07 (0)
- ...and Paolo Beschi - tlyyra 11:00:42 02/17/07 (0)
- Mstislav Rostropovich - Robertc88 07:58:06 02/17/07 (0)
- I would suggest Gendron and Wispelwey. - jimbill 16:52:15 02/16/07 (1)
- Agree with Wispelway but make sure it's his 2nd recording. - classfolkphile 18:21:32 02/17/07 (0)
- André Navarra - JDL-N 15:55:09 02/16/07 (2)
- c/o JDL-N: Sphinx Project 32 - sonaria 13:40:21 02/21/07 (0)
- His cello moans and groans like an old ship. I love it. (nt) - jdaniel 22:21:50 02/17/07 (0)
- You forget the sublime Casals, which I possess and immensely enjoy. nt - tinear 15:51:06 02/16/07 (2)
- The Criteria Asks For Better Than Average Sound Quality (nt) - Robertc88 05:47:01 02/17/07 (1)
- My Casals recording's quite good. It's all subjective! - tinear 11:15:32 02/18/07 (0)
- Probably Fournier... - M. Lucky 14:11:08 02/16/07 (0)
- If you like original instruments - markrohr 12:11:30 02/16/07 (0)
- That's a tough one - Jon L 10:16:09 02/16/07 (0)
- Re: BACH - Cello Suites - CD only, but which? - musetap 10:16:04 02/16/07 (0)
- Re: BACH - Cello Suites - CD only, but which? - newyorkp7 08:09:14 02/16/07 (1)
- Kirshbaum--it's on a Virgin 2-fer besides, moving yet dance-like. (nt) - jdaniel 08:13:30 02/16/07 (0)
- Fournier and Bylsma (nt) - Thornhill 07:51:35 02/16/07 (1)
- Agree with Bylsma (nt) - boboli 09:02:22 02/16/07 (0)