In Reply to: I'd put Szigeti second, and quite close to first posted by John Marks on November 15, 2011 at 08:51:10:
Oistrakh did record the G Minor Sonata, BWV 1001. Enjoy it below. (Isn't youtube great?) Before the baroque revival, which reached full bloom in the 1960s, I don't think it was considered essential for every violinist to record all of them. I have a record of Szigeti doing two of them in the 1940s, but I think that was from a radio recital. You can hear him tuning between movements. Ossy Renardy recorded two of them for Decca in 1950.
I think Szeryng's great 1954 set on Odeon had a major impact, and of course a number of great complete sets soon followed that one.
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