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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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When I was a graduate student at Stanford, I played in a number of cello/piano duos and I was always surprised that none of the cellists I played with shared my enthusiasm for Starker's playing. (His Mercury recordings of the Bach Suites are still my favorites!) One cellist explained it this way:"Well, Chris, the reason you prefer Starker is becuase you're a pianist and Starker plays with piano intonation. We prefer cellists who play with cello intonation!"
Starker certainly isn't the only cellist I admire, but are there any string players out there who agree with the cellist's comment? I've found that, at least on recordings, susceptibility to vagaries of intonation seems to be a very personal thing! For example, I'll be playing a recording, and my wife will comment, "Wow, that note was out of tune!" - and I don't hear it at all - it sounded fine to me. But the reverse is also true: on other recordings, I'll flinch at someone's intonation and my wife thinks it sounds just fine!
Don't overlook Thomas Demenga's recordings on ECM (although they are scattered across about four CDs). He gives the suites a modern (?) interpretation much like the Keller Quartet gave Bach's Art of the Fugue. I fine Demenga's approach more personable, maybe even private, like listening to a musician play for the love of merely playing music that he deeply loves and respects.
There is no one like Rostropovich, and among the more "period" players the Paolo Beschi set on Winter & Winter is a standaout, not least in terms of the recorded sound, which is exceptionally natural. TL
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Modern and period instruments.Gendron plays with elegance and joy. Wispelwey with a more meditative and somber feel.
The pacing of his second recording (Channel Classics 12298) is far superior to his first, where the fast movements were too slow and the slow movements too fast. He gets it just right the second time out.
My favourite, but i like Fournier and Tortellier too.
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... although everyone should hear the Casals. I was also suprised by how much I liked the Kirshbaum, which I only bought because it was attached to the Tetzlaff sonatas and partitas in a super-budget box.
try Phoebe Carrai, Crear Classics AV0021.
I stick with the more safe choice, the Rostropovich (later one). Nothing fancy, but the pace and interpretation just strikes the right chord with me.BTW, I can't believe how BAD most of Yo-Yo Ma's interpretations are, including this one..
I've listened to many of the 'cello suites, own a dozen or so different versions (including all the various Starker interpretations) and favor the Starker RCA over all others. That version touches my heart and soul like no other.BTW: The Matt Haimovitz on Oxingale is very special and fresh take on this marvelous piece of music.
"I always play jazz records backwards, they sound better that way"
-Thomas Edison
"Well performed and betterr than average sound quality" would describe Edgar Meyer playing suites 1, 2 and 5 ON THE DOUBLE BASS (!) Many bassisists have tried but none have done it this well before. It's jaw dropping and it's on Sony Classical. Beautiful, expressive playing. I know it isn't what you asked for but if you have the time...
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