Six Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1012

Johann Sebastian Bach

cello

Pierre Fournier

1961 Stereo recording, very present and full.

Gil's top choice. The classic version among stereo accounts. Fournier plays masterfully with a beautiful tone, wonderful artistry, flexibility, and agility. An ideal starting point.

Sello: Deutsche Grammophon

Jean-Guillaume Queyras

2007

A more recent version with more agility and a more sparing, but beautiful and suave, tone. A good complement to Fournier.

Mstislav Rostropovich

1991 Digital sound.

Features Rostropovich's beautiful, velvety, large Russian sound. Less about agility and more for luxuriating in the sound in a straightforward manner.

Janos Starker

Early 60s Mercury Living Presence recording.

Vintage Mercury sound. The playing is a bit faster, very assertive, and imaginative.

Sello: Mercury

Maurice Gendron

Early 60s

A legato style where everything is more connected, real velvety and suave. Really elegant.

Sello: Philips

Pablo Casals

Late 30s Historic mono recording.

The really old classic from the person who discovered the Suites. A fantastic, thinking, ruminative artist. The proverbial artist in the dark room alone with his cello.