[suecello]

Isserlis - 2007
Wispelwey - 20012

 

[premont]

Maybe so, but I agree with you about Starker and Rostropovich - when the time comes to cull my collection of Bach cello suites, they will be the first to go. I've never understood the admiration for Starker's Mercury set; his later recordings on Sefel and RCA, while not ideal, are more interesting.. I still love the Casals set, even if I recognize that many others have played them better since.

Agree completely with this.

To be honest, I find Fournier pretty bland, although he does play beautifully.

The most musically satisfying of his recordings is the live from Tokio (1970es), even if he omits some of the repeats.

 

[premont]

I didn't much care for Dumas, but it's a shame that Zlotkin's set isn't more widely available - it's the only one I know that so ornaments the repeats.

Zlotkin can be had from Amazon.de.
As to his repeats I think he overstates the point considerably.

And Dumas didn't do much for me either.

 

[wkasimer]

Zlotkin can be had from Amazon.de.
As to his repeats I think he overstates the point considerably.

I wouldn't want to listen to a steady diet of Zlotkin's ornamentation, but I'm often disappointed by cellists who take every single repeat without doing anything to provide contrast.

 

[lnjng]

Nominations have now concluded. A list is below:

Fournier: 1961 Archiv	4
Wispelwey: 2012 Evil Penguin	4
Wispelwey: 1998 Channel Records	1
Bylsma: 1992 Sony	3
Jian Wang: 2005 DG	1
Maisky: 1985 DG	1
Heinrich Schiff: 1985 EMI	1
Queyras: 2007 Harmonia Mundi	2
Butt: 2009 Warner	1
Gendron: 1979 Philips	2
Casals: 1936 EMI	4
Starker: 1992 RCA	3
Haimovitz: 2015 Pentatone	3
Vardai: 2017 Brilliant	2
Coppey: 2004 Aeon	1
Rostropovich: 1991 EMI	3
Ma: 1983 CBS	2
Carr: 2013 Wigmore Hall Live	1
Badiarov: 2010 Ramée	1
Kuijken: 2004 Arcana	1
Brunello: 1995 Amadeus	1
Luckert: 2017 DSP	1
Mercury: 1990 Living Presence	1
Domenga: 2017 ECM New Series	1
Bagratuni: 2005 Blue Griffin	1
Mork: 2005 Virgin	1
Kirshbaum: 1994 Virgin	1
Geringas: 2011 Es-dur	1
Gastinel: 2007 Naive	1
Ma: 2018 Sony	1
Isserlis: 2007 Hyperion	2
ter Linden: 2006 Brilliant	1
Zlotkin: 1997 Parnassus	1
Dumas: 2018 Urania	1

 

[premont]

Nominations have now concluded. A list is below:

Fournier: 1961 Archiv	4
Wispelwey: 2012 Evil Penguin	4
Wispelwey: 1998 Channel Records	1
Bylsma: 1992 Sony	3
Jian Wang: 2005 DG	1
Maisky: 1985 DG	1
Heinrich Schiff: 1985 EMI	1
Queyras: 2007 Harmonia Mundi	2
Butt: 2009 Warner	1
Gendron: 1979 Philips	2
Casals: 1936 EMI	4
Starker: 1992 RCA	3
Haimovitz: 2015 Pentatone	3
Vardai: 2017 Brilliant	2
Coppey: 2004 Aeon	1
Rostropovich: 1991 EMI	3
Ma: 1983 CBS	2
Carr: 2013 Wigmore Hall Live	1
Badiarov: 2010 Ramée	1
Kuijken: 2004 Arcana	1
Brunello: 1995 Amadeus	1
Luckert: 2017 DSP	1
Mercury: 1990 Living Presence	1
Domenga: 2017 ECM New Series	1
Bagratuni: 2005 Blue Griffin	1
Mork: 2005 Virgin	1
Kirshbaum: 1994 Virgin	1
Geringas: 2011 Es-dur	1
Gastinel: 2007 Naive	1
Ma: 2018 Sony	1
Isserlis: 2007 Hyperion	2
ter Linden: 2006 Brilliant	1
Zlotkin: 1997 Parnassus	1
Dumas: 2018 Urania	1

Note: Wieland Kuijken, not Sigiswald Kuijken.