tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post114429379687823001..comments2024-03-18T05:17:45.683-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Just What Are the Bach Cello Suites?Charles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-3674970303550526112010-06-23T05:05:44.486-05:002010-06-23T05:05:44.486-05:00Nobody blows Yo-Yo away, NOBODY. Get a clue, Yo-Yo...Nobody blows Yo-Yo away, NOBODY. Get a clue, Yo-Yo is God on the cello, Janos couldn't hold a candle to Ma. Period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-14636353943194551702010-05-29T09:18:23.496-05:002010-05-29T09:18:23.496-05:00Thanks for an interesting sequence of articles on ...Thanks for an interesting sequence of articles on these pieces. I have listened to the Pandolfo set several times and I share your enthusiasm for his taste and skill in transforming the musical notation on page into performances of qualitygeofflebowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818135408000969921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-36653655614851585112010-02-13T23:34:23.197-05:002010-02-13T23:34:23.197-05:00Thanks for your post.
There are a few new recordin...Thanks for your post.<br />There are a few new recordings of the Bach Suites.<br />I recently bought the version of cellist Josephine van Lier.<br />She recorded the suites in a very different way (in 2010). Somewhat a comparison between modern cellos and baroque cellos. The difference between her contemporary French cello, the baroque cello and her carbon fiber instrument are very striking. ThenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1150495364527084622006-06-16T17:02:00.000-05:002006-06-16T17:02:00.000-05:00Well, the Starker recordings on Mercury recorded i...Well, the Starker recordings on Mercury recorded in 1965 remain the canonical set for me. Starker's 1992 recordings of the suites for RCA are also great. And he certainly has no problem with the upper register on the sixth suite. For my money, he blows Yo-Yo away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com