Bach - The Cello Suites / NEW MASTERING (Century's recording: János Starker 1957-59)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - The Cello Suites by János Starker.
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Cello Suite n°1 in G Major BWV 1007
00:00 I. Prélude - Moderato
02:12 II. Allemande - Molto moderato
06:52 III. Courante - Allegro non troppo
09:12 IV. Sarabande - Lento
12:34 V. Menuets I & II
15:29 VI. Gigue
Cello Suite n°2 in D minor BWV 1008
16:59 I. Praeludium
20:48 II. Allemande
24:35 III. Courante
26:14 IV. Sarabande
30:09 V. Menuettos I & II
32:47 VI. Gigue
Cello Suite n°3 in C Major BWV 1009
34:32 I. Preludium
38:43 II. Allemande
41:59 III. Courante
44:15 IV. Sarabande
47:25 V. Bourées I & II
50:54 VI. Gigue
Cello Suite n°4 in E flat Major BWV 1010
52:56 I. Prélude - Allegro Maestoso
56:45 II. Allemande - Allegro moderato
59:59 III. Courante - Allegro non troppo
1:02:21 IV. Sarabande - Lento
1:05:41 V. Bourées I & II
1:09:34 VI. Gigue
Cello Suite n°5 in C minor BWV 1011
1:10:56 I. Prélude - Adagio ; Allegro moderato
1:17:53 II. Allemande - Molto moderato
1:22:43 III. Courante - Allegro non troppo
1:24:55 IV. Sarabande - Lento
1:27:44 V. Gavottes I & II
1:31:52 VI. Gigue - Allegretto
Cello Suite n°6 in D Major BWV 1012
1:33:27 I. Prélude - Allegro moderato
1:37:52 II. Allemande - Quasi adagio
1:42:47 III. Courante - Allegro non troppo
1:45:16 IV. Sarabande - Lento
1:48:43 V. Gavottes I & II - Allegro moderato
1:52:27 VI. Gigue - Vivace
Cello: János Starker
Recorded in 1957-59, at London
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Janos Starker, born in Budapest on July 5, 1924, entered the Budapest Academy of Music at the age of seven (an institution he left without graduating) and gave his first public performance in 1933. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed principal cellist of the Budapest Opera. From 1945 to 1946, he held the same position at the Philharmonic Orchestra. He decided to emigrate and went to Vienna with the intention of entering the Geneva competition. In October 1946, he won the bronze medal. Starker preferred to give up a solo career, which the war had already postponed, and went to Paris where he perfected his art and performed regularly with several string quartets. It was in Paris that he worked on the relationship with the instrument, on the physiology of playing, the distribution of muscular strength in the hand and the art of phrasing and ornamenting. He then summarized the essence of his musical thought and transmuted it into his technique.
In 1948, Starker emigrated to the United States. He was successively principal cellist of the Dallas Orchestra at the invitation of Antal Dorati, then principal cellist of Fritz Reiner at the Metropolitan Opera of New York (1949-1952), then with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1953-1958). In 1956, he devoted more time to his solo activity and gave his first concert in London, at the Wigmore Hall. Walter Lege immediately noticed him and offered him an exclusive contract with His Master's Voice. It was with Starker that Lege began his most fruitful collaboration as a cellist. From 1957 until 1959, Starker recorded his first complete Bach Suites for His Master's Voice, a set that he recorded five times during his career. During these four years, Lege recorded most of his repertoire with the Hungarian cellist, a legacy of near perfection. This first recording of the Suites is unanimously regarded as one of the best recordings of this booklet.
From 1958 onwards, Starker, who had given his leave to Fritz Reiner, turned to teaching, without however renouncing concerts (since the eighties, he has assiduously attended the best auditoriums and the most prestigious musical seasons in the world). He created a cello class at Indiana University, Bloomington, which has become famous. His discography, extremely abundant and scattered on many different labels, counts more than eighty references. It is certainly the most important discographic legacy that a cellist has ever left.
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Johann Sebastian Bach PLAYLIST (reference recordings): bit.ly/32OEAjL

[@classicalmusicreference]

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - The Cello Suites by János Starker. 🎧 Qobuz bit.ly/3ptaMk1 Deezer bit.ly/3DsMeN8 🎧 Amazon Music amzn.to/3vGC0qM Tidal bit.ly/3dvmKE5 🎧 Spotify spoti.fi/3ouHBO8 Apple Music apple.co/3lGZM1z 🎧 KZbin Music bit.ly/3Cly9mW SoundCloud bit.ly/3swTl5r 🎧 Naspter, Pandora, Anghami, LineMusic日本, Awa日本, QQ音乐 … *Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation* (00:00-01:26) Cello Suite n°1 in G Major BWV 1007 00:00 I. Prélude - Moderato 02:12 II. Allemande - Molto moderato 06:52 III. Courante - Allegro non troppo 09:12 IV. Sarabande - Lento 12:34 V. Menuets I & II 15:29 VI. Gigue Cello Suite n°2 in D minor BWV 1008 16:59 I. Praeludium 20:48 II. Allemande 24:35 III. Courante 26:14 IV. Sarabande 30:09 V. Menuettos I & II 32:47 VI. Gigue Cello Suite n°3 in C Major BWV 1009 34:32 I. Preludium 38:43 II. Allemande 41:59 III. Courante 44:15 IV. Sarabande 47:25 V. Bourées I & II 50:54 VI. Gigue Cello Suite n°4 in E flat Major BWV 1010 52:56 I. Prélude - Allegro Maestoso 56:45 II. Allemande - Allegro moderato 59:59 III. Courante - Allegro non troppo 1:02:21 IV. Sarabande - Lento 1:05:41 V. Bourées I & II 1:09:34 VI. Gigue Cello Suite n°5 in C minor BWV 1011 1:10:56 I. Prélude - Adagio ; Allegro moderato 1:17:53 II. Allemande - Molto moderato 1:22:43 III. Courante - Allegro non troppo 1:24:55 IV. Sarabande - Lento 1:27:44 V. Gavottes I & II 1:31:52 VI. Gigue - Allegretto Cello Suite n°6 in D Major BWV 1012 1:33:27 I. Prélude - Allegro moderato 1:37:52 II. Allemande - Quasi adagio 1:42:47 III. Courante - Allegro non troppo 1:45:16 IV. Sarabande - Lento 1:48:43 V. Gavottes I & II - Allegro moderato 1:52:27 VI. Gigue - Vivace Cello: János Starker Recorded in 1957-59, at London New mastering in 2021 by AB for CMRR 🔊 FOLLOW US on SPOTIFY (Profil: CMRR) : spoti.fi/3016eVr 🔊 Download CMRR's recordings in High fidelity audio (QOBUZ) : bit.ly/2M1Eop2 ❤️ If you like CM//RR content, please consider membership at our Patreon page. Thank you :) www.patreon.com/cmrr Janos Starker, born in Budapest on July 5, 1924, entered the Budapest Academy of Music at the age of seven (an institution he left without graduating) and gave his first public performance in 1933. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed principal cellist of the Budapest Opera. From 1945 to 1946, he held the same position at the Philharmonic Orchestra. He decided to emigrate and went to Vienna with the intention of entering the Geneva competition. In October 1946, he won the bronze medal. Starker preferred to give up a solo career, which the war had already postponed, and went to Paris where he perfected his art and performed regularly with several string quartets. It was in Paris that he worked on the relationship with the instrument, on the physiology of playing, the distribution of muscular strength in the hand and the art of phrasing and ornamenting. He then summarized the essence of his musical thought and transmuted it into his technique. In 1948, Starker emigrated to the United States. He was successively principal cellist of the Dallas Orchestra at the invitation of Antal Dorati, then principal cellist of Fritz Reiner at the Metropolitan Opera of New York (1949-1952), then with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1953-1958). In 1956, he devoted more time to his solo activity and gave his first concert in London, at the Wigmore Hall. Walter Lege immediately noticed him and offered him an exclusive contract with His Master's Voice. It was with Starker that Lege began his most fruitful collaboration as a cellist. From 1957 until 1959, Starker recorded his first complete Bach Suites for His Master's Voice, a set that he recorded five times during his career. During these four years, Lege recorded most of his repertoire with the Hungarian cellist, a legacy of near perfection. This first recording of the Suites is unanimously regarded as one of the best recordings of this booklet. From 1958 onwards, Starker, who had given his leave to Fritz Reiner, turned to teaching, without however renouncing concerts (since the eighties, he has assiduously attended the best auditoriums and the most prestigious musical seasons in the world). He created a cello class at Indiana University, Bloomington, which has become famous. Janos Starker premiered the Sonata for Solo Cello by Zoltan Kodaly (which has become one of his signature works), as well as the Concertos by Bernard Heiden (1967) and Miklos Rosza (1968). His discography, extremely abundant and scattered on many different labels, counts more than eighty references. It is certainly the most important discographic legacy that a cellist has ever left. Bach by N.Milstein - Sonatas & Partitas, Chaconne for solo violin / NEW MASTERING (Century's record): kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYTad2Wdgb-DobM Johann Sebastian Bach PLAYLIST (reference recordings): kzbin.info/aero/PL3UZpQL9LIxOLRwxl1dEfDrH3c8mX5UB1

[@chtidede]

Très intéressant commentaire biographique de Janos Starker. Ces suites de Bach sont très inspirées . Merci pour ce choix .

[@classicalmusicreference]

Janos Starker, born in Budapest on July 5, 1924, entered the Budapest Academy of Music at the age of seven (an institution he left without graduating) and gave his first public performance in 1933. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed principal cellist of the Budapest Opera. From 1945 to 1946, he held the same position at the Philharmonic Orchestra. He decided to emigrate and went to Vienna with the intention of entering the Geneva competition. In October 1946, he won the bronze medal. Starker preferred to give up a solo career, which the war had already postponed, and went to Paris where he perfected his art and performed regularly with several string quartets. It was in Paris that he worked on the relationship with the instrument, on the physiology of playing, the distribution of muscular strength in the hand and the art of phrasing and ornamenting. He then summarized the essence of his musical thought and transmuted it into his technique. In 1948, Starker emigrated to the United States. He was successively principal cellist of the Dallas Orchestra at the invitation of Antal Dorati, then principal cellist of Fritz Reiner at the Metropolitan Opera of New York (1949-1952), then with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1953-1958). In 1956, he devoted more time to his solo activity and gave his first concert in London, at the Wigmore Hall. Walter Lege immediately noticed him and offered him an exclusive contract with His Master's Voice. It was with Starker that Lege began his most fruitful collaboration as a cellist. From 1957 until 1959, Starker recorded his first complete Bach Suites for His Master's Voice, a set that he recorded five times during his career. During these four years, Lege recorded most of his repertoire with the Hungarian cellist, a legacy of near perfection. This first recording of the Suites is unanimously regarded as one of the best recordings of this booklet. From 1958 onwards, Starker, who had given his leave to Fritz Reiner, turned to teaching, without however renouncing concerts (since the eighties, he has assiduously attended the best auditoriums and the most prestigious musical seasons in the world). He created a cello class at Indiana University, Bloomington, which has become famous. Janos Starker premiered the Sonata for Solo Cello by Zoltan Kodaly (which has become one of his signature works), as well as the Concertos by Bernard Heiden (1967) and Miklos Rosza (1968). His discography, extremely abundant and scattered on many different labels, counts more than eighty references. It is certainly the most important discographic legacy that a cellist has ever left. 🔊 FOLLOW US on SPOTIFY (Profil: CMRR) : spoti.fi/3016eVr 🔊 Download CMRR's recordings in High fidelity audio (QOBUZ) : bit.ly/2M1Eop2 ❤️ If you like CM//RR content, please consider membership at our Patreon page. Thank you :) www.patreon.com/cmrr

[@teepee431]

Oh, thank you so much.

[@fredvacher3998]

It is marvellous indeed. Thank you. 😊

[@jimbo2629]

My favourite recording of these. I’ve been listening to it for about 45 years. I originally bought the records. When the cds came out they were too expensive. When I visited Budapest I bought them much cheaper at a concert. Then a friends daughter made a mess of them when she borrowed my car. Now they are on KZbin.

[@fliriano9198]

I'm in awe. This is what it's supposed to sound like.

[@wolfgangklofat594]

Diese Edition ist als sensationell zu bezeichnen. Sie dokumentiert wie dieser legendäre Cellist schon in seinen relativ jungen Jahren den Kosmos der Bachschen Cello-Werke differenziert und einheitlich zugleich durchdacht und durchwandert hat.

[@siuhhonkeung]

He is one of my favorite cellists. I have a box of his Back Cello Suites dated 1965 from Mercury Living Presence, and 4 other of the same label. I have two others he played smaller pieces from Denon dated 1975 and 1978. The Denon, even though they are CDs, are of remarkable sound. Because of the excellent recording, Starker comes out outstanding. I also have CDs of Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner of late 1950s. This should be the time Starker was the principal cellist in that orchestra.

[@user-on5lb9ew9x]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart !!!

[@fulgenjbatista4640]

🕊🌟🕊 ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL 🙏💜🙏 💜🎵💜

[@jorgeurzuaurzua4011]

Thanks Classical Music for tis remastered Century Recording. This rendering by Janos Starker of the six suites for solo violoncello was made during the fifties; the sound is. austere, warm, technically impeccable. After remasterization the suites possess a clear, faultless sound. Starker plays the cello with absolute dominion of the music. His style reminds me of Pau Casals, probably by respecting the score, avoiding adding romantic emotion as some players have done in more recent recordings. Thus, the Bach music has become alive.

[@notaire2]

Wunderschöne und detaillierte Interpretation dieser sechs perfekt komponierten Suiten in verschiedenen Tempi mit ein bisschen neue-sachlichem doch gut phrasiertem Ton des technisch perfekten Solocellos und mit perfekt kontrollierter Dynamik. Zweifellos einer der zehn besten Cellisten im 20. Jahrhundert. Die verbesserte Tonqualität ist auch erstaunlich hoch als Originalaufnahmen von mehr als sechzig Jahren vor. Alles ist wundervoll!

[@hannesheinz720]

Von diesen Suiten gibt es mittlerweile nicht mehr zu zählende Aufnahmen und welche Entwicklung die Technik und die Interpretation während der vielen Jahrzehnte genommen hat ist mehr als nur erstaunlich! Historische Spieltechnik, Darmsaiten und andere Bögen, diverse Notenausgaben und Bearbeitungen bishin zum sog. Urtext. Es gibt fast so viele Interpretations Eigenheiten, wie es Interpreten oder Interpretinnen gibt. Einige davon haben Referencharakter, z.b. die ganz frühen mit Pablo Casals der alle, ich glaube als Erster hat aufnehmen lassen. Rostropowitsch, Tortellier, Mørk und Wispelwey u.a. wären noch zu nennen.

[@hansjuergenkohlhaas871]

@@hannesheinz720 ... Not to forget Yo-Yo Ma (studio and film versions), Maria Kliegel (on Naxos), who studied with Janos Starker at Bloomington.

[@muhsinkanadikirik678]

Awesome BACH performance..🎼🎵🎶🎻🙏

[@2Hot2]

Though not a cellist, I had the honor and privilege of attending some of Starker's master classes. Now THAT's entertainment. I wonder if anybody could dig up any old videos of those?

[@davidmaslow399]

Lucky You!

[@luchorios5663]

they are out there,,,just type it in the search

[@2Hot2]

@@luchorios5663 Hey you're right, thanks so much!

[@MikeDrewYT]

There are many. I also had that pleasure.

[@dejanstevanic5408]

Thank you for upload. He is surely among the best ones. Thank you.

[@fransmeersman2334]

Thank you very much for this new mastered version with a great artist of these famous unequalled cello suites, it is always very captivating to compare it with a favourite version.

[@catherineschickel2792]

Excellent " Superbe ' Mon Violoncelliste Janos STARKER .Son " Sa Maîtrise me donne Ce relief d' une sensibilité . D' Une Initiation particulière " ds cet' de J . S . BACH . " Mon Émotion est forte Mr . Vous le Top. Soyez remercié . pour votre Sensibilité à cet Instrument que mon père à Illustrait tte sa vie .❤💕❤

[@user-fu6tt8qq4v]

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[@guessw3rktunes733]

What a coincidence, I just started relearning these to play on my 31edo bass guitar.

[@3883melange]

So incredible!!

[@carolecleaver2922]

So gorgeous, played with such feeling. Thank you for posting!

[@wayneday3116]

Starker's recording of the Cello Suites has long been a favorite of audiophiles. These late fifties recordings capture the sound of the cello in exquisite detail without distortion .

Wow! I like it! Thank you for sharing 💯

[@bernardwastiaux1920]

Thank you so much for sharing this recording who was so familiar to me in my childhood.

[@lmnmoves]

Amen!! Thank you for waking us once again to see an marvelous day, another week, another blessing, other gift, other lesson, and teaching. This morning Lord order our steps. Let thy will be done. God I know that you are near to the brokenhearted. Comfort the heart of those who are broken. Heal, mend, fix, restore so that many can return back to you as their first love. There is nothing Father you cannot do; because you are the Father of everything that we need and want. Thank you Lord for all that you have done and for what you continue to do in our lives. Help us Lord were we may lack, come up short, and where we may not understand. Blessings to you my brothers and sisters may your journey this week be filled with laugher, joy, peace, and calmness despite of everything that is going on. Please be safe, courageous and encouraged out there. Love you with the Love of God.❤💕🙏🙏

[@catherinejones9396]

It was wonderful to finally be able to listen to these suites in their entirety. The remastered recording is superb. Starker was certainly the master cellist needed for these exceptionally demanding and beautiful unaccompanied compositions. Thank you

[@stephenhall3515]

Thank you so very much for these remasters. Like many correspondents here, I am of mature years and for some reason was always drawn back to Starker. At the time there were all manner of 'versions' which were pushed forcefully by the record industry -- including the egregious Yo Yo Ma's utter wrecking job -- various delicate French players, some interesting 'HIP' versions, big egos galore and less pushy but musically better soloists from different traditions. The best of these tended to have been desk players and partners in chamber ensembles. Starker was very much the working day musician and perhaps that is why his Bach is coherent, pervasive and shows us decades on from some often badly pressed LPs in the '60s that he played what Bach wrote AS IF he was playing alongside Bach as a music maker. It is as simple as that and the bonus is that the performances always sound as if they were recorded just a few months ago.

[@asuos007]

Janos starker the best cellist of the xxth century

[@WelderMetal]

Thank you !

[@aardvaarkisgood]

My first 2 LPs purchased back in 1960~1961 I was 19 years old at the time and until then, I'd never had any interest in Classical Music. I'd gone to see the film "Jazz on a Summer's Day", a documentary about the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival showing in a little cinema called The Continental opposite Selfridges on Oxford St. About 26 minutes into the film, and completely out of the blue, there is an excerpt of one of the jazz band's bassist, sitting alone in his room playing (what I was later to discover) Bach's Cello Suite No 1 on his cello. I was absolutely smitten by the music, so the very next day, I popped into a record shop on Crawford St, off Baker Street where I worked in an architect's office as a trainee draughtsman. Of course, I had no idea of the title of the piece or the composer, so all I could describe was that it was a piece of classical music played on a cello. The shop-owner more or less guessed straight away that it would probably be one of Bach's cello suites. Those were the days when record shop owners were knowledgeable about the music they sold and were in the business simply for their love of classical music. So I pop into a listening booth and he plays the LP. Fortunately, the piece in the film was Cello Suite No 1, so it's the piece that I hear and recognize straight away. That day, I spent the best part of my weekly salary on the purchase of two LPs of Janos Starker playing the complete suite. It was the day when my love affair with classical music, and Bach in particular, began.

[@exerciserelax8719]

It's a Suite No.5 kind of day for me.

[@waynesmith3767]

This great cellist certainly deserved the wonderful remastering presented here; Starker’s versions of the Cello Suites is in every way remarkable and the best performances of these sublime works. I have many recordings of the Cello Suites by other great cellists and for a time one or another will be a temporary favorite but it’s always Starker I return to and find most satisfying.

[@stephenlee1756]

I still have the LP, but nothing to play it on! No. 6 is just incredible from composer and performer.

[@user-je7sx2hn2g]

У меня есть проигрыватель,но нет данной пластинки.И я впервые слушал этого исполнителя :мой Казальс!ps Привет из Сабика!

[@jeromebrown6626]

Owned the lp set back in college

[@gwenaelherve5675]

Il est à son avantage dans la 6e suite. Les difficultés techniques lui donnent des ailes.

[@ingemayodon5128]

J'ai infiniment aimé cette représentation de certains oeuvres de Bach. Et si vs permettez, quand Bach est joué au piano, l'interprète que j'adore avant tt c'est Glenn Gould. Il était Canadien. Pour moi, aucun autre pianiste n'a jamais joué Bach comme lui. Merci beaucoup et salutations de Montréal, Qc, Canada

[@noshirm6285]

Only the 5th in C minor has proven elusive to me - the others reveal themselves in all their grandeur in short order. ❤

[@cellosean]

Keep listening.

[@noshirm6285]

@@cellosean It’s a deal. Will do. 😃

[@jean-marcvivier7187]

SPLENDIDE MERVEILLEUX TRANSCENDANT MERCI

[@user-pc2wv4bz6e]

Спасибо.

[@user-sn6ls5jr9m]

ジャノス・シュタインって名称で覚えているチェロの演奏の方だ…。 すごい旋律丁寧で音割れのないチェロの音色で超絶技巧される方って珍しいかったから鮮明に覚えてる。

[@philosophicallyspeaking6463]

I'm told that like Heifetz, Starker needed to be heard live to be rightfully appreciated. Unfortunately I never had the opportunity to experience either in solo, chamber, or orchestral settings, but I'm told by people who did that they both had a way of moving to the front of the ensemble and surfing over its complicated textures with ease. Neither was well served by attempt of the engineer to...'reign in' or attenuate their copious quantity of sound, which, for its density and breadth, propagates better in a real, populated, acoustic environment and envelope than either an acoustically treated studios, or a mic'd venue typically allows. Microphones don't like...'vitality' or density of sound that never lets up, even though the volume may decrease, because they confuse the one for the other, and with a twist of the wrist, end up reducing the 'actual' abundance of unique quality and character on route to reducing volume. My point is that despite liking the 'play' of both (and I have every record either made to prove it), I apparently tire, in these two cases, of the exaggerated intimacy introduced by 'recorded' sound never listen to an entire performance The...'more polite' French cellists and violinists are better served by the amplification of induced 'consequence'.

[@declamatory]

I've played many of these on trombone, but, after hearing this guy play, I'm gonna have to rethink how I play them. How does his cello not catch on fire?

[@philosophicallyspeaking6463]

Try this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoXVmKeriMyfgsU

[@victorjuhasz9078]

Still my favorite realization of the suites. Starker was a master.

[@user-wz2uz4ct3p]

👍

[@Bitmaid]

The honey badger, everyone !

[@iosi1455]

❤❤🎉😮

[@inraid]

Mechanical and metronomic!

[@iosi1455]

🎉😮

[@gitano7109]

Anyone knows? Is this version from Columbia mono records which starts with 33cx label?

[@FranckSonata]

Yes, the recordings here are the Columbia ones: 33CX 1515, 1656 & 1745.

[@aelfrice]

A number of years ago I caught the audiophile bug and purchased expensive equipment to listen to high-end digital audio. I learned to love a few recordings, but realized that what makes a good recording is less about bit depth or accurate sound reproduction by the loudspeaker or headphones than it is the recording and mastering process. Today I don't take out the thousand dollar cans and expensive DAC save for listening to a few recordings. These are almost all classical/vocal. This recording ranks up there with Dusty in Memphis for the skill in the mastering process. If you can, get this recording in a lossless format and use good headphones.

[@peterhaslund]

Oddly enough, I finde these less convincing than others

[@Nobody-ev6km]

0:00

[@saltburner2]

Which versions are these? He recorded them many times, for Period, EMI, Mercury, Denon, RCA and perhaps others.

[@ilirllukaci5345]

This is ostensibly emi not mercury?

[@LudwigvonDrake]

I have this exact record and like it very much, but the disc is worn out and full of noise. Thus, I want another modern CD or something other than Mr Starker's...Could anyone tell me the current standardised performance of the cello suites with the player? I don't have much knowledge in this field. I don't mind about the instrument if it's modern or period.

[@karlpage9028]

Warner Classics Legacy has an issue of Starker, full Bach Suites and other pieces/concertos as well. Several disc set. If not Starker, Fournier is my go to

[@LudwigvonDrake]

@@karlpage9028 Thanks, I've checked Fournier which sounds milder than Starker to my ears.

[@avantgarde135]

maurice gendron is my guy ! leaves the stage for the music !

[@LudwigvonDrake]

@@avantgarde135 What is to leave the stage for the music? Anyhow, I'll check him. Thank you for the info.

[@johnschindler6579]

Too bad so many gaps and glitches due to "mastering"

[@user-sn6ls5jr9m]

戦犯話題って人口の総数の＝でない図式を戦犯と化す程度の犯罪集団出身者にまるで国の人口総数宛の尺測りとされてる事であらゆる行き違いの認識がごった返す腐海そのものだから、もう少し主旨を明確にして話はディベートするのが正々堂々ではないのか？って広告に思う。