Sunday 13 February 2011

After over 70 years, the six Bach suites played by Pablo Casals still stand as Number One choice for these works. There is a zest and humanity in Casals' playing that defies comparison with anyone else. Like the playing of Fritz Kreisler, Casals is simply hors concours.
 One can happily forget "historically informed", or "authentic". This is simply Bach played by a supreme instrumentalist who loved these works.

This blog is becoming a bit of a Pristine Audio fan club site. However, the new Pristine transfer of these six suites puts any previous reincarnations to shame. It sounds as if Pablo is playing away in the corner of my lounge. No other versions of these suites are required.
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2 comments:

oisfetz said...

Non other version is required!?. It should be the firs time that I read you saying that, you, who aren't satisfaced with less of 20 versions of any major work!.

14 February 2011 at 15:26
Harry Collier said...

Multiple versions? Not usually. The only exception for me is works involving a solo violinist. There -- if one is interested in violin playing over the years -- one inevitably ends up with multiple versions, since everyone records the wretched Kreutzer and Franck sonatas, or whatever. But I only have (and need) one version of Brahms' German Requiem, and third symphony, for example.

14 February 2011 at 15:33

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