Bach: Suite No.2 for Cello Solo in D minor, BWV 1008

Media review — Bach: Suite No.2 for Cello Solo in D minor, BWV 1008. 24 artists / 26 complete recordings, from historic to modern to HIP: Casals (1936), Fournier (1961), Bylsma (1979), Rostropovich (1991), Bylsma (1992), ter Linden (1996), Paternoster (1998), Wispelwey (1998), Pandolfo (2000, viola da gamba), Isserlis (2005), Queyras (2007), Gaillard (2010), Wispelwey (2012), Enders (2012), Watkin (2013), Demenga (2014), Dumas (2016), Kashkashian (2017, viola), Malov (2018, violoncello da spalla), Bertrand (2019), Teichmanis (2019), Kloeckner (2020), Rignol (2020, viola da gamba), Philippe (2021), de Naverán (2021), Skalka (2020)
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Bach: The 6 Suites for Cello Solo — Comparison Summary

Media review — Bach: The 6 Suites for Cello Solo, BWV 1007 – 1012 — Comparison Summary, Artist and Media Information. 24 artists / 26 complete recordings, from historic to HIP: Casals (1936–1939), Fournier (1961), Bylsma (1979), Rostropovich (1991), Bylsma (1992), ter Linden (1996), Paternoster (1998), Wispelwey (1998), Pandolfo (2000, viola da gamba), Isserlis (2005), Queyras (2007), Gaillard (2010), Wispelwey (2012), Enders (2012/2013), Watkin (2013), Demenga (2014), Dumas (2016), Kashkashian (2017, viola), Malov (2018, violoncello da spalla), Bertrand (2019), Teichmanis (2019), Kloeckner (2020), Rignol (2020), Skalka (2020), Philippe (2021), de Naverán (2021)
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Bach: Suite No.1 for Cello Solo in G major, BWV 1007

Media review — Bach: Suite No.1 for Cello Solo in G major, BWV 1007. 24 artists / 26 complete recordings, from historic to modern to HIP: Casals (1939), Fournier (1961), Bylsma (1979), Rostropovich (1991), Bylsma (1992), ter Linden (1996), Paternoster (1998), Wispelwey (1998), Pandolfo (2000, viola da gamba), Isserlis (2005), Queyras (2007), Gaillard (2010), Wispelwey (2012), Enders (2013), Watkin (2013), Demenga (2014), Dumas (2016), Kashkashian (2017, viola), Malov (2018, violoncello da spalla), Bertrand (2019), Teichmanis (2019), Kloeckner (2020), Rignol (2020, viola da gamba), Philippe (2021), de Naverán (2021), Skalka (2020)
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Alexandra Dovgan, Leia Zhu, Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle Orchestra @ Zurich, 2023-04-01

Concert review, ★★★★, Leia Zhu, Alexandra Dovgan, Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2023-04-01 (Orpheum Foundation) — Chopin: Piano Concerto in F minor, op.21, B.43, CT 48; Scriabin: Étude in D♯ minor, op.8/12 (encore); Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, op.35; Hindemith: Sonata for Solo Violin op.11/6, III. Finale, Lebhaft (encore); Ravel: “La Valse”, poème choréographique pour orchestre, M.72
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Beethoven: Cello Sonata in D major, op.102/2

Comparing recordings with the following artists: Casals/Horszowski (1939), Fournier/Schnabel (1948), Fournier/Gulda (1959), Fournier/Kempff (1965), Harrell/Ashkenazy (1987), Isserlis/Levin (2012), Maisky/Argerich (1993), Perényi/Schiff (2004), Queyras/Melnikov (2013), Rostropovich/Richter (1962), Wispelwey/Komen (1991), Wispelwey/Lazić (2004)

Beethoven: Cello Sonata in C major, op.102/1

Comparing recordings with the following artists: Casals/Horszowski (1936), Fournier/Schnabel (1947), Fournier/Gulda (1959), Fournier/Kempff (1965), Harrell/Ashkenazy (1987), Isserlis/Levin (2012), Maisky/Argerich (1993), Perényi/Schiff (2004),
Queyras/Melnikov (2013), Rostropovich/Richter (1962), Wispelwey/Komen (1991), Wispelwey/Lazić (2004)