# Bach Cello Suites **URL:** \ **Category:** Music\ **Created:** [November 22, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907 "2018-11-22T16:08:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![heliocentricworlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ce7236/32.png) [@heliocentricworlds](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/heliocentricworlds)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/1 "2018-11-22T16:08:43Z")
Can anyone recommend a particularly good recording of Bach’s Cello Suites? So far in my reading Isserlis and Rostropovich’s names keep coming up, but it’s such a popular thing to record that there are lots of others to choose from and I’m lost. Of my other Cello based recordings I’m a big fan of Jacqueline Du Pre is that’s any help. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Elk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/elk/32/1240_2.png) [@Elk](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Elk)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/2 "2018-11-22T16:40:43Z")
János Starker recorded them five times and each set is excellent. The fifth set however is astounding. ---
**Author:** ![heliocentricworlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ce7236/32.png) [@heliocentricworlds](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/heliocentricworlds)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/3 "2018-11-22T16:42:02Z")
Could you offer a more detail on the exact recording? I see one of his on HDTracks and I’d like to be sure. Thanks for taking the time to offer your take. ---
**Author:** ![Elk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/elk/32/1240_2.png) [@Elk](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Elk)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/4 "2018-11-22T16:46:06Z")
Here it is: [click](http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=3674) The sound is wonderfully warm and full as well. ---
**Author:** ![heliocentricworlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ce7236/32.png) [@heliocentricworlds](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/heliocentricworlds)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/5 "2018-11-22T16:48:45Z")
Many thanks and Happy Thanksgiving to you! ---
**Author:** ![xianharris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/58f4c7/32.png) [@xianharris](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/xianharris)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/6 "2018-11-22T17:01:41Z")
recently I’ve been listening to these: On EPR ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/8/824c5277f4f96f4c47ea63a3c925117f79b29f3b.jpeg) On EMI/Warner: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/a/abebd30580b9d2872c61ac24f062a0006709cad8.jpeg) On Sony, Ma’s second recording of the six suites (he recently recorded them again) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/6/6adb5467a7097498825555bd0f730a0cbe4f38bd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![xianharris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/58f4c7/32.png) [@xianharris](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/xianharris)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/7 "2018-11-22T17:02:57Z")
also worth checkin’ out… ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/b/be55ab1d146baeed8a05e1c799ec0aee74769e4a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![heliocentricworlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ce7236/32.png) [@heliocentricworlds](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/heliocentricworlds)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/8 "2018-11-22T17:17:49Z")
I really appreciate all the choices. Thank to all for the suggestions ---
**Author:** ![Jose\_Luis\_Gomez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/jose_luis_gomez/32/6914_2.png) [@Jose\_Luis\_Gomez](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Jose_Luis_Gomez)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/9 "2018-11-22T21:51:27Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/b/bbcfacf9ffbc23141ba4d3575bdacb775c66fb90.jpeg) For me this is the one! ---
**Author:** ![stevensegal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@stevensegal](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/stevensegal)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/10 "2018-12-12T22:24:54Z")
I have that Fournier set on vinyl. It was a landmark recording, not least for the audio quality. This should be read for historical perspective, and then listened to: [https://www.ft.com/content/9ad9220c-7b81-11dc-8c53-0000779fd2ac](https://www.ft.com/content/9ad9220c-7b81-11dc-8c53-0000779fd2ac) Casals made the cello suites well known by performing them at the Wigmore Hall. The last set I heard performed there was by Stephen Isserlis, which was remarkable, but I don’t have his recording and I think his recording was on another cello, he now has a Stradivarius borrowed from the Royal College of Music. We have tickets for Jean-Guihen Queyras playing the cello suites next April, as part of a dance programme by Anne Teresa de Keersmaker. Can’t wait. [https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2019/anne-teresa-de-keersmaeker-jean-guihen-queyras-and-rosas-mitten-wir-im-leben-sind-bach6cellosuiten/](https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2019/anne-teresa-de-keersmaeker-jean-guihen-queyras-and-rosas-mitten-wir-im-leben-sind-bach6cellosuiten/) ![Bach, J.S.: Cello Suites](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/f/fadddfa0a59e0080ac1eb707a5eb87e0b8c6eeb3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![tonydennison](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/tonydennison/32/99456_2.png) [@tonydennison](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/tonydennison)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/11 "2019-01-02T14:39:55Z")
I like Gendron on Phillips, ---
**Author:** ![jazznut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jazznut](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/jazznut)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/12 "2019-01-02T16:26:13Z")
I very much prefer the 1963-65 recordings of Janos Starker to everything else (not knowing his other versions). I have the below pictured SACD version which unfortunately is vastly inferior sounding to the below pictured vinyl box set, so try to get another one if you need digital. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/f/f70cdbbcff4f70ba729d34f6fdb7a3e0535f9507.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/c/c5636e903b77332217c33863337665ee93c57d3d.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/b/b63858d74a68d6d053f3d1909016b8f136ea7cc7.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/5/5207bb1f073043a324e0bf8ac1d71d19b296f1b1.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/d/d77e3fbe72c49bb8434e26bdb4f36673c8da632e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![tonydennison](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/tonydennison/32/99456_2.png) [@tonydennison](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/tonydennison)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/13 "2019-01-02T17:17:35Z")
This is my absolute favorite…not quite HIFI, not perfect in mechanics, BUT the energy is adictive. I have Gendron, starker, YoYoMa, they are all “better” sounding but the energy of the Casal is incontrovertible ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/2X/4/431c7d78fc567007711322c6e0f354950742bf4e.jpeg) - Title: Bach: Cello Suites (2011 - Remaster) - Artist: [Pablo Casals](http://www.hdtracks.com/music/artist/view/id/4618/) - Genre: [Classical](http://www.hdtracks.com/classical), [Instrumental](http://www.hdtracks.com/classical/instrumental), [Classic 100 Classical](http://www.hdtracks.com/classic-100-classical), [Classical Legends](http://www.hdtracks.com/classical-legends) - Label: [Warner Classics/Erato](http://www.hdtracks.com/music/label/view/id/514/) - Release Date: 2012 ---
**Author:** ![tonydennison](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/tonydennison/32/99456_2.png) [@tonydennison](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/tonydennison)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/14 "2019-01-02T17:22:07Z")
If anyone wants to buy this set in heavy vinyl, mint, let me know [https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/14235/Janos\_Starker-Bach\_6\_Cello\_Suites-Vinyl\_Box\_Sets](https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/14235/Janos_Starker-Bach_6_Cello_Suites-Vinyl_Box_Sets) Also I will just add…I think the Gendron is the most technically executed, but again the Casal has the most energy of what Ive heard ---
**Author:** ![jazznut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jazznut](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/jazznut)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/15 "2019-01-02T18:28:47Z")
Yeah now the even better 45RPM with an even better mastering are coming, but I’ll keep those anyway as sometimes I just want to play without flipping sides too often 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tonydennison](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/tonydennison/32/99456_2.png) [@tonydennison](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/tonydennison)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/16 "2019-01-28T23:02:43Z")
This one is on Tidal and sounds pretty dang good. Bach: Complete Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by [Quirine Viersen] 36 Tracks — 2:10:33 Release date11/16/2018 Also check out Gendron on the phillips Label ---
**Author:** ![anon85907017](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@anon85907017](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/anon85907017)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/17 "2019-01-29T10:14:18Z")
This would definitely be the one for my desert island collection!!! If I can take two… what would be the second one? ---
**Author:** ![Famavolat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/famavolat/32/16310_2.png) [@Famavolat](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Famavolat)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/18 "2019-05-01T23:00:29Z")
Agree. And I also have the Rostropovich, both Ma’s & the Starker in my collection. ---
**Author:** ![stevensegal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@stevensegal](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/stevensegal)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/19 "2019-05-02T00:37:27Z")
Fournier has turned up on Qobuz in 24/192. Whoever wrote the note prefers Starker. I’ll stick with Fournier and my vinyl. ![54](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/9/d/9d0ed3d73b4cea0b60b346dc4872670500e0cb6c.jpeg) ![IMG_20190502_012751_resized_20190502_012816878](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/a/f/af36f3d5270aad61ca8cbf25259a0ab4a0903f42.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![chrisj1948](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/chrisj1948/32/15436_2.png) [@chrisj1948](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/chrisj1948)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907/20 "2019-05-02T17:48:44Z")
Thanks, Steven. I’ll give this a try. [Next page](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/bach-cello-suites/7907.md?page=2)