The 1955 Prague Spring provides an atmospheric venue for a potent survey of the complete Bach cello suites by a young legend of the instrument.
BACH: Unaccompanied Cello Suites – Mstislav Rostropovich, cello – Supraphon
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Glenn Gould plays BACH – with Toronto Sym./ Sir Ernest MacMillan – IDIS
Vintage Glenn Gould in the music of Bach, recorded in Canada just prior to and contemporary with his American “break-through” in the Goldberg Variations recording for CBS.
Eileen Joyce, piano: The Complete Parlophone and Columbia Solo Recordings – APR (5 CDs)
A superlative assemblage of Eileen Joyce shellacs, which taken as a whole reveal a potent virtuoso of the first order, to whom poetry and fire came naturally.
Otto Klemperer conducts works of BACH – Soloists/Budapest Radio Sym./ LA Philharmonic – Guild
Vintage Otto Klemperer from Los Angeles and Budapest, and in the music of J.S. Bach, music he realizes with devotion and energy.