I have a few of Bach's cello suites. To my ears, the Fournier on Archiv LP is just right. The tempo seems correct and the tonality is realistic. I like the fact that I can hear his breathing ever so slightly and the cello reverberates in the recording venue nicely. Rich tonality, but not overly so. Just right.I found the starker on Mercury to be falsely large soundstage and distracting.
Any other thoughts on this or other recommendations?
Edits: 01/03/17
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Topic - Fournier on Bach - banpuku 18:54:58 01/03/17 (17)
- Starker/Mercury "soundstage" - pbarach 14:12:35 01/04/17 (1)
- RE: Starker/Mercury "soundstage" - bald2 14:40:05 01/04/17 (0)
- RE: Fournier on Bach - bald2 12:26:32 01/04/17 (0)
- RE: Fournier on Bach - jec01 12:10:30 01/04/17 (1)
- The French guy I couldn't remember - jec01 18:01:33 01/04/17 (0)
- RE: Fournier on Bach - mes 11:16:21 01/04/17 (3)
- RE: Fournier on Bach - Travis 12:17:33 01/04/17 (2)
- RE: Fournier on Bach - mes 12:38:20 01/04/17 (1)
- RE: Fournier on Bach - Travis 12:43:59 01/04/17 (0)
- RE: My fav. - Travis 07:44:48 01/04/17 (2)
- RE: My fav. - banpuku 14:44:56 01/04/17 (1)
- RE: My fav. - Travis 16:09:42 01/04/17 (0)
- Too many to single out... - Kas 04:54:42 01/04/17 (1)
- I forgot Queyras!!! (nt) - Kas 14:24:56 01/04/17 (0)
- I like 'em both, but I prefer Starker on Mercury myself - Chris from Lafayette 00:06:07 01/04/17 (0)
- Check out the Starker on RCA (my fav) and this... - musetap 20:30:36 01/03/17 (0)
- RE: Fournier on Bach - fstein 19:52:26 01/03/17 (0)