Search - Bach, Peter Wispelwey :: 6 Suites for Cello Solo

Different Approach to Bach

10/20/1998

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Wispelwey's approach to this music is valid, and his sound is uniformly excellent. However, his treatments of these preludes and dances are a little quirky for my taste in terms of rhythmic organization, and Wispelwey's approach tends to remain on the surface of the music. If you want an excellent, straightforward version, the references by Casals and Fournier provide better alternatives. However, if you are looking for a different approach and tend to like your Bach light and sprightly rather than dark and meditative, then this may be the album for you. Excellent sound."

ML in Littleton, CO

ML | Littleton, Colorado United States | 11/26/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The recording is excellent! Great attention to detail and
style with appropriate performance pracitces including the
use of the actual instruments for which they were composed.
It is nice to know that a recording is available of Bach's violoncello suites as Bach, himself, would have expected them
to be played!"

Superb though perhaps not to everyone's taste

Ben | New Zealand | 10/26/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a less clinical recording than, say, the Yo Yo Ma extravaganza or Mischa Maisky, and you can hear more of Wispelwey both in the complexity of the performance and literally - there are audible exhalation or exertion. For me, this captures the malleability of the suites and Wispelwey's gift while not obscuring their brilliance."