JS Bach

Fournier’s rendition of the Cello Suites displays more aristocratic, more ‘refined’ playing than Casals’s, but it’s equally dedicated. It’s also recorded with a fullness of tone which still makes the instrument sound almost alarmingly present.

Michael Tanner

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Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:06 pm

COMPOSERS: JS Bach
LABELS: Archiv
ALBUM TITLE: Cello Suites
PERFORMER: Pierre Fournier (cello)

CATALOGUE NO: 477 6724

Fournier’s rendition of the Cello Suites displays more aristocratic, more ‘refined’ playing than Casals’s, but it’s equally dedicated. It’s also recorded with a fullness of tone which still makes the instrument sound almost alarmingly present.

Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.

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