JS Bach Cello Suites Nos 1-6 Jean-Max Clement (cello) Eloquence 482 8523 (1960) 109.32 mins (2 discs)
Jean-Max Clément’s late-’50s survey of the Cello Suites for L’Oiseau-Lyre now feel like a last gasp in the pre-HIP, grand rhetorical tradition, with copious espressivo vibrato, tasteful portamenti and soulful sarabandes.
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