COMPOSERS: JS Bach
LABELS: Hanssler
ALBUM TITLE: Johann Sebastian Bach
WORKS: Cello Suite No. 5; Gamba Sonatas Nos 1 & 3; Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue
PERFORMER: János Starker (cello), Zuzana Ruzicková (harpsichord)
CATALOGUE NO: CD 93.726 (1971)
Typically trenchant in the C minor Suite, Starker all but obliterates Ružicková in the G major Gamba Sonata, but she’s granted an august presence in the knotty Fantasia BWV 903. Paul Riley