Another one I would recommend for Bach Cello suites is Hidemi Suzuki. His playing is exceptional and the sound quality on the SACD makes it even more sumptuous.
Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
This is an offshoot of the jazz thread. I and others found that we could not talk about jazz without discussing other musical genres, as well as the philosophy of music. So, this is a thread in which people can suggest good music of all genres, and spout off your feelings about music itself.
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Thanks i never listen Suzuki ... I will correct that ...
Wow it is on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEHXTrJb3HQ&list=RDzEHXTrJb3HQ&start_radio=1 He did not play a modern cello but an old one, his colors mastery are astonishing... Something we must buy ... It feel like Helen Schmitt sound recording quality and articulation... Amazing and i dont have all the pieces yet ...
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My sense was that "Astrid" played up the "strangeness" of the protagonist, presenting her as some sort of exotic or "alien" creature. It struck me as quite stylized (or perhaps, simply "quite French"?) in this regard. I actually preferred what seemed to me a more "human/humane" portrayal in "Patience", despite the fact that I typically prefer original series to "knock-offs". Of course, not being knowledgeable re: the spectrum, I can't reliably judge which might be more true-to-life or even if it's a case of either/or. They might be equally valid/invalid, for all I know. I simply related more to Patience. Reading about consciousness can be fascinating. Personally, I find connecting with it directly more rewarding. |
I think the French version was more quirky and stylized and... French. Although I am a fan of French cinema and have been since the early sixties when I saw "Jules et Jim." I am also a great Truffaut fan. I like the American version and am proud that we finally didn't screw up a foreign offering. My interest in consciousness actually overlaps with my interest in music. I want to know if people believe that the universe is conscious. If so, music very possibly preceded us. Or another way of putting it is that we exist to make music. Kind of airy-fairy stuff, but I'm interested for what I'm writing. I couldn't find Suzuki playing J.S. Bach's cello suites on Qobuz, but I did find him playing C.P.E. Bach's cello concertos. I enjoyed them, but was not really able to hear his style. There are very few of his recordings on Qobuz. Here's a poem about Truffaut: In Memory of Francois Truffaut
It doesn't have to be a big film with a lot of words an innocent obsession often goes unexpressed
It's enough if just once an evening with soft-spoken reverence he slips the knife between our eyes
& opens them to some unseen beauty dragged in off the street through the night:
The face of an abandoned boy lit by a movie marquee cocked in discovery on the brink of crime
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