Rating: 2/5
Review:
Not for me
I'm afraid this recording wasn't for me. There are certainly good things about it, but
it has some serious flaws.
Rainer Zipperling is a very fine cellist; he has a lovely
tone here and there is virtuosity in abundance – but therein lies some of the
problem, I think. He takes some
movements at breakneck speed which certainly shows what amazing technique he
has, but does Bach's music no favours at all.
For example, the wonderful Prelude to the Third Suite is played so fast
that all it's beauty, including those magnificent, moving wide arpeggios, is
lost in a blizzard of notes. Even the
extraordinary Sarabande from the Fifth Suite, although it is taken at a
sensible tempo, lacks the real spiritual depth brought to it by, for example,
Steven Isserlis or David Watkin in their superb recordings.
It is possible to take some movements quite quickly and to
bring individual quirkiness to the Cello Suites while still doing them proper
justice – try Anne Gastinel's delightful interpretation, for example. I'm afraid I don’t think that Zipperling
manages it, though, and although I admire his work with the excellent Camerata
Colln very much, I can't recommend this solo effort.
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