Soothsayerman
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Recommended unaccompanied Cello recordings
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Rostropovich on EMI and Casals (who made the Suites famous) also on EMI

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Not unaccompanied, but, Beethoven: The Cello Sonatas, Lynn Harrell And Vladmir Ashkenazy - Decca.

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For the Bach suites Fournier and Casals are arguably the two towering legends although while the Fournier recording is from the "golden age" of analog recordings I find that the Casals remasterings, while admirably clear, can't mask their 1920s origins.

For more modern reocrdings Yo Yo ma is indeed hard to beat although I would also recommend Pieter Wispelwey on Channel Classics and Michael Kevin Jones on EMEC.  Wispelwey in particular is worth seeking out, he got chops!

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https://www.psaudio.com/products/bach-cello-suites/

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