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Recording of November 2021: J.S. Bach: Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello
Jason Victor Serinus  |  Oct 26, 2021  |  9 comments
J.S. Bach: Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, Vols. 1 and 2
Zuill Bailey, cello
Octave Records OCT-0008 (Multiple formats; auditioned as DSD64). 2021. Five/Four Productions, Ltd.: Thomas C. Moore, prod.; Robert Friedrich, eng.
Performance ****½
Sonics *****

Why is Stereophile publishing its fourth review (at least) in three years of a recording of Bach's Six Cello Suites? Partly it's because the suites, which were composed ca 1720 but remained in obscurity until a young Pablo Casals rediscovered them in a secondhand sheet music store in Barcelona in 1890, contain some of the most joyous, moving, and profound music in the Western classical music canon. It's also because these two volumes, which present Grammy Award–winning cellist Zuill Bailey's second recorded exploration of the suites (the first was on Telarc more than two decades ago), abound in astoundingly beautiful musicianship illumined by fresh insights and superb engineering.

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Toronto Audiofest 2021
Final Words
Robert Schryer  |  Oct 26, 2021  |  19 comments
Let me break it down. On the one hand, handshakes were replaced with fist and elbow bumps, real smiles by eyes smiling over masks, whispers by conversations at regular volume. There were fewer attendees than at prepandemic shows, and fewer exhibitors. That situation will surely improve with time.
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Off the Well-Trod Path
Robert Schryer  |  Oct 26, 2021  |  2 comments
Olga Oreshyna is an artist who makes, as she calls it, "non-traditional art." She begins by collecting old wood, “with scratches, cracks, knots, and other imperfections that are similar to real life." She carves it into pieces, dries it, colors it with acrylic paint or stain, and “fits [it] to a specifically designated position” among other wood pieces to create a mosaic sculpture.
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EQ Audio Video: Musical Fidelity, Focal, WireWorld, Norstone, Aragon, Audience, AudioQuest
Robert Schryer  |  Oct 26, 2021  |  0 comments
I generally avoid home theater rooms at an audio show because typically—and reasonably—they’ve been set up mainly with the cinematic experience in mind rather than the musical one. So I hesitated before entering the two adjoining EQ Audio Video rooms because they had screens. But with a little prodding from company owner Ed O’Hearly—he assured me that the systems in the rooms were strictly stereo—I acquiesced. I’m glad I did.
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The Kennedy Hi-Fi Room: PSB T600, NAD M33, AudioQuest
Robert Schryer  |  Oct 26, 2021  |  4 comments
Do your speakers that go low and tight in the bass?
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Acora, Audio Research, Transrotor, Dynavector
Robert Schryer  |  Oct 25, 2021  |  0 comments
Who knew I’d meet Paul Simon—the Paul Simon, pop star, the shorter half of Simon and Garfunkel—at the Toronto Audiofest?
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The Simaudio Moon 40th Anniversary Limited Edition System
Robert Schryer  |  Oct 25, 2021  |  4 comments
It's not often that I come across a piece of gear at an audio show that I pine to own. The Simaudio Moon 40th Anniversary Limited Edition system is in that category, but I'd better hurry: Production is limited to 40 systems.
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News
A Spooktacular Event in Houston
Stereophile Staff  |  Oct 25, 2021  |  0 comments
Please join 3mA Audio in Houston, Texas for a fun “Spooktacular Audio Show” on Saturday, October 30th starting at 4pm “until the last person leaves.”
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Gershman, Krell, ExaSound, Cardas
Robert Schryer  |  Oct 25, 2021  |  0 comments
In a near-repeat of my visit to the Gershman Acoustics room at 2019’s Toronto Audiofest, I got the chance to meet up with the Toronto-based company’s Ofra and Eli Gershman and also Krell COO Walter Schofield.
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Audio Note UK
Robert Schryer  |  Oct 25, 2021  |  5 comments
Whether at the Toronto Audiofest or the Montreal one, Audio Note UK always has a room set up that is simple to string together, not very expensive, and imminently musical. It was no different at this year’s Toronto show.
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