I can highly recommend the William Skeen recordings of the Cello Suites, recorded and released by one of the best classical labels: Reference Recordings. You get the historically informed sound and the absolute best sound quality in one package.
Oh, it's...very new! Thanks for the recommendation.
Another recommendation: the recordings by the multigenre saxophonist Yasuaki Shimizu. It's insane. I won't give anything away, but in particular set aside some time to listen to the Menuets & Gigue from the first suite without any distractions.
I'm a cellist, played all the suites and always start with them when I return to the instrument after a hiatus. They've been analyzed to death, so my goal when playing is to avoid over-intellectualizing ("learn the changes, then forget them") and just try to take a different emotional journey each time (no way to say that without it sounding sappy), physically leading with my breath.
I get sometimes a bit annoyed by hacker news. And then I get a reply from a cellist. Thank you for playing and making this world a bit better place, you made my day.
My pleasure! I also get annoyed. :) But I appreciate how it helps keep me up to date on how the kids are progamming their computers. (Too complicatedly, I think.)
So I comment almost exclusively on music and 90s Mac nostalgia.
Wow, I had no idea about Yasuaki Shimizu. I listen to Kakashi a lot, and some of his other stuff like that. Thanks a ton.
edit: ow, a lot of reverb though... (though it says "(Ohya Stone Quarry, Utsunomiya)" so I guess it's natural) But It's nice to hear this, I sometimes try playing them on sax too (the Trent Kynaston version is best, supposedly).
Just listened to the first suite. The Menuet was soulful and haunting. The Gigue was fierce and fascinating in contrast to Yo Yo Ma’s. I felt a profound sense of “there’s not enough time left in life to fully appreciate this piece of music.” Thank you for sharing.
https://referencerecordings.com/recording/the-six-cello-suit...