Anyone who professes to be a cellist has to come to terms with the five sonatas and three variation sets Beethoven wrote for cello and piano. These eight works -- or at least the five sonatas -- have been recorded as complete sets so often, and by such big names -- Casals, Fournier, Rostropovich, du Pré, Maisky, Ma, and on down the line -- that you might wonder what the advantage would be in recording them again. No doubt some classical music know-it-all would promptly respond that there is no point in such an exercise. ...
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Anyone who professes to be a cellist has to come to terms with the five sonatas and three variation sets Beethoven wrote for cello and piano. These eight works -- or at least the five sonatas -- have been recorded as complete sets so often, and by such big names -- Casals, Fournier, Rostropovich, du Pré, Maisky, Ma, and on down the line -- that you might wonder what the advantage would be in recording them again. No doubt some classical music know-it-all would promptly respond that there is no point in such an exercise. Moreover, cellist Zuill Bailey seems like the kind of player who would serve as a virtual magnet of criticism for those within the classical establishment most interested in preserving the status quo; he'll make you wonder if he's secretly wearing Birkenstocks behind his 1683 Gofriller cello. For those who take the time to close their eyes and open their ears to Bailey, however, they would find him a deeply committed, serious player with a big tone, generous resonance, interpretive...
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