Finally got me my promos of the first installment of the Hanssler
Classic Complete Bach Edition.  WTC, Cello Suites, Sons & Partitas Violin,
Clavierubung III, Art of the Fugue, a few chamber works, and a bunch of
cantatas.  Heard the Sons and Partitas, Cello Suites are next.  I'll try to
give updates as I hear things.  I am not as fluent in different versions as
others so my comparisons are not that useful (you'll just have to wait).
However I figured y'all would want to know performers, etc on different
instrumental works (all the orch & choral stuff is Rilling AFAIK).

Violin Sonatas & Partitas by Dmitri Sitkovetsky

Cello Suites by Boris Pergamenshikov (Pergamenschikow)

These guys are well-enough known, and they're new recordings and
performances AFAIK.  I think I have a Shosty 3rd Vn Concerto with
Sitkovetsky that I like but I'll have to check.

I was working while listening, so in brief: I'll say that the Sons &
Partitas are in good, clear digital sound with lots of resonance.  His
playing seems technically very good.  The fugue in Sonata 1 stood out as
exceptional to me.  I'm not a string expert but I do have a few intonation
issues, mostly in bare, exposed single notes, not in the double- and
triple-stops which is usually where I have a problem (i.e.  Paganini
Caprices Op. 1 played out of tune are intolerable).  Maybe he spent too
much time on the hard stuff? Anyway, I enjoyed them thoroughly and will
hear them again.

Plus they're in the correct order.  I don't have a CD changer at all, so
I hate it when they rearrange the Sons & Partitas for some reason.  DO NOT
put all the sonatas on CD 1!!!  *I* want to hear Son 1 first, as it serves
(for me) as an introduction to the whole cycle; and Partita 3 last.  Duh.

Liner notes in 4 languages, all essays the same I think.  Nice enough
presentation.  Total time on the Sons & Partitas (for those who keep
notes)= 2:13:33

Ahhh.  Looks like it's Bach for me all afternoon.  Guess I'll be forced
to skip 'All Things Considered.' Damn.

Bob K.