One of the very first reviews I did for MusicWeb over a decade ago was of the EMI re-issue of the famous Casals set here: http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/May10/bach_casals_9659212.htm
(since further improved by Pristine). It was, perhaps rather too long as I introduced a fairly extensive degree of comparison with other sets, but I agree with Dave about Starker, as I wrote that his "is certainly a compelling interpretation and does not sound rushed by virtue of his technical brilliance and the laser-like intensity of his line."
I have since reviewed here issues from Weilerstein, Kotova and Cocset, finding the first two, in particular, as good as any. I now have far too many versions on my shelves, including Fournier, Rostropovich, Watkins et al, and really should not add de Saram's to the ten or more already there but I am sure he is right to observe that this will probably afford the listener as much pleasure as any, as Bach's music, like Bruckner's, is very tolerant of interpretative diversity.
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