Title: Good for collectors, bad for everyone else.
Product review: I'm a cello student at the Cleveland Institute of Music and I ordered this CD to study it based on its reviews. After listening to it, it's clear that Suggia is no "princess of the cello". She greatly lacks the skills in rhythm, tempo, and intonation that are necessary to perform pieces even as elementary as the Sammartini effectively. In fact, the third movement of the Sammartini rushes the whole way through. It seemed as though the pianist was a measure behind the entire time. People looking for definitive, precise, or even half-way good performances of these pieces should stick with the modern masters (Jacqueline Du Pre's Kol Nidrei, Yo-Yo Ma's Lalo Concerto, Leonard Rose's Sammartini Sonata).
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