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Swiss Artists Series
Label: Triston Master Recordings SCHOPPER Edition TMR-SE 0024
180 Gramm Pressing
Original Stereo Recording, April 8th & 9th, 1987, Radio Bern..
Cello: Roland Fischlin
Piano: Urs Jaeggi
Program:
Side A:
1. Camille Saint-Saëns – La Cygne (2.50)
2. Manuel de Falla – Le Drap Mauresque (2.08)
3. Manuel de Falla – Asturienne (2.20)
4. Manuel de Falla – Jota (3.22)
5. Claude Debussy – Minstrels (2.47)
(Transcription for Cello)
6. J.S. Bach – Suite No. 6, BWV 1012 Allemande (6.02)
Side B:
1. George Gershwin – Preludes II and III (4.47)
2. Urs Jaeggi – Konstellation I & III (4.39)
Encore
Zoltán Kodály – Sonata for Solo Cello (10.00)
Recorded live in Bern 1967
Vinyl Cut: Adrian "Adi" Flück, Schweiz – www.centraldubs.com
Pressing: MEK Vinyl, Gossau, Schweiz - www.mekvinyl.ch
Producer: SCHOPPER AUDIO, Jürg Schopper, Schweiz, - www.schopper.ch
This album is an exact reproduction of the original master tape. In order to guarantee the best possible sound quality, no digital equipment or post-processing has been used.
It is a hand-numbered limited edition of 200 copies.
Test pressings and acetate dubplates are available on request.
No shipping to Hongkong and China.
Review by Stephen Lee, June 2026
Today, I want to say a few words to audiophiles who enjoy vinyl:
This album, produced by Jürg Schopper — nicknamed “Mr. Switzerland” — is truly top-notch. 🤔
I imagine many of you may not be very familiar with cellist Roland Fischlin and pianist Urs Jaeggi. In 1987, the two of them recorded a highly representative “Cello and Piano Recital” at Radio Bern in Switzerland. In addition to Saint-Saëns’s “The Swan” — one of the most beautiful melodies we all know well—they also performed works by Falla, Debussy, Bach, Gershwin, and works by composers from various schools, all performed with a mastery as transcendent as the Eight-Form Buddha Palm. These two reclusive masters possess extraordinary skill; listening to this album is sure to be a revelation.
The standout track is “Konstellation I & III,” personally arranged by pianist Urs Jaeggi. The rhythm of this piece is simply off the charts! This move is akin to unleashing the Ninth Form: Ten Thousand… Buddhas… Pay Homage… to the School 😲
“Mr. Switzerland” used a Studer A80 vinyl mastering machine to meticulously craft the original stereo master tapes; the sound quality and effects are undoubtedly at the absolute pinnacle of analog recording 👍. At home, I use a Linn Sondek LP12 with Ekos I and Ekstatik tonearm and cartridge, connected via a Gryphon moving-coil phono preamp to an Audio Note OTO phono SE integrated amp, driving the Fyne F700 speakers reviewed in this issue. Although my setup is just a small system, but the moment I turned it on, it was as if I’d invited two musicians to perform live in my humble abode. To sum up the sound in a word:
Unbelievable! 🤩