I know this is a big controversial can of worms, but as a filthy casual who just happens to like Lisp, the idea of R6RS is pretty appealing to me. This post seems very much R5RS-oriented.
Are there any R6RS-conformant Schemes that are recommended?
Not a R6RS fan myself, so no definitive answer. But AFAIK Chez (now open source as someone else posted) is R6RS-compliant and one of the fastest implementations. Also, R7RS-small is final I think. Not sure about R7RS-large. Here's an old discsussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11700167.
Are there any R6RS-conformant Schemes that are recommended?