Bach JS
JS & CPE Bach: Meetings with Bach (Proprius)
A stunningly beautiful recording, combining performance and sonic excellence [ZT]
Marie Hall: The Acoustic HMV recordings (Biddulph)
The complete recordings of a once-popular violinist restored in fine style [JW]
Bach: Bach-Centricity (Nimbus Records)
Engaging and lively playing of arrangements that remain close to the original [JV]
Bach: St Matthew Passion (Naxos Historical)
(Déjà Review) An astonishing survival of a cherishable tradition, bringing unique insights and the lifetime’s experience of a great conductor [LF]
Fritz Kreisler plays Violin Concertos (Pristine Audio)
A special release that should be on the shelf of all violinists and violin-fanciers [RMas]
Wood conducts Bach and Handel (Pristine Audio)
Performances from another era, in fine transfers, which can be enjoyed without apology [PSt]
Bach: Keyboard Concertos (Warner Classics)
Wonderful Bach from Beatrice Rana accompanied by some highly skilled, like-minded, Dutch string players [PH]
Vivaldi, Telemann & JS Bach: Violin Concertos (Hänssler Classic)
Goebel and the Berliner Barock Solisten excel in Baroque concerti featuring 3 and 4 violins [MC]
Fritz Kreisler (violin): Violin Concertos (Pristine Audio)
The legendary Fritz Kreisler comes up pristinely in new transfers of his concerto recordings [PH]
Bach: Keyboard Concertos (Warner Classics)
Spectacularly virtuosic playing of some of Bach’s most joyously inventive music [RMo]
The Convict Harpsichordist (Move)
(Déjà Review) An fascinating recital themed around the first harpsichord to arrive in Australia [RH]
Brahms & Bach orch. Schoenberg (Warner Classics)
A decent Brahms quintet, a first-class St. Anne [SV]
JS Bach: Magnificat (Antal Doráti Society)
A rare slice of Doráti’s Bach from French sources [JW]
JS Bach: French Suites (BIS)
(Déjà Review) The set should be highly rewarding to those who place top priority on gorgeous music [DS]
Etsuko Hirose: The Complete Denon Recordings (Danacord)
These remarkable discs have been hard to track down so it is wonderful to have them collected together and to hear Etsuko Hirose’s dazzling pianism [RCh]
Jelly d’Arányi (violin): Columbia recordings (Biddulph)
The cultured elegance of violinist Jelly d’Arányi in recordings from the 1920s and 30s [JW]
JS Bach: English Suites (Brilliant Classics)
Rübsam brings a fresh and intoxicating musicality to these captivating scores [SG]
Bach: The Art of the Fugue (Aparté)
An interesting take on this contrapuntal masterpiece – but the sound engineering is peculiar [RMo]
JS Bach: The Art of Fugue (Linn)
Bach’s last work goes well on a viol consort [SB]
Two Violas • Regeneration (Meridian)
Another well-constructed and well-played recital in Mallinson and Weisner’s series [WK]
Bach: Cello Suites (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A very musical and enjoyable rendition [ZT]
Bach: The Six Cello Suites (Reference Recordings)
A fine account on period cellos in excellent sound, beautifully played if without quite the character of David Watkin’s version [RMo]
JS Bach: Organ Works (Danacord)
I cannot imagine anyone who loves the organ being disappointed by this top-quality release [MC]
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (BIS)
A recreation of the 1868 Bremen Cathedral premiere of Brahms’ German Requiem with massed choirs and players [PH]
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