Bach JS
Karl Richter (conductor): The Complete Teldec & Ducretet-Thomson Recordings (Warner)
Exquisite musicianship: Baroque and Classical repertoire by a radical reformer [DF]
Arnold Rosé (violin): Concerto and Solo Recordings (Biddulph)
The brio and panache, and occasional limitations, of a great violinist (and Mahler’s brother-in-law) [JW]
Bach: Cello Suites played on guitar (IBS Classical)
Interesting, but there are significantly better recordings available [ZT]
JS Bach: Partitas (Le Palais des Dégustateurs)
Good, clear Bach playing delivered with the benefit of deep scholarship, but sometimes lacking warmth and expansiveness [SGa]
Shura Cherkassky (piano) Rediscovered Recordings Vol. 3 (Nimbus)
Cherkassky in fine form in rediscovered recordings, including valuable additions to his discography [RCh]
Bach: Cantatas Vol. 54 (JS Bach-Stiftung)
How can I have missed the first 53 volumes of this series? [DJB]
J S Bach: St Matthew Passion (Avie)
A few things make this performance a good choice but the deficiencies in the power of two of its soloists might bother some [SGa]
Bach: Water Through Ice (Diversions)
Crudely played and recorded, this simply cannot be recommended [RMo]
JS Bach: The Cello Suites · Guitar Transcriptions (IBS Classical)
A thoroughly convincing, beautifully played, and sensitively transcribed version of these masterworks [RMo]
Bach: Keyboard Works (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) A truly valuable and life enhancing collection [DC]
Bach: Keyboard Concertos (Decca)
(Déjà Review) Life-enhancing fun, and breathtakingly and movingly beautiful [DC]
Rosa Franziska Maier (guitar) Scenes of Reverie (Genuin)
A seductive programme skilfully executed [ZT]
JS Bach: The Bach Project: Violin Concertos (Paschen Records)
A delightful hour spent in the company of JSB [DJB]
Frederick Stock (conductor): Chicago Symphony Volume 6 (Pristine Audio)
The final volume in this series reprises Frederick Stock’s strengths as a recording artist [JW]
Stokowski: Transcriptions (Warner Classics)
Wonderfully rich, inventive and atmospheric transcriptions by the greatest showman in classical music [RMo]
Bach: Johannes-Passion (Harmonia Mundi)
A provocative but always thoughtful interpretation and performance [JQ]
Bach: Organ Landscapes X (Berlin Classics)
Bach’s legacy: From Romanticism to clarity [JF]
Leopold Stokowski (conductor) Chicago Debut Concerts (Pristine Audio)
A little slice of Stokowskian debut history in these two discs [JW]
Bach: St John Passion (Soli Deo Gloria)
(Déjà Review) A splendid new account, which all devotees of Bach’s vocal music should try to hear [JQ]
Bach: Johannes-Passion (Alia Vox)
Reflective and intimate [DF]
The Art of David Munrow: Complete Warner Edition (Warner Classics)
Protean and prolific [JW]
Bach: Goldberg Variations (Genuin)
A strange reading, alternately irritating and delightful, marred by occasional self-conscious idiosyncrasies [RMo]
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Perfect Prima Donna (Warner Classics)
A very special collection of lieder, opera and operetta from one of the great post-war sopranos [DBe]
If Music: Jakub Józef Orliński (Erato)
A recital that sets up tensions, fruitful and otherwise, between voice and piano [JW]
