Bach, J S - Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043
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JS Bach: Violin Concertos
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin), Bernhard Forck, (violin), Xenia Loeffler (oboe)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Faust's tone is both lean and exquisitely sweet, combined with consistent stylistic elegance which reaches the heights of eloquence in the slow movement of the E major Concerto. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th March 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2019, Concerto Choice
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Building a Library, November 2019, Also Recommended
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Special offer. J.S. Bach & Pärt: Works for Violin & Chamber Orchestra
Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Christoph Koncz (violin), Peter von Wienhardt (piano)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Steinbacher weaves in and out of Bach’s contrapuntal textures, occasionally reducing her tone to a radiant pianissimo to allow the orchestral lines through...[In Fratres] she demonstrates the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Concerto Choice
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Special offer. Bach - Vivaldi: Double Concertos for Violin & Cello Piccolo
Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Mario Brunello (cello)
The soloists are not only superb virtuosos but they converse with the rapport of chamber musicians, and are keenly aware of period style…They parry with daring abandon Vivaldi’s barrage of challenges…while... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, Concerto Choice
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JS Bach: Double & Triple Concertos
RecommendedRachel Podger (violin/director), Bojan Čičić (violin II), Katy Bircher (flute), Alexandra Bellamy (oboe), Johannes Pramsohler, Anna Nowak-Pokrzywinska (violins II & III)
Brecon Baroque
the music emerges with integrated, unaffected and airy naturalness...And in BWV1064R, the three-violin version here often outshines the surviving three-harpsichord version. Podger's Bach has... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2016, Also Recommended
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Building A Library, February 2022, Recommended Recording
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JS Bach: Violin Concertos
RecommendedShunske Sato (violin), Zefira Valova (second violin)
Il Pomo d'oro
All the speeds here just feel right: unhurried, but equally brimming with energy and flow. What really makes this recording one to treasure, though, is the degree of uncontrived personality... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2019, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 5th January 2019, Disc of the Week
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Building A Library, February 2022, Also Recommended
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Bach, J S: Violin Concertos
RecommendedArthur Grumiaux (violin), Herman Krebbers (violins), Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Les Solistes Romands, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Arpad Gerecz, Edo de Waart
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Building a Library, October 2012, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. David Oistrakh plays Bach, Brahms & Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos
RecommendedDavid Oistrakh (violin), with Igor Oistrakh (violin)
Wiener Symphoniker, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden
Eugene Goossens, Franz Konwitschny
Few violinists could perform with such overwhelmingly beautiful sound, power and absolute technical security. — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Isaac Stern: 60th Anniversary Celebration
RecommendedIsaac Stern (violin), Itzhak Perlman (violin), Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Pinchas Zukerman (viola)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
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Grammy Awards, 24th Awards (1981), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 24th Awards (1981), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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JS Bach: Violin Concertos, BWV 1041-1043 & Oboe Concerto, BWV 1060R
RecommendedFredrik From (violin), Peter Spissky (violin), Bjarte Eike (violin), Antoine Torunczyk (oboe), Manfredo Kraemer (violin)
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Fredrik From plays with tremendous expression through dynamics and a cleanly detailed sense of line within authentic – largely vibrato-less playing. These performances bring out Vivaldi/Corelli... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2016, First Choice
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Building a Library, November 2023, Also recommended - BWV1041
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