Bach, J S - Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041
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Alina Ibragimova makes a strikingly distinctive contribution, albeit subtle and restrained…she introduces minute expressive emphases and nuances into her solo line, sustaining the hypnotic motoric... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd October 2015
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2015, Disc of the month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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Building a Library, November 2023, Also recommended - BWV1041
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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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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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New. J. S. Bach: The Complete Violin Concertos
James Ehnes (violin), Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra, Joanna G'froerer, Luc Beauséjour, Charles Hamann, Yosuke Kawasaki (violin), Jessica Linnebach
Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra
Ehnes’s playing throughout mixes precision with expressive engagement. — More…
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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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This crack squad of first-rate period-instrument musicians gives lithe, polished and devoted performances that make a convincing case for a one-to-a-part "orchestra". Indeed, so full-bodied... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th October 2010
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Building a Library, November 2019, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, March 2020, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, November 2023, Recommended Recording - BWV 1041
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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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Coming soon. Bach, Telemann & Albinoni: Concerti
Ensemble Masques, Olivier Fortin, Sophie Gent, Kathleen Kajioka
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J S Bach: Violin Concertos
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Serge Zimmermann (violin)
Berliner Barock Solisten
Drawn from the Berlin Philharmonic, the Baroque Soloists yield a cut-glass sound on modernised period instruments. As one might expect, these are honed, pristine accounts with scrupulous attention... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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