Browse: Bach, J S - Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin, BWV1001-1006

Tetzlaff spans the gamut of technique and expression…Lines are lucidly shaped and cadenced, and the implied counterpoint is so articulately voiced as to create dialogues and conversations, flitting... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Kavakos’s stylistic sensitivities bring an element of decorative fantasy to the naked urtext, as would have occurred in the hands of any skilled player of the period. He uses vibrato very sparingly... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Zehetmair is among the most characterful of living violinists, a forceful personality whose ego is employed at the service of whatever music he happens to be playing…It's not exactly a comfortable... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2020 More…

Alina Ibragimova's… playing… forges a potent synthesis, uniting the steely, eyes-wide-open focus of Christian Tetzlaff (her one-time teacher) and the supple stylistic insights of a Rachel Podger.... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

It was Giuliano Carmignola’s agile use of Emilio Slaviero’s 2007 bow…that really grabbed my attention. By that I mean pressure, types of arpeggio and articulation, and most especially dynamics,... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2019 More…

In the fugues — in which the various “voices” are implied by chordal double-stopping — von der Goltz’s dazzling technique and astringent, never “Romantic” tone take the breath away. — Sunday Times, 14th October 2018 More…

he establishes himself as a mesmerising interpreter of the six solo violin sonatas and partitas...Playing a modern instrument with a 1830 bow, Papavrami uses vibrato sparingly as an expressive... — Sunday Times, 3rd October 2021 More…