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	Johann Sebastian Bach Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin Genre: Classical Australian Exclusive Release - An impressive CD of solo violin works by J.S. Bach and performed by Australian violinist Richard Tognetti. Bach's solo violin works are musically rich and complex, and Tognetti, Artistic Dire... more » « less
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All Artists: Johann Sebastian Bach
Title: Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: ABC Classics
Release Date: 11/21/2005
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Instruments, Strings
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 028947680512

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Australian Exclusive Release - An impressive CD of solo violin works by J.S. Bach and performed by Australian violinist Richard Tognetti. Bach's solo violin works are musically rich and complex, and Tognetti, Artistic Director and Leader of the Australian Chamber Orchestra brings to the recording style and panache indicative of status of one of Australia's great musicians.

CD Reviews

Sheer Ear Candy - but at a price.

Robin Ray | Seattle, WA USA | 10/19/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a pretty expensive set compared to, say, the so-called 'definitive' version by Arthur Grumiaux from 1961. Naturally, this modern digital recording will be sterilely clean and free from tape hiss and rumble. (It took me a while, but I made my Grumiaux set more listenable by remastering it. For the more technical of you, I rolled off 19db at the center frequency of 150hz with a .6 oct width. I also reduced the hiss using Waves Z-Noise). Free from tape noise, you can now here Grumiaux's performance as it was meant to be heard - string squeaks, breath noises and all. The two readings are different, though. Where Grumiaux more or less attacks his violin in a robust dramatic way Tognetti opts at times for a lyrical approach, scooping into the notes, applying more vibrato and legato here and there as he sees fit. So, yes, the Tognetti is recommended but the price will keep the lovers of Grumiaux, Henryk Szeryng, Nathan Milstein, Jascha Heifetz, Julia Fischer, Gidon Kremer, et al at bay, especially since their recordings are far less expensive than Tognetti's."