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Old 05-12-2019, 04:52 AM
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J.S. Bach - Sonatas & Partitas BWV 1001-1003
Isabelle Faust, violin
Qobuz 24/96




Faust is a fantastic violinist.
Every great violin player has to record the BWV 1001-1006, at least once in his/her career, and that is what she does in a very enjoyable way here.
The scratchiness described in the review below is something that didn't bother me at all.

Following up on the 2010 release of Volume I of J.S. Bach's sonatas and partitas for solo violin, which covered BWV 1004-1006, Isabelle Faust presents BWV 1001-1003 on the second volume, her 2012 release on Harmonia Mundi. For the first installment, she garnered critical acclaim and popular praise for her unstinting scholarship and unparalleled virtuosity, and the same applies to the long-awaited completion of the project. As in her previous performances, Faust uses the manuscript as her source and is careful to get all details right, while finding the proper balance between Bach's expression and her own. Faust plays a Stradivarius violin from 1704, nicknamed "Sleeping Beauty," and her tone is pure and radiant, despite some unavoidable but minimal scratchiness on double-stops, and she has a slight vibrato that she uses sparingly, almost as embellishment, in keeping with Baroque practice. The sonatas and partitas are virtuoso works where everything is exposed and a violinist's abilities are put to the ultimate test, not only in managing technical difficulties, but also in imagining the sounds, ornaments, textures, timbres, and nuances that Bach implies in his writng. Faust is one of the few artists to withstand the toughest scrutiny, and her set is highly recommended for her extraordinary fidelity to the music and true artistry.
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J.S. Bach - Sonatas & Partitas BWV 1004-1006
Isabelle Faust, violin
Qobuz 24/96




As good as the other album, but I find it sad that you have to pay to hear the Ciaccona.
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Old 05-12-2019, 05:40 AM
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Gustav Mahler - Titan - Eine Tondichtung in Symphonieform (Hamburg/Weimar 1893-94 Version
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
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First listen.
This seems like a well played and recorded version of Mahler 1.
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Old 05-12-2019, 05:43 AM
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Bach: English Suites
Masaaki Suzuki, harpsichord
BIS (2019) via Qobuz

Here’s a lovely new recording from Suzuki. There is a natural, easy flow to his playing which is very nice, if at times it feels just a bit slow. The sound is very good.


Continuing this set with Suite 5 & 6.
The sound is exceptional.
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I knew almost all the songs on this album.
Much more commercial than her earlier offerings.
A little too sweet for me...

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Mozart - Piano Concertos 26 & 27
Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel
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When I read the booklet, I saw that the recording engineer of this album was Bert van der Wolf!
He was already good back then! ('91).
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Marin Marais - Pièces de Viole du Cinquième Livre
Wieland Kuijken - Kaori Uemura - Robert Kohnen
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The brother of our 'house musician' Sigiswald, is an equally great name in classical music.
On these recordings, he shows the reason why.
Very fine, subtle playing by all three musicians.

Listening again.
Soothing music...
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Another excellent release from this label.

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While this new recording of the revised version of the Concerto is very transparent and well played, I prefer the darker, angstier original version on the Caprice label, especially the LP.
(24/96 FLAC--It's not available to US Qobuz customers )

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Maurice Ravel
Bolero, La Valse
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlo Rizzi Conducting
Cut Backwards to allow more room for bigger passages (Cue from the inside of the grooves) sure seems to work! All Tubes from microphones to mixer to lathe. Super nice piece of vinyl.
Tacet Records L207 (German Pressing)
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