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‘One player, one instrument, one composer: Bach’s unaccompanied violin music has always been the greatest for any player, young or old. Alina Ibragimova, only 23, is already its equal’ (The Guardian)
‘Alina Ibragimova began to play unaccompanied Bach on the violin, and the hush became silence. This was spontaneous, the first sense that something new could happen’ (The Independent)
The dazzling young virtuoso Alina Ibragimova has enthralled audiences for years with her live Bach performances. Critics have acclaimed her faultless intonation, achingly beautiful tone, superlative technique and a musical wisdom far beyond her years. Now, in this important new recording of Bach’s complete sonatas and partitas for solo violin, Ibragimova brings all these qualities and more to create an interpretation that is both excitingly original and profoundly humble. This is music of unfathomable subtlety, astounding virtuosity and great expressive and architectural beauty.
Bach: Sonata #1 In G Minor For Solo Violin, BWV 1001 - 1. Adagio
Bach: Sonata #1 In G Minor For Solo Violin, BWV 1001 - 2. Fuga
Bach: Sonata #1 In G Minor For Solo Violin, BWV 1001 - 3. Siciliana
Bach: Sonata #1 In G Minor For Solo Violin, BWV 1001 - 4. Presto
Bach: Violin Partita #1 In B Minor, BWV 1002 - Allemanda
Bach: Violin Partita #1 In B Minor, BWV 1002 - Double 1
Bach: Violin Partita #1 In B Minor, BWV 1002 - Corrente
Bach: Violin Partita #1 In B Minor, BWV 1002 - Double 2
Bach: Violin Partita #1 In B Minor, BWV 1002 - Sarabande
Bach: Violin Partita #1 In B Minor, BWV 1002 - Double 3
Bach: Violin Partita #1 In B Minor, BWV 1002 - Bourrée
Bach: Violin Partita #1 In B Minor, BWV 1002 - Double 4
Bach: Sonata #2 In A Minor For Solo Violin, BWV 1003 - 1. Grave
Bach: Sonata #2 In A Minor For Solo Violin, BWV 1003 - 2. Fuga
Bach: Sonata #2 In A Minor For Solo Violin, BWV 1003 - 3. Andante
Bach: Sonata #2 In A Minor For Solo Violin, BWV 1003 - 4. Allegro
Bach: Violin Partita #2 In D Minor, BWV 1004 - Allemanda
Bach: Violin Partita #2 In D Minor, BWV 1004 - Corrente
Bach: Violin Partita #2 In D Minor, BWV 1004 - Sarabanda
Bach: Violin Partita #2 In D Minor, BWV 1004 - Giga
Bach: Violin Partita #2 In D Minor, BWV 1004 - Ciaccona
Bach: Sonata #3 In C For Solo Violin, BWV 1005 - 1. Adagio
Bach: Sonata #3 In C For Solo Violin, BWV 1005 - 2. Fuga
Bach: Sonata #3 In C For Solo Violin, BWV 1005 - 3. Largo
Bach: Sonata #3 In C For Solo Violin, BWV 1005 - 4. Allegro Assai
Bach: Violin Partita #3 In E, BWV 1006 - Preludio
Bach: Violin Partita #3 In E, BWV 1006 - Loure
Bach: Violin Partita #3 In E, BWV 1006 - Gavotte En Rondo
Bach: Violin Partita #3 In E, BWV 1006 - Menuets 1 & 2
Bach: Violin Partita #3 In E, BWV 1006 - Bourrée
Bach: Violin Partita #3 In E, BWV 1006 - Gigue
November 2009
*****
“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. In the Partitas she's supremely alert to the idiomatic nuances of each dance, while in the Sonatas the fugues are always contrapuntally clear and purposeful in their forward momentum.”
November 2009
“Ibragimova's playing is uncommonly neat, with precise fingerwork and relaxed management of the bow; the virtuoso finale of the Third Sonata sparkles effortlessly while remaining for the most part at a piano dynamic. She plays unequal quavers in the Third Partita's Minuet as naturally as if she'd grown up in the 18th century. And finally, all her stylishness and technical refinement is at the service of an ingrained understanding of the music; she makes us feel where the points of harmonic tension and emphasis are, and she's able to do it without distorting the surface...”
2nd October 2009
*****
“This is an absolutely compelling set of performances, the kind that have you on the edge of your seat wondering at the freshness of it all and what she might do next. Every phrase in these familiar works seems newly minted, every bar totally alive...its sheer energy and self-belief are genuinely thrilling.”
2011 edition
“her mastery is very striking indeed. Hers are traditional readings and they pay no homage to the authentic-instrument lobby. She brings a refined, quiet sensitivity to the slow sarabandes of the First and Second Partitas...There is elegance and character in every single piece.”
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Bach: Sonata #1 In G Minor For Solo Violin, BWV 1001 - 1. Adagio
