Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV1002

"For speed, dead-on accuracy, heated intensity, and blemish-free tone control in all registers, Jascha Heifetz…. refuses to yield the throne after ruling for nearly half a century.” Classics Today

“Heifetz's Bach was always perhaps more about Jascha than Johann Sebastian. There's no denying the urgency and passion of his playing, but there's indulgence too, and over time the relentlessness is wearing.” BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008 ***

“The most important single book in violin literature” (John Holloway)

"Grumiaux comes closer than any other violinist I have heard to an ideal performance ... There is a kind of honesty to Bach's intentions here ... that I find deeply impressive and often very exciting." Gramophone

“mesmerising” Classic FM Magazine

‘Technically Perlman is beyond reproach. There is brilliance in the faster movements, delicacy in the galanteries, and grave expressiveness in the slower music. As the coupling of the names of Bach and Perlman is not one that readily springs to mind, this fine recording has come as a real surprise.’ (Gramophone)