Browse: Bach, J S - Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004

If not the last word, Zimmermann’s interpretations are the most impressive I have heard in recent years. The tone is magnificently focused, occasionally throaty but without excessive vibrato.... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

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…

There is a surprisingly striking contrast between its crystalline voicing, clear articulation and warm tone that makes the listener feel that it is concerned with the plain and simple beauty... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2016 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…

Faust's account of the music is gently voiced and eloquently inflected. Her lightly articulated bowing, which eschews anything in the nature of aggressive declamation, is a constant pleasure...a... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2010, 4 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…