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Paul Giger (violin, violino d’amore) & Marie-Louise Dähler (harpsichord) For his sixth ECM album, violinist Paul Giger – equally at home as a composer or improviser – includes classical compositions for the first time: music by J S Bach is interspersed between the free playing and original pieces by Giger and fellow Swiss, harpsichordist Marie-Louise Dähler. This modern listening adventure, meditative, playful and thought-provoking, should appeal to fans of Baroque music and jazz listeners alike. · Recorded in the naturally rich acoustic of the St Gerold monastery that suits the music particularly well | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Bach - Violin Sonatas
Viktoria Mullova (violin), Ottavio Dantone (harpsichord, organ), Vittorio Ghielmi (viola da gamba) & Luca Pianca (lute) “Mullova and Dantone are stylish and well-matched in these remarkable sonatas” BBC Music Magazine, Proms Issue 2007 “To hear Mullova play Bach is, simply, one of the greatest things you can experience” The Guardian “Mullova's warm tone and lightly articulated playing - the Allegro of the A major Sonata affords a particularly rewarding instance - are substantial rewards in themselves, but over and above these she and her keyboard partner prove a stylish and sympathetically matched duo.” BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2007 *****  BBC Music Magazine
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| |  | Bach - 8 Violin Sonatas
Elizabeth Blumenstock (baroque violin); John Butt (harpsichord); Elisabeth le Guin (baroque cello); Steven Lehning (gamba) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Pablo Valetti (violin), Céline Frisch (harpsichord) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Bach - Complete Violin Sonatas
Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord), Philippe Mermoud (cello) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Bach - Violin & Continuo Sonatas
Andrew Manze (violin), Richard Egarr (harpsichord), Jaap ter Linden (gamba & cello) "As a trio the dynamic and expressive range of Andrew Manze, Richard Egarr, and Jaap ter Linden is unparalleled." Classic CD | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | JS Bach - Sonatas for Violin and harpsichord
Igor Oistrakh (violin), Natalia Zetsalova (harpsichord) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord
Rachel Podger (violin), Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba) and Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) The two make a fine match. Both are uncomplicated, utterly instinctive musicians with a sure technical command and sound stylistic sense, and in works as robust and complete as these, that is most of the battle already won. (…) (…) music of a great poetry (…) (…) Podger and Pinnock bring this out superbly (…) (…) this natural beauty – two disc for the price of one – is, quite simply, the best yet. Gramophone | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Susanne Lautenbacher (violin) & Martin Galling (harpsichord) | 
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Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) & Enrico Pace (piano) Frank Peter Zimmermann is one of the world's top violinists, and the recipient of many awards. He plays a Stradivarius. Accompanied by Enrico Pace, his pianist since 1998, he plays Bach’s Violin Sonatas, recorded in one of Germany's most beautiful Baroque halls. Bonus docuentary: Bach and me - with personal insights, including an interview, a rehearsal with Zimmermann’s son Serge, excerpts from a concert with his newly founded string trio in Paris and a Sibelius concert in Copenhagen. "Playing Bach's violin and obbligato keyboard sonatas with piano instead of harpsichord is almost unheard of these days, so by definition this release enters a specialised category. For sheer craft and artistry, however, it goes straight into the top rank… the pure musical intelligence of Frank Peter Zimmermann and Enrico Pace that enables these performances to transcend such local concerns… For movingly expressive performances of these great works without anachronistic Romanticisms, these will not be bettered." Gramophone February 2009 “Enrico Pace and Frank Peter Zimmermann play with a light touch, absorbing the spirit and texture of Bach's intended instruments without in any way aping them, while fast movements generate exhilarating verve. We and the audience seem like privileged eaves-droppers on intimate music-making, listening in an elegant library to performers in a world of their own. Zimmermann's hour-long documentary intersperses heart-on-sleeve comments... with movements of the sonatas, and Paganini's dazzling variations on 'God save the King'.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2009 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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