Bach: The 6 Suites for Cello Solo — Comparison Summary

Media review — Bach: The 6 Suites for Cello Solo, BWV 1007 – 1012 — Comparison Summary, Artist and Media Information. 24 artists / 26 complete recordings, from historic to HIP: Casals (1936–1939), Fournier (1961), Bylsma (1979), Rostropovich (1991), Bylsma (1992), ter Linden (1996), Paternoster (1998), Wispelwey (1998), Pandolfo (2000, viola da gamba), Isserlis (2005), Queyras (2007), Gaillard (2010), Wispelwey (2012), Enders (2012/2013), Watkin (2013), Demenga (2014), Dumas (2016), Kashkashian (2017, viola), Malov (2018, violoncello da spalla), Bertrand (2019), Teichmanis (2019), Kloeckner (2020), Rignol (2020), Skalka (2020), Philippe (2021), de Naverán (2021)
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Bach: The Sonatas for Harpsichord and Viola da gamba, BWV 1027 – 1029

Media Review — J.S. Bach: The Sonatas for Viola da gamba, BWV 1027 – 1029: Jordi Savall / Ton Koopman (1977), Anner Bylsma / Bob van Asperen (1990); Lucile Boulanger / Arnaud De Pasquale (2011); includes “collateral” reviews of works included with the aforementioned CDs, such as J.C.F. Bach’s Sonata in A major, J.S. Bach’s violin sonata BWV 1023, and the Toccata No.2 in C minor, BWV 911
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Bach: “Sei Solo”, Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo — Comparison Summary

Media review — Bach: The Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo (Sei Solo) BWV 1001-1006 — Comparison Summary, Artist and Media Information. 26 artists / 28 recordings, from historic to HIP: Kreisler (1926), Menuhin (1936), Szigeti (1956), Grumiaux (1961), Szeryng (1967), Kremer (1980), Zehetmair (1982), Schröder (1985), Paternoster (1995, cello), Huggett (1997), Podger (1999), Kremer (2002), Tetzlaff (2005), Mullova (2008), Baráti (2009), Faust (2009), Ibragimova (2009), Khachatryan (2009), Beyer (2011), Pietsch (2011), Busch (2012), Faust (2012), Bohren (2017), Carmignola (2018), Pochekin (2018), Aldemir (2019, viola), Cotik (2019), Hadelich (2020)
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Herreweghe: Bach, Mass in B minor — KKL Lucerne, 2019-06-17

Blog post #501 — Concert review, ★★★★, Philippe Herreweghe / Collegium Vocale Gent, Dorothee Mields, Hana Blažiková, Alex Potter, Thomas Hobbs, Krešimir Stražanac @ KKL, Lucerne, 2019-06-17 — J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
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Vibrato, or Not To Vibrate? A Reflection

Vibrato, or Not To Vibrate? Personal reflections about the use (or rather: the non-use) of vibrato, primarily from a listener’s perspective, in the context of “historically informed” performances. The listener’s (and performer’s) potential difficulties and advantages with either option. Also: touching on related issues, such as portamento, glissando