Bach: The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo [Hybrid SACD]

Lara St. John - Bach: The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo [Hybrid SACD]

Bach: The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo [Hybrid SACD]
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Artist: Lara St. John
Composer: Bach
Edition: Music CD
Format: Hybrid SACD
CD Release Date: 2007-10-09
Music Label: Ancalagon
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Adagio
  2. Fuga
  3. Siciliana
  4. Presto
  5. Allemanda/Double
  6. Corrente/Double
  7. Sarabande/Double
  8. Tempo Di Borea/Double
  9. Grave
  10. Fuga
  11. Andante
  12. Allegro
Music CD 2
  1. Allemanda
  2. Corrente
  3. Sarabanda
  4. Giga
  5. Ciaccona
  6. Adagio
  7. Fuga
  8. Largo
  9. Allegro Assai
  10. Preludio
  11. Loure
  12. Gavotte En Rondeau
  13. Menuet I & II
  14. Bouree
  15. Giga

Free Music Notes for Bach: The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo [Hybrid SACD]

Free Music Review: Masterful Performance of Amazing Music
Hit: 5 Stars

This is a technically brilliant and artistically moving performance of Bach's classic works for the solo violin. Listen to the sample of track 10 on Disc 2 or Track 12 on Disc 1 and you'll get a sense for what I mean.

I am not in position to compare Ms. St. John's interpretation of this oft recorded work with others on the market. However, I can say that she plays with a superior freshness, energy, and flair. Her love for these pieces shines through. I've had this recording for over six months and it remains one of my favorites.

As for the music itself, I was surprised at its depth and variation of tempos, harmonies, dynamics, and textures. Although written for a solo instrument, these partitas and sonatas are far beyond mere technical exercises or the predictable baroque machine gun of sixteenth notes in four or eight bar phrases. This music has fits and starts, bursts of energy and periods of contemplation, and chords and harmonies that range from pristine to anguished. In short, this is *great* music. If these pieces or this style is new to you, it might take a few listens, but rest assured you WILL become absorbed and fascinated by this beautiful music.

Hope this helps. Enjoy!

Bach: The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo [Hybrid SACD] Poster

"A high-powered soloist" -- New York Times

"Something of a phenomenon" -- Strad

"It is difficult to argue with such a technically dazzling and unfailingly musical interpretation." -- Gramophone

"A close-to-symphonic tone, a personal way with a phrase: Such artistry defeats all questions of historical correctness. If an interpretation that plumbs the depths and scales the heights of the famous Chaconne is not authentic, what is?" -- Montreal Gazette

"In her first three recordings she has show a rare mastery of violin technique, which makes her more than just a pretty face... This disc, which contains Bach's three violin concertos, and the first sonata for solo violin, shows that she plays these majestic pieces effortlessly." -- Music Web

Born in London, Ontario, Lara St. John was a child prodigy on the violin at the age of two, and went on her first European tour at the age of ten! At age thirteen she skipped from the eighth grade to a B.A. program at the Curtis Institute of Music. She plays a priceless 1779 Guadagnini violin. Her compelling personality and insightful performances have stimulated interest in classical music in a wide audience that seldom listened to it before. She scandalized some of the old school for appearing scantily clad on a couple of album covers, but she is completely authentic: a great violinist, whatever she is or is not wearing. As one critic wrote, she "has nothing to hide"--her musicality is first class. Lara St. John's brilliant musicianship, striking looks, and vivid personality have made her an authentic classical superstar. Recorded at Skywalker Sound in Super Audio and available in Hybrid.

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