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On hearing the first notes of Chalifour playing the solo Bach partita that night, the goose bumps came, as Gehry has recalled, then the tears.
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Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2022
Bach’s second violin partita closes with a massive ciaccona — a set of variations on a chord progression — singular among Bach’s works.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2022
Enjoy Argentine lutist Evangelina Mascardi's incredible (and incredibly dextrous) performance of Bach's lute partita in C minor.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 19 Aug. 2021
His jubilant take on the Capriccio of the second partita captures the maniacal quality in much of Bach’s most virtuosic writing.
—Barbara Jepson, WSJ, 7 June 2021
An example is the concluding Giga of the popular first partita.
—Barbara Jepson, WSJ, 7 June 2021
In the opening Toccata of the sixth partita, his tempo is slower than most, but the momentum never sags, and his playing is expressive.
—Barbara Jepson, WSJ, 7 June 2021
Folksy melodies exchanged between the violin and piano in the second movement recall Bartok, while the violin’s contrapuntal lines in the opening of the third movement were reminiscent of a Bach partita.
—Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 20 Oct. 2020
One thing that really confused me about listening to modern players approach the solo partita was that often it was played so freely and with so much rubato.
—New York Times, 13 Oct. 2020
Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2022
Bach’s second violin partita closes with a massive ciaccona — a set of variations on a chord progression — singular among Bach’s works.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2022
Enjoy Argentine lutist Evangelina Mascardi's incredible (and incredibly dextrous) performance of Bach's lute partita in C minor.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 19 Aug. 2021
His jubilant take on the Capriccio of the second partita captures the maniacal quality in much of Bach’s most virtuosic writing.
—Barbara Jepson, WSJ, 7 June 2021
An example is the concluding Giga of the popular first partita.
—Barbara Jepson, WSJ, 7 June 2021
In the opening Toccata of the sixth partita, his tempo is slower than most, but the momentum never sags, and his playing is expressive.
—Barbara Jepson, WSJ, 7 June 2021
Folksy melodies exchanged between the violin and piano in the second movement recall Bartok, while the violin’s contrapuntal lines in the opening of the third movement were reminiscent of a Bach partita.
—Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 20 Oct. 2020
One thing that really confused me about listening to modern players approach the solo partita was that often it was played so freely and with so much rubato.
—New York Times, 13 Oct. 2020
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