Orchestral, Bach, J S (composer)
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The BBC Philharmonic under principal conductor Gianandrea Noseda plays it all with a straight face and makes a real success of things… —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2003, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, April 2026, Top Choice (La Boutique Fantasque)
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…Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Symphony Orchestra relish the considerable technical challenges posed by these transcriptions… those who enjoy their Bach as a full meat-and-two-veg course will... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2004, Editor's Choice
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JS Bach: Violin Concertos
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin), Bernhard Forck, (violin), Xenia Loeffler (oboe)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Faust's tone is both lean and exquisitely sweet, combined with consistent stylistic elegance which reaches the heights of eloquence in the slow movement of the E major Concerto. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th March 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2019, Concerto Choice
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Building a Library, November 2019, Also Recommended
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051
RecommendedEuropean Brandenburg Ensemble, Trevor Pinnock (director)
Like Pinnock's earlier set with the English Concert, the newcomer… displays Pinnock's seemingly unassailable ability to choose an effective, just tempo for each movement, and his infectious... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2008, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Building a Library, December 2017, Also Recommended
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The Sound of the Trumpet
RecommendedPeter Hurford (organ), Alan Stringer (trumpet), Gwynne Howell (bass), John Wilbraham (trumpet), Philip Jones (trumpet), Leslie Pearson (organ), The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Festival Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Elgar...
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Bach From Italy
The Vivaldi & Marcello Influences
Amandine Beyer (violin), Gli Incogniti (early music ensemble)
The instrumentalists of Gli Incogniti are ever alert to the music's expressive nuances, and the discerningly balanced homogeneity of sound is a constant delight...upwards of two hours of enjoyment... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2026, Concerto Choice
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it's a superlative performance [of Alborada del gracioso] by any standards, including repeated notes that turn me green with envy. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd September 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012, Editor's Choice
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Alessandrini has opened a window on to Bach's music and let a refreshing current of air run through it —
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Gramophone Awards, 2006, Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2005, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2005, Editor's Choice
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There are few more persuasive Bachians than Butt, who always reconsiders everything afresh. Adroitly he judges the tense grandeur of BWV 1069’s opening, and is in his exuberant element as the... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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It is indeed a glorious compilation, benefiting hugely from Tsoy's magic keyboard touch : the tenth Chorale Prelude, Herzlich tut mich verlangen, opens in a luxuriously warm glow. And the album’s... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2025, Instrumental Choice
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