Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin (Nathan Milstein)

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Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

CD1:

• (01-04) Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
• (05-12) Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002
• (13-16) Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003

CD2:

• (01-05) Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
• (06-09) Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005
• (10-16) Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006

Nathan Milstein, violin
Date: 1973
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/4577012

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Review

Nathan Milstein plays these magnificent pieces with patrician elegance, easily overcoming their all-but-insurmountable difficulties. His burnished tone has a warmth like that of mahogany, and his fine fingerwork and flawless bowing make for an assured connection of ideas. In the Chaconne to the D minor Partita – which can make even a very good violinist sound woefully overmatched and inept – he zeroes in with the sort of concentration one thought was reserved for chess champions. Here, as elsewhere in the cycle, Milstein projects not only the music’s emotive force, but Bach’s grand architecture as well. And thanks to the “Originals” remastering, his sound is more burnished than ever.

-- Ted Libbey, author of The NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection

More reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Sonatas-Partitas-Solo-Violin/dp/B000001H00

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Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. Bach enriched established German styles through his mastery of counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and his adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from Italy and France. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations, and vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach

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Nathan Milstein (January 13, 1904 [O.S. December 31, 1903] – December 21, 1992) was a Russian Empire-born American virtuoso violinist. Widely considered one of the finest violinists of the 20th century, Milstein was known for his interpretations of Bach's solo violin works and for works from the Romantic period. He was also known for his long career: he performed at a high level into his mid 80s, retiring only after suffering a broken hand. A transcriber and composer, Milstein arranged many works for violin and wrote his own cadenzas for many concertos. He owned and played the 1716 "Goldman" Stradivarius.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Milstein

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