Bach's concertos - they're essential listening. The Brandenburg Concertos, the keyboard concertos… they're all great, but what is it about the Violin Concerto in A minor that keeps people coming back ...

In one of Bach's better known cantatas, No. 140, Wachet auf — "Wake up!" — Hahn introduces a duet with soprano Christine Schafer as the eager bride and baritone Matthias Goerne as Jesus, the soul's ...

Janine Jansen and friends share their passion for Bach's chamber music. Album of the Weekend, 2-3 November 2013. For her 'Bach Project', Janine Jansen is touring Europe joined by twelve of her closest ...

There is something touchingly old-fashioned about this attractive collection of Bach arias that feature the violin, and it has clearly been a labour of love for young violinist Hilary Hahn to draw ...

One of the pleasures of the summer was the late nights spent at the BBC Proms in the company of Alina Ibragimova playing Bach. On this disc she plays not solo Bach (she has already recorded much of ...

Concerto for Violin and Strings Isabelle Faust, Violin Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Cantata No. 174, 'Ich liebe den Höchsten von gan Isabelle Faust, Violin Johann ...

Why is Bach's violin music so beautiful? Superstar violinist Ray Chen has spent time in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic recording a new album of Bach's music. He talks about the Bach that ...

Janine Jansen’ s Bach concertos collection, for which the Dutch violist is joined by friends and family (father Jan on harpsichord and brother Maarten on cello), is more idiosyncratic than you might ...

The Australian Chamber Orchestra and Richard Tognetti present an unmissable album of Bach concertos. Bach is food for the soul, and this collection of four concertos explores the warmth, intimacy and ...

Bach frequently recycled his own music, and Ottavio Dantone believes the arrangements are so satisfactory because his works "are so structurally and conceptually perfect that they transcend the ...