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Title: Mature, refreshing.
Review: Lara St. John has very well-nigh perfect technique, and despite other renditions (and there must be a hundred other performances) her's has one of the most fiery, refreshing I have heard recently. (Menuhin, Vegh, Menuhin II, Grumiaux, Szigeti, Milstein ...) She has technique to burn, and it shows. Some may not like the over-virtuoistic manner of these performances but they do show a great love for the music, and a great sensitivity to the music. On the whole the CD is not well-filled (50++ min) but that's no problem. My opinion? 1) Ignore the cover 2) Buy the CD 3) Play and be impressed :) 4) Start writing to Well-Tempered Productions and hope they start producing more of her Bach. Haven't heard her "Gypsy" album yet...
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