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Title: A Genuinely Lovely Recording
Review: I have listened to almost every recording of Bach's violin sonatas and partitas -- and ALL of the recordings on period instruments. Ms. Matthew's recording still holds the "gold standard" for me. Her playing is heartfelt, well-informed, tender, genuine, and tonally luscious. The live acoustic (recorded in a small church in rural Iowa) and light hand in editing make this recording feel like a live performance, with all of the spontaneity and musical abandon you don't usually hear in a commercial recording. I highly recommend this CD collection for anyone who wants to hear great Bach on a period instrument, or any instrument for that matter.
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