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Title: The artist is a Bach player "to the manner born"
Review: If ever there was a musician born to play the Bach unaccompanied suites for violin solo, this album proves that Lara St John is that artist. Every note in every phrase carries an absolute sense of direction and purpose with the conviction that the composer's message is sublime and ineffable. The gorgeous tone and effortless technique is just so much icing on the cake in light of the passionate and heartfelt depth of these interpretations. The artist is still quite young and her characterizations of certain passages are slightly weak; but this caveat in no way detracts from the amazing achievement and accomplishment of this wonderful virtuosa. One can only hope and dream that Ms. St John will continue to record more Bach.
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