BACH-SONATAS & PARTITAS NATHAN MILSTEIN 3 LP DGG NM/NM

	£		39
	$		52

BACH-SONATAS & PARTITAS FOR SOLO VIOLIN

SONATA 1 IN G MINOR,No.2 IN A MINOR AND No.3 IN C MAJOR

PARTITA No.1 IN B MINOR, No.2 IN D MINOR AND No.3 IN E MAJOR

 NATHAN MILSTEIN

3 LP DGG STEREO 2709 047 GERMAN PRESSING

SOME REVIEWS

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 overmatched and inept--he zeroes in with the sort of concentration one usually sees in chess champions. Here, as elsewhere in the cycle, Milstein projects not only the music's emotive force, but Bach's grand architecture as well.

Having heard these pieces a million times by various artists, I purchased the Milstein set. Upon receiving it, my wife suggested going straight to the center of the oreo cookie and listen to the chaconne from partita #2. After sitting quietly for 14 minutes in stunned silence listening to Milstein saw away at one of the most gorgeous sounding violins these ears have ever heard, we looked at each other and said absolutely nothing.

At that moment it was clear that we had witnessed something truly miraculous. Such absolute control over this colossal work has rarely been heard. Most violinists struggle to move heaven and earth while negotiating the considerable difficulties involved but Milstein plays as though he's got technique to burn, like a Ferrari doing 25mph in a school zone.

If you're going to have one recording of the Bach Sonatas and Partitas, this is it. Milstein was about 70 when he recorded these, and they are technically flawless. I defy you to find another recording with such perfect intonation through the double- and triple-stopping, and such flawless rhythm and bowing. They sound like a young violinist, a Joshua Bell, but Milstein was bringing a lifetime's experience and thinking about Bach and about these sonatas.

If you're not a violinist, you may not know how difficult these are to play, and yet Milstein is so far past the technical challenges and deep into the music. Compare this to the Perlman recordings, which have their moments but overall come off wooden and brittle by contrast.

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