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Frankly speaking, album is far from being a great performance. Maybe she is very young, maybe she is very successful, it's ok. But if you look for German spirit, if you look for depth, I do not recommend. This is automatic, standart Bach, school Bach. |
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This is one of the great versions of Bach's, Sonatas and Partitas. I look forward to the time when Hilary Hahn records all six of them. |
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Let me start by saying that this is the first Hilary Hahn recording I've listened to, although I've been deeply immersed in classical music for the past 5 years or so.
I should also mention that I'm extremely biased towards Arthur Grumiaux's renowned recordings of these pieces, so much so that I won't even listen to Milstein's (and have yet to venture into Podger's.) So I wasn't expecting much when listening to this for the first time yesterday. Boy was I shocked! I mean, how old was she when she recorded this? I won't say that she surpasses Grumiaux...I feel that her playing is slightly less aggressive or dynamic than his, but that's not meant as a knock because I find her playing to be beautiful and probing. This is a perfect example of artistic interpretation; when you love a piece of music listen to several artists playing it. Each will have their own "take." This CD is awesome and will become a much listened to part of my collection. |
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Simply Beautiful Violin Playing! The Very Best! - |
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This was of course my first recording of Bach for solo violin as well as my first recording of Hilary Hahn that I purchased now some years ago. The recording is in a word, breathtaking, and keep in mind, she was only 17 at the time. I can think of no other violinist who was this mature at this age, certainly not in the modern reocrding age. Her intonation is as perfect as it has always been, even if some may disagree with her choice of tempi. There is certainly room for more than one viewpoint and it seems unfair to compare this recording to others, certainly not when we are talking about the recording of one instrument by one artist. But her playing never feels lonesome, small or isolated in any way. The recorded sound is flawless. There is no interpreting here, just beautifully played notes, that is, just music. It is Bach that is played not as it is simply written, but as it is felt, or perhaps as much as is humanly possible. Most importantly, there is a sensitivity and a sense of engagement that is present in this music and in this playing that speaks volumes of this violinists love of the music she is playing, that outweighs any comparison to other recordings or violinists. (She still does and often has, warmed up regularly with these pieces in practice.) There is a joy in this recording that is conveyed to the listener. It would seem to be her trademark. Hilary Hahn loves this music and as a result I love this recording as many others have. More than 8 years later it is still as fresh to my ears as it was the first time I heard it. If you like Bach, or just like the sound of the violin, I highly reccommend this recording. You won't be disappointed.
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{~~}==# HILARY HAHN simply WONDERFUL... the "Big Bang" of Hilary's "Violinistical Universe" - |
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Many congratulations for such a GREAT and WONDERFUL Johann Sebastian Bach Debut album!! There are so many recordings of these Bach sonatas and partitas for solo violin, but this one stands out as one of a really extraordinarily superb quality. Besides the superb quality of this recording, this recording is so particular since Hilary Hahn recorded these very difficult pieces for solo violin when she was still a "teenaged girl" aged 17 - and with this 1997 recording Hilary Hahn proved her extra class at this very young age by such a mature and remarkable as well as intelligent interpretation which can be heard in the same quality only from few other remarkable violinists. With her Debut album Hilary Hahn showed what a serious and mature violin virtuoso she is. This recording makes you immediately recognise how intensely and profoundly Hilary Hahn approaches the Bach sonata as well as the two partitas, how she explores and immerses them and so discovers and brings out for all to hear the spirit of them and gets out what is deeply inside them and inside their literature. And in doing so, Hilary Hahn knows exactly how to play each note and she manages to play these pieces technically without mistakes and provides a superb intonation and interpretation of them. Hilary performs these pieces for solo violin with much energy and spirit, but well under control and straightforwardly, she transfers all the excitement and vibrations of these wonderful pieces in an almost frightening precision and cleanliness of intonation and so she establishes a true communication between her and us, the listeners and her audiences. Hilary Hahn (even back then) avoides any unnecessary over-emphasising and flourish - and false notes could already not be heard from her even in this, her Debut recording! So, for me this a FIVE STARS RECORDING, not only but also due to the fact that Hilary Hahn was so brave to record these very difficult pieces at such a young age, so early in her career - and of such tremendous quality and precision -, while other violin virtuosos normally take more time to record them!
This way this Debut album of Hilary Hahn in some way can be considered kind of a "Big Bang of Hilary Hahn's Violinistical Universe" which has been expanding since then - and now has been doing so for ten years! -, and Hilary Hahn once a year releases to our great delight new interpretations from her yearly published CD recordings! From then on it has been clearly obvious and visible how Hilary Hahn's "Violinistical Universe" has been expanding so continuedly, e. g. from her recordings made in 2005 as well as from her latest ones made last year, in "Mozart Year" 2006. With these recordings made by Hilary Hahn of the Mozart violin sonatas (2005) as well as of the Paganini & Spohr violin concerti (2006) Hilary Hahn once again succeeded in making her fans and audiences enthusiastic about the magic and spirit that come from her violin play and which inspire us, her fans and audiences, and bring us to great excitement! Like in her latest recordings of the both extremely difficult Paganini and Spohr violin concerti, even in her Bach solo recordings there is not the slightest touch of difficulty to be heard or recognised in her violin play, but which are without doubt included in a great amount in the pieces for solo violin chosen by her. Hilary Hahn's violin play was in this early recording (Bach) the same light, easy and lively and mature one that she has kept until today (Paganini & Spohr), Hilary's recordings always sound completely effortless/unforced and she somehow manages to cover all difficulties contained in these pieces and to "hide" these with her gentle and smooth as well as very serious violin play. So, there remains hope that Hilary Hahn will soon also record the remaining two sonatas as well as the remaining partita! At least the Presto from sonata No. 1 by Johann Sebastian Bach can be heard and seen on Hilary Hahn's DVD "The Last Night of the Proms" - at least we have that one from her, which will, as I hope, be completed sometime in the future! Hopefully, we don't have to wait for too long for Hilary Hahn's recordings of these remaining Bach pieces for solo violin, so that we will be able to listen to and enjoy the interpretation of these Bach works for solo violin by Hilary Hahn! My VERY BEST RECOMMENDATIONS for this tremendous and wonderful Bach CD by Hilary Hahn! |
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