Rating: 3/5
Review:
Not really for me
I'm afraid I can't really see the point in this
recording. It's OK in its way and I'm
pretty sure there hasn't been a recording with violin, viola and violoncello da
spalla…but I'm not sure we really needed one.
The arrangement is good, and the three musicians play well
enough, but there seems to be little in the way of new insight here. They are quite rhythmically free, tending
toward more Romantic gestures, which isn't an approach I like in Bach and for
me this wonderful, monumental work often just sounds a little dull – certainly
when compared to the fabulous recording by the Leopold String Trio.
I'm afraid I can't really recommend this. It's a worthy attempt, but not one which I
really enjoy. Others may like this more
than I do – there's nothing actively wrong with it, after all – but I'll be
sticking to my treasured Leopolds recording for the Goldbergs played by a
string trio.
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