Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin and Voice

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The Observer, Sunday 3 January 2010
There is something touchingly old-fashioned about this attractive collection of Bach arias that feature the violin, and it has clearly been a labour of love for young violinist Hilary Hahn to draw together friends and colleagues for the project. Great moments like a duet from the cantata "Wachet auf" and a bass aria with flute and violin find Goerne and Schäfer well-matched. She is over-excitable though in "Laudamus te" from the B minor Mass (and rather shrill elsewhere), while he is superb in his St Matthew Passion aria. Hahn plays with richer vibrato than her singers but the results are always transparent.
by Nicholas Kenyon