Strings, August 1st, 2000
Anniversary Treats for String Players
The Romanian-French aphorist M. Cioran once wrote, "If there's someone who owes everything to Bach, it's God. Without Bach, God would be a third-rate character." Some music lovers may also feel they owe nearly everything to Bach. Certainly this year's hoopla from CD companies about the 250th anniversary of his death has brought forth multifarious pleasures for fans of string music.
Ideally, performances of Bach's instrumental music are informed with the same spiritual majesty as those of his Passions and cantatas. Such is certainly the case of a new CD t...
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