Christoph Poppen, violin; Hilliard Ensemble (ECM New Series). Welcome inside the head of J.S. Bach. The composer often embedded familiar Lutheran chorales in his music so as to create devout ...

Find out more about Bach's dazzling piece which remains the pinnacle of the solo violin repertoire. J. S. Bach's Chaconne - more correctly named in Italian, Ciaccona - is the final movement of the ...

Chaconne in D minor, transc. for piano [from Bach's Partita for violin solo, BWV 1004]Chaconne in D minor, transc. for piano [from Bach's Partita for violin solo, BWV 1004] ...

Arnold Steinhardt is the author of Violin Dreams, a memoir about his ultimate challenge: playing Bach's Chaconne, a 15-minute-long piece for solo... 'Violin Dreams': Chasing Bach's Elusive Chaconne ...

Once dismissed as daunting because of its length, Reger's Violin Concerto has attracted a new generation of interpreters of late. Benjamin Schmid's recording marks its second appearance on disc this ...

Sarah’s Music: A Different Chaconne 12:01 Music 09/21/2018 Johann Sebastian Bach's much loved Chaconne for solo violin is performed at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin - in more ways than one. Sarah ...

This week, marvel at the talent of octogenarian violinist Ida Haendel. Album of the Week, 17 June 2013. At the age of 84, the Polish-born violinist Ida Haendel is still a force to be reckoned with in ...

We hear guitarist David Leisner playing his own arrangement of the Chaconne from J.S. Bach's (1685-1750) Partita in D Minor, originally for solo violin. We're in concert at the Rockport Chamber Music ...