Customer Reviews
perfect performance with not a really great interpretation.. - By: Sue, 05 Feb 2008 
Perlman is a violonist whose perormance is regarded as standard when it comes to Bach's works; in this album however, I was a bit disappointed of finding what I would expect in that the whole work sounds rather classic than baroque.
also, the orchestra seems to be a bit axcited of having Perlman as the violinist (!!?) as you simply can't hear the orchestra as it's always in the background. This gets quite annoying when it comes to question & answer parts between the violin & orchestra or when it's the violin who should be rather in background.. but that's a matter of recording I should think..
but in general,you still, no doubt, can enjoy the perfection of Perlman's performance, if you're not fussy about different interpretations of Bach's works..
I've turned my back on Bach - By: JO Hunter, 30 Aug 2006 
I used to be a huge fan of Bach, bach in the day, but ever since hearing Stravinsky, I can't get bach into it. It's reallly bachward in comparison. Try listening to every Stravinsky record, bach to bach, & you'll see.
A real treat for the ears,mind, and soul - By: James Peckover, 14 Jun 2006 fresh, lively, up-front, open & honest - & with no distortions or mannerisms masquerading as 'interpretation'.
Bach for a buck! - By: DocMartin, 23 Mar 2006 
This CD must represent the best value for money of any item in the Amazon catalogue: four Bach concerti at less than a pound a piece! Not only that, but what you have here is the English Chamber Orchestra playing Bach AND they're being conducted by Daniel Barenboim. If that isn't enough for you, the soloist is Itzhak Perlman. That's right, for less than pound a piece! (for those of you outside the sterling zone, that's a tad over one dollar/one euro each)
Assuming you're still reading this, rather than adding the CD to your shopping basket I could add, in a nonchalant yet triumphal manner, that the jewel in the crown comes at the end when Pinchas Zuckerman joins in for the Concerto in D for Violin & Strings (the “Double Violin”), one of my very favourite pieces of music. So, for less than a pound a piece, you have a great composer's great work, a great orchestra under their greatest conductor & two of the 20th Century's greatest violinists who invariably make a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. So that's great - why aren't you clicking on the shopping basket?
Beautiful!!! - By: noodles, 11 Apr 2005 Listening to the perfomances on this CD is like drifting on a big fluffy cloud. Itzhak Perlman plays the violin with warmth & gentleness, without being boring - far from it! And the collaboration between Perlman & Zukerman on the D minor pieces is just brilliant.
