CD of the Month (7)

J.S. Bach Violin Concertos / Gidon Kremer / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (1983)

This CD of the Bach Violin Concertos was one of my early acquisitions back in 1984, when CDs were a novelty. It reflects the "best practice" of the time, which didn't run to period instruments, more to chamber orchestras of modern instruments, such as the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Nowadays they don't do things that way, but I think this recording is quite acceptable.

My only gripe is having Gidon Kremer playing both violin solos on the Double Concerto for two violins - they tend to merge into each other rather than standing out as two separate virtuosi, as you might expect.

Anyway, it's a long standing favourite of mine.