The Guardian

Virtuoso pianist Angela Hewitt: 'Memorising Bach is about the hardest thing you can do'

As her Australian tour kicks off, one of the world’s great Bach interpreters talks the death of CDs, the decline in arts journalism and dancing to classical music Angela Hewitt always had a thing for ...
The Arts Desk

Classical CDs Weekly: Bach, Morton Feldman, Maria Marchant

There's no shortage of decent recordings of Bach concertos played on piano. I’d probably rescue my Murray Perahia discs from a burning house and Glenn Gould’s vintage accounts still cast a spell. This ...
The Arts Desk

Classical CDs Weekly: Bach, Alison Balsom, Steven Osborne

The only performances of Bach's Goldbergs which don't hit the spot for me tend to be those played on harpsichord. Piano will always be best, but I've enjoyed versions for harp, guitar, string ...
NPR

Simone Dinnerstein's 'Circles' Shares A Common Language With Bach & Glass

Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page. Glass, like Bach before him, ...
Jazz

Classical Jazz Quartet: Plays Bach

The Modern Jazz Quartet epitomized what some observers labeled, perhaps derisively, "chamber jazz." The recently formed Classical Jazz Quartet (CJQ), featuring bassist Ron Carter, pianist Kenny Barron ...