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"... (Vinikour) gets superb engineering ... the sonics envelop Vinikour’s harpsichord ... a warm, ample and resonant ambience, with a special ring to sustained bass notes and clarity in all registers ... a serious and major achievement by a serious and major artist." - ClassicsToday.com "Vinikour's performances are so buoyant, glistening or noble that you'll likely find yourself glued to your speakers (or headphones). And if you're accustomed to hearing the harpsichord at some distance in a concert hall, be prepared to listen as if you're standing next to the keyboard ..." - Gramophone Bach's six Harpsichord Partitas, presented on this acclaimed recording by Jory Vinikour, are considered among the greatest and most inspired keyboard works ever written. Although they are the first pieces he published, they represent Bach's genius at the height of his maturity, matched only by the Goldberg Variations. Each of the partitas is a microcosm, from the poetic and pastoral to the epic and tragic, with Bach showing himself to be playful, profound, meditative, theatrical and the greatest composer of counterpoint of all time. Vinikour plays a stunning copy of a North German instrument from Bach's time, rich and expressive but also clear and incisive.