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Bach: Partita for Violin Solo No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002 - 4. Double (Presto)
Bach: Sonata for Violin Solo No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001 - 4. Presto
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1 Bach: Sonata for Violin Solo No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001 - Adagio  
2 Fuga (Allegro)  
3 Siciliana  
4 Presto  
5 Bach: Partita for Violin Solo No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002 - Allemande  
6 Double  
7 Courante  
8 Double (Presto)  
9 Sarabande  
10 Double  
11 Tempo di Bourree  
12 Double  
13 Bach: Sonata for Violin Solo No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003 - Grave  
14 Fuga  
15 Andante  
16 Allegro  
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When Hilary Hahn plays Bach came out on Sony in 1997, critics were astounded that a performer would choose solo Bach for her debut album; they were further confounded by her elegant approach to this music's technical and interpretive challenges at such a young age. Bach expert Nicholas Anderson wrote in BBC Music Magazine at the time, "Bach's six unaccompanied solos - three each of partitas and sonatas - have long been regarded as the pinnacle of violin writing and the most elusive of goals for the aspiring performer... Hahn's affection for Bach's music becomes apparent at almost every turn; and the concluding movement of the C major Sonata is a tour de force. I long to hear more." Stereo Review wrote, "I would go so far as to say that I've never heard this legendary, impossible piece of music played on a higher level, technically and musically, than it is on Hahn's debut CD. This is simply a magnificent performance, completely true in all its parts and possessed of a depth and wisdom that belie the performer's age. Unlike most of the violinists who play this music, she is truly its master, and that frees her to play it with soul."

Now 38, she completes her recording of the Bach sonatas and partitas for solo violin in an album that will be released on Decca Classics on October 5, 2018. The new album includes the first partita and first and second sonatas.

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    Posted At: February 22, 2024
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    Posted At: October 29, 2023
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  • New 'Ysaye - Six Sonatas for Violin Solo' op 27 recording proves Hilary Hahn is as riveting alone as with an orchestra / textura
    Posted At: October 1, 2023
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  • Hilary Hahn delivers gleaming performance of Ysaye sonatas on new Deutsche Grammophon album / The Classical Review
    Posted At: August 9, 2023
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    Posted At: July 25, 2023
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  • Hilary Hahn - Eugene Ysaye: Six Sonatas For Solo Violin makes ABC Classic 'New Releases'
    Posted At: July 24, 2023
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  • Hilary Hahn - Ysaye: Sonata No. 2 in A minor, 'Obsession' makes 99.5CRB: Instant Replay
    Posted At: July 24, 2023
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    Posted At: July 18, 2023
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  • The intrepid Hilary Hahn undertakes some of the most challenging solo violin music on new album / NPR #NowPlaying
    Posted At: July 14, 2023
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    Posted At: July 13, 2023
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  • Hilary Hahn explores her heritage with violin works by Belgian composer: Eugene Ysaye / yourClassical
    Posted At: July 12, 2023
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  • 100 years of the Ysaye sonatas. Violinist.com interviews Hilary Hahn
    Posted At: July 10, 2023
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    Posted At: July 6, 2023
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    Posted At: April 11, 2023
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    Posted At: December 7, 2022
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  • Hilary Hahn finds light on the other side of an 'Eclipse' / Texas Public Radio Q&A
    Posted At: November 10, 2022
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    Posted At: November 3, 2022
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  • Hilary Hahn chats with Pennsylvania's WVIA Public Media about Eclipse and other points of interest
    Posted At: November 3, 2022
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    Posted At: October 31, 2022
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  • For Hilary Hahn, 'Eclipse' represents a personal and artistic transformation / Montana Public Radio
    Posted At: October 26, 2022
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  • Hilary Hahn's 'Eclipse' featured on Cincinnati Public Radio's 'New at Noon'
    Posted At: October 25, 2022
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    Posted At: October 20, 2022
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    Posted At: October 17, 2022
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  • Hilary Hahn discusses 'Eclipse' with Violinist.com
    Posted At: October 14, 2022
    Violinist.com - Laurie Niles writes…..Did the sun really just go away, right in the middle of the day? That's what seems to happen during a solar eclipse. Ancient peoples thought it portended the end of the world, or the permanent blotting out of the sun. But no - the shadow passes, the light returns.For violinist Hilary Hahn, a performer who thrives in the spotlight, the shadow of the pandemic felt like a ...

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    Posted At: October 6, 2022
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    Posted At: October 5, 2022
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  • Hilary Hahn - Paris makes 'the arts fuse: Top Classical Recordings of 2021'
    Posted At: December 20, 2021
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  • Hilary Hahn: Paris makes 'textura - 2021 TOP 30 & 20 PICKS'
    Posted At: December 5, 2021

    The categories in this year's roundup reflect textura's current focus on classical, opera, jazz, ambient, and New age; previous years' overviews included categories for EPs and compilations, but as the number of releases receiving coverage in those areas during 2021 was modest, releases selected for inclusion were absorbed into the three categories below. As in the past, choices were made in ...

  • Hilary Hahn's dream program comes together with 'Paris' / 90.1WRTI: Classical Album of the Week
    Posted At: May 17, 2021

    90.1WRTI's SUSAN LEWIS writes......Recorded before the 2020 shutdown, and released with the end of the pandemic almost in sight, Hilary Hahn's album Paris reminds us of the power of music to uplift and connect us.  The three works on the album span centuries and emotions, with Sergei Prokofiev's lively and vibrant 1st violin concerto from 1917, a luscious Poeme by Ernest Chausson fro...

  • Montana Public Radio discusses 'Paris' with Hilary Hahn
    Posted At: April 14, 2021

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  • Hilary Hahn memorializes her time in Paris - New Classical Tracks
    Posted At: March 24, 2021

    New Classical Tracks - Julie Amacher writes......"Paris is a place that I've visited since I was a teenager, and it has this mood to it. It's really an evocative city. Maybe I know too much about the history and I'm just applying it to the city, but I love the feel of the arts in Paris," violinist Hilary Hahn explains why her new album is named after the city. "There's so many beautiful m...

  • 'Paris' pays musical tribute to the city that Hilary Hahn so adores / ABC - Australia
    Posted At: March 22, 2021

    ABC - Australia writes.....Paris is a city of chance meetings between artists, of fleeting inspiration and sumptuous premieres. "Paris," says Hilary Hahn, "is about expression, it's about emotion, it's about feeling connected to a city and a cultural intersection, in a way that's inspiring for the player and the listener. It has Parisian threads all the way through it. But it's also a big reference t...

  • textura has ten questions for Hilary Hahn
    Posted At: March 18, 2021

    The release of Hilary Hahn's Paris, which features ravishing treatments of works by Ernest Chausson, Sergei Prokofiev, and Einojuhani Rautavaara, is merely the latest in a long and impressive string of accomplishments in the violinist's career. At seventeen, she made an incredible recording debut with Hilary Hahn Plays Bach, and in the decades since has issued numerous albums, three of which-her ...
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