Conrad Tao review – full-blooded piano playing with a dash of quirk
Tao’s programme exploited his talents to the full, including a ‘pandemic repertoire’ of Beethoven, Adams and Tao himself
Jeremy Denk review – Well-Tempered Clavier is reshaped and illuminated afresh
Playing Bach’s mammoth work from memory, the US pianist brought wit, insights and lightness of touch
Tamara Stefanovich: 20 Sonatas review – a remarkable feat of sustained pianism
The pianist’s breathless three-part recital mixed the baroque and the modern, taking on sonatas from the Bachs to Soler
Royal Northern Sinfonia/Włoszczowska review – lacklustre start for new venue
A predominantly baroque programme at this brand new concert hall found the RNS on disappointing form, although Haydn and Herschel brought drama and energy
Bach: Ich Habe Genug review – as invigorating as a plunge into cold water
Cantatas 82, 32 and 106 trace a vivid path from despair to hope in this uplifting recording with heart-stopping moments
Davóne Tines review – cavernous and distinctive voice asks us to join the dots
The US bass-baritone’s recital with pianist Adam Nielsen blended spirituals with Bach, Caroline Shaw, and Julius Eastman and spirituals. The connections were elusive but intriguing
Bach: 12 Preludes and Fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier II review – wilfully immaculate
Playing his own selection of pieces from Bach’s monumental work may be heresy, but Anderszewki’s intelligence, lucidity and joy is undeniable
JS Bach: Goldberg Variations review – softly spoken and immensely powerful
In a revelatory recording, Kolesnikov makes Bach’s variations soar as if new
Bach: Goldberg Variations review – Lavish Lang Lang recording suffocates the magic
He is talented, but the mannerisms and slow tempi turn this into a glitzy exercise with too few flashes of understanding
Alisa Weilerstein: Bach review – a performance that sings
The exceptional cellist’s music emerges with sunlit clarity in a recording that stands up with the best
Bach Collegium Japan/Suzuki review – tightly plotted drama with real bite
Conductor Masaaki Suzuki set an urgent pace while compelling performances from soloists helped pile on the tension
St John Passion review – immersive and communal Bach staging is deeply touching
Intensity and urgency underpin English Touring Opera’s communal reflections on faith, loss and mortality
Angela Hewitt review – brain-teasing Bach and Beethoven’s bite
Hewitt’s celebration of Beethoven in his 250th anniversary year, packaged with music by Bach, a source of his inspiration, was brilliant, exuberant and expressive
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin review – period instruments add Tyrolean freshness
Separate period instruments – and baroque bows – for the partitas and sonatas add drama to Zehetmair’s immense subtlety
JS Bach: Cello Suites review – a violin reboot to make you dance
Violinist Rachel Podger makes Bach’s suites sound as if they were written for her instrument, such is her buoyancy and agility