A natural successor to her iTunes Essentials recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Janine Jansen captures Johann Sebastian Bach's sound world with a delightful transparency and vitality—the same spirit of that imbues her previously released, groundbreaking performance. Her twelve-piece ensemble brings energy and invention to the concertos. There's also a dynamic verve to the sonatas, on which she duets with her father Jan Jansen on harpsichord. The famous "Air on a G-string" closes the album with serene, meditative grace.
- Claudio Abbado & Vienna Philharmonic
- Pablo Heras-Casado, Isabelle Faust & Jean-Guihen Queyras
- London Symphony Orchestra, Sara Mingardo, Kenneth Tarver, Susan Gritton, Sir Colin Davis & Enkelejda Shkosa
- Freiburger Barockorchester, Andreas Staier & Gottfried von der Goltz
- Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philharmonia Orchestra & Hélène Grimaud
- Andrea Bocelli, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Kirov Opera Chorus, Olga Borodina, Renée Fleming, St. Petersburg Orchestra of the Kirov Opera & Valery Gergiev