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Eleonor Bindman and Jenny Lin - J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Duets

The Classical Post Reviews The Brandenburg Duets

Published 10/17/18

The Classical Post features The Brandenburg Duets in a new review: EXPLORE “Bach expert and pianist Eleonor Bindman fastidiously transcribed and released a recording of… Continue reading The Classical Post Reviews The Brandenburg Duets

Eleonor Bindman Performs The Brandenburg Duets with Debra Lew Harder on WRTI

The Brandenburg Duets LIVE on WRTI

Published 09/03/18

WRTI host Debra Lew Harder joined Eleonor Bindman for an interview and live performances of The Brandenburg Duets in the WRTI Studios in Philadelphia. See… Continue reading The Brandenburg Duets LIVE on WRTI

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Pianist Magazine Reviews The Brandenburg Duets

Published 07/09/18

Donald Hunt gives ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ to Eleonor Bindman & Jenny Lin’s The Brandenburg Duets recording in Pianist Magazine: “One of Bach’s crowning achievements was the Brandenburg… Continue reading Pianist Magazine Reviews The Brandenburg Duets

An Interview With “The Cross-Eyed Pianist”

Published 07/09/18

The Cross-Eyed Pianist, Frances Wilson, featured Eleonor Bindman on her “Meet the Artist” series. The questions led to much reflection about what being a musician… Continue reading An Interview With “The Cross-Eyed Pianist”

Brandenburg Duets Interview with David Osenberg on WWFM

Published 07/03/18

WWFM: The Classical Network‘s David Osenberg interviewed Eleonor Bindman about The Brandenburg Duets for his “Cadenza” program, broadcast on June 28, 2018! Listen now: https://eleonorbindman.com/assets/uploads/2018/07/EleonorBindman-Cadenza-June28.mp3… Continue reading Brandenburg Duets Interview with David Osenberg on WWFM

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Fanfare Magazine Reviews “The Brandenburg Duets”

Published 06/08/18

Fanfare Magazine’s Raymond Tuttle finds new understanding of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos in The Brandenburg Duets: “Some readers might be aware that Max Reger transcribed Bach’s… Continue reading Fanfare Magazine Reviews “The Brandenburg Duets”

Eleonor Bindman and Jenny Lin - J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Duets

Stretto Magazine Calls The Brandenburg Duets “Very, Very Special”

Published 06/08/18

Stretto Magazine’s Michael Dutrieue reviews The Brandenburg Duets: “Like many of Bach’s cycles, such as the “Goldberg Variations” or the “Wohltemperierte Klavier”, the Brandenburg concerti… Continue reading Stretto Magazine Calls The Brandenburg Duets “Very, Very Special”

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GetClassical Features The Brandenburg Duets

Published 05/29/18

Ilona Oltuski offers an in-depth feature of The Brandenburg Duets on GetClassical.org: “A new score for the concerto, geared to the baroque polyphony, with typically… Continue reading GetClassical Features The Brandenburg Duets

New Spotify Playlist – The Charm of Piano Duets

Published 05/04/18

Enjoy a new Spotify playlist from Eleonor Bindman highlighting the charm of the piano duet!

The Brandenburg Duets

The Brandenburg Duets Are Now Available!

Published 03/09/18

The Brandenburg Duets are available on CD and digital download and streaming worldwide! Get your copy today: Grand Piano Apple Music Amazon Spotify ArkivMusic Featured… Continue reading The Brandenburg Duets Are Now Available!

Eleonor Bindman and Jenny Lin - J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Duets

First Brandenburg Duets Review

Published 02/23/18

The first review for The Brandenburg Duets has been published by critic Dean Frey on his Music for Several Instruments blog: “Eleonor Bindman’s arrangement is… Continue reading First Brandenburg Duets Review

Bach in the Subways

Eleonor to Participate in 2018 “Bach in the Subways” Movement

Published 01/23/18

Every year for Bach’s birthday a spontaneous, global community of musicians unites to sow the seeds for future generations of classical music lovers and share… Continue reading Eleonor to Participate in 2018 “Bach in the Subways” Movement

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“The process of adapting music from one instrument to another, via transcription, is an art unto itself.… Eleanor Bindman expresses the hope that in presenting these versions of Bach’s music, her intentions and efforts will revive a broader interest in the music.… In transcribing music from the lute to piano there are aesthetic, artistic, and technical considerations facing the musician; Bindman caters well for all.… the tempo and voice clarity of the Allegro from BWV 998 are unmatched by plucked instrument players. How would Bach feel about these new versions of his music: all things considered, probably fairly chuffed.… There is no question that adaptation and transcription of original music can enhance and augment the appreciation of the original composition. … The present recording deserves serious consideration and audition. Listeners will not be disappointed.”

Zane Turner
MusicWeb International

“As she did with the Brandenburgs, Bindman set out to create more “balanced” transcriptions by dividing the responsibilities, and the technical difficulties, more equitably than Reger did.… If I were half of a piano duo, I would want to play these transcriptions with my partner. (And I would be able to, as the scores can be purchased on Bindman’s website.) They retain many of the qualities of Bach’s originals—the grandeur, the balanced grace, the songfulness, and the zest… I appreciate the textural and tonal variety of Bindman’s transcriptions, mirroring Bach’s originals without forgetting that idiomatic writing for two pianos and idiomatic orchestral writing are different. That variety is realized in these performances. The playing is stylish and historically-informed, even though a Bösendorfer piano was unknown during Bach’s time.… There is nothing here that I did not enjoy. …transcriptions such as these help me to see the skeleton that supports the rest of the orchestral body. More than that, however, they are fun, and they celebrate the joy of amateur music-making, even though the performers on this CD are professionals of the first rank.”

Raymond Tuttle
Fanfare

“These versions should not be missed, because they are very original and very, very special. Highly recommended.”

Michel Dutrieue
Stretto Magazine

what a marvelous Bach performer… The prelude from Partita 1 is deliciously slow and expressive, with unexpected marking of inner voices, beautiful ornamentation, shimmering tone.… There’s not a bad movement in the bunch, so I will list a few of my favorites: first of all, I love the thoughtful and poised allemandes; I used to think of them the same way until my harpsichord teacher Arthur Haas convinced me that the one from Partita 6 should be played like a rather quick Italian Allemanda. Maybe so, but Bindman’s slower account is pulling me back in the other direction.… The gigue from Partita 5 is likewise graceful, the interaction among the three voices beautifully controlled and radiant.”

—Rob Haskins
American Record Guide

Bindman’s very special ability to breathe life into the musical events and to give every theme, every figure a shape, even a human profile, also characterizes the fast dances, which never slip into mere motor skills, but are lived through emotionally, are intelligently thought out and logically completed. In this way she lends a fascinating stringency and inner tension even to the slow-motion sarabands, directed inward, so that Bach’s deep spirituality can also be felt here, while in the fast gigue and courante movements she conveys Bach’s life energy with impressive, pedal-free precision and instantaneous drive conjures: There are timeless signals from the galaxy, and everything grooves and swings as if they were messages from today: a fascinating album.”

Attila Csampai
Rondo
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