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Stretto Feature on Eleonor Bindman’s Piano Duet Arrangements

Published 03/10/23

Stretto Magazine has a double-review of Eleonor Bindman’s Brandenburg Concerts and Orchestral Suites arrangements for Piano Duet and recordings: “With an equal collaboration between the… Continue reading Stretto Feature on Eleonor Bindman’s Piano Duet Arrangements

Interview with Naxos Music

Published 12/13/22

On December 9, it was a pleasure to do a Live Q&A with Naxos Music about my new piano duet arrangements of the J.S. Bach… Continue reading Interview with Naxos Music

J.S. Bach Orchestral Suites for Piano Duet Available Now

Published 11/11/22

From 21C Media — Today, November 11, pianist Eleonor Bindman releases a recording, with duo partner Susan Sobolewski, of J.S. Bach’s four Orchestral Suites – transcribed by Bindman for four-hands piano – on… Continue reading J.S. Bach Orchestral Suites for Piano Duet Available Now

Duo Vivace - Eleonor Bindman and Susan Sobolewski outside in Brooklyn

Announcing the Bach Orchestral Suites for Piano Duet

Published 11/02/22

On November 11th, the recording of my arrangement of J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suites will start streaming and selling worldwide. Together with The Brandenburg Duets, this completes my most important musical… Continue reading Announcing the Bach Orchestral Suites for Piano Duet

Eleonor Bindman at piano with Bach Partitas Album cover added in the corner

J.S. Bach Partitas Reviews

Published 09/16/22

I am happy to share a few of the latest reviews of my J.S. Bach Partitas release as it is gratifying to see some critics… Continue reading J.S. Bach Partitas Reviews

Old Stone House of Brooklyn Concert Poster

Album Release Concert at Old Stone House of Brooklyn

Published 05/04/22

I’m excited to launch my new recording of the complete J.S. Bach Partitas on the Delos label at the Old Stone House of Brooklyn on… Continue reading Album Release Concert at Old Stone House of Brooklyn

Eleonor Bindman at piano with Bach Partitas Album cover added in the corner

Announcing My New Recording of Bach’s Complete Partitas

Published 04/26/22

I am delighted to share the May 6, 2022 release of my recordings of J.S. Bach’s Complete Partitas, BWV 825-830 on the Delos label. Available… Continue reading Announcing My New Recording of Bach’s Complete Partitas

Neopolitan Connection

Neapolitan Connection Concert Series

Published 03/10/22

Virtual Classical Concert Series, the Neapolitan Connection, is presenting my recital, “Bach to Basics”! Available for streaming on-demand beginning in March for $20 at NeapolitanConnection.com:… Continue reading Neapolitan Connection Concert Series

Bach Orchestral Suite Transcriptions for Piano Duet Are In Progress

Published 12/12/21

If you’re following on social media, you may have seen there is a new project underway. To add to the J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concertos, I’m… Continue reading Bach Orchestral Suite Transcriptions for Piano Duet Are In Progress

Muzyka to Publish J.S. Bach Cello Suites for Solo Piano

Published 12/12/21

I’m excited to announce that Muzyka Publishing has agreed to publish my J.S. Bach Cello Suites for Solo Piano transcriptions! You can purchase Muzyka’s published… Continue reading Muzyka to Publish J.S. Bach Cello Suites for Solo Piano

Talking Transcriptions with Classical Commentary

Published 11/23/21

It was a pleasure to join the Classical Commentary Channel to talk about my transcriptions of J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos for Piano Duets and Cello… Continue reading Talking Transcriptions with Classical Commentary

Eleonor Bindman headshot at piano

Virtual Private Zoom Consultations Now Available

Published 04/16/21

I am happy to announce a new store offering: a virtual piano consultation! After purchasing, you will fill out a questionnaire to help determine your… Continue reading Virtual Private Zoom Consultations Now Available

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“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

“If I had to describe these performances in a single word, that word would be “affectionate.” Bindman clearly loves this music, and she plays it caressingly, as a lover would. … I’d like to point to the aforementioned Sarabande from Partita No. 3, which, under Bindman’s fingers, becomes an absolutely hypnotizing and eloquently grave meditation on the expressive power of 16th-note triplets. This is why we listen to new recordings of music we love—to shine a light on it of which we had not previously been aware.… This release excited my admiration from the moment I started playing it, and that attention has not waned over the course of more than a week. This could be on my Want List at the end of the year.”

Raymond Tuttle
Fanfare

Bindman’s approach, very sensibly, is to let this amazing music speak for itself. Opting for unhurried tempi, she approaches the dance movements with poise, her playing throughout the cycle an object lesson in perfectly balanced voicing and articulation. …In my review of her last Bach recording I hailed Bindman as delivering, ‘Bach playing of the highest order.’ With these model interpretations she does so again here… these intimately recorded and musically convincing performances strike just the right balance between familiarity and revelation. A superb release.”

Andrew Eales
Piano Dao
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