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Duo Vivace - Eleonor Bindman and Susan Sobolewski at the piano

Talking Bach Orchestral Suites with NCCR Cooler Classics

Published 12/01/22

I enjoyed the opportunity to discuss my new album of J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites transcribe for Piano Duet with North Cotswold Community Radio’s Peter Lewis.… Continue reading Talking Bach Orchestral Suites with NCCR Cooler Classics

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

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Bagels and Bach Concert

Published 08/03/22

Free Performance When: August 14, 2022, 12pmWhere: Community Action Southold Town, 53930 Main Road, PO Box 1566, Southold, NY 11971What: 12pm – Light Brunch, 1pm… Continue reading Bagels and Bach Concert

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The recording of the Orchestral Suites for Piano Duet is complete!

Published 08/01/22

I am so happy to report that my new piano-4-hands arrangement of J.S. Bach’s 4 Orchestral Suites is now recorded, edited and mastered! This has… Continue reading The recording of the Orchestral Suites for Piano Duet is complete!

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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

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 Presents Amateur Music Network Workshop

Published 08/29/21

On September 25, 2021, at 2 pm Pacific, Eleonor Bindman presents a workshop focused on her Bach Cello Suites for Solo Piano Arrangements for the… Continue reading Eleonor Bindman Presents Amateur Music Network Workshop

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“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

“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
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