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Frances Wilson

Conversations Around the Piano: Frances Wilson

Published 06/15/21

Episode 2 of “Conversations Around The Piano” focuses on the experience of adult amateur pianists and features the award-winning British writer and blogger Frances Wilson,… Continue reading Conversations Around the Piano: Frances Wilson

Brandenburg Duets Transcription featured on KBFG Seattle

Published 04/16/21

The Brandenburg Duets Transcriptions were featured on KBFG FM Seattle’s Dress Rehearsal program! Listen now:

Dale Henderson - Bach in the Subways

Conversations Around the Piano

Published 03/16/21

Episode 1 of Eleonor Bindman’s new series “Conversations Around The Piano” features cellist Dale Henderson, founder of Bach in the Subways. Eleonor and Dale talk… Continue reading Conversations Around the Piano

Eleonor Bindman in Pianist Magazine

Bach Cello Suites for Piano in Pianist Magazine

Published 01/05/21

Pianist Magazine highlights Eleonor Bindman’s J.S. Bach Cello Suites for Solo Piano arrangements, saying it just “might be the ideal new project”! Nothing makes Eleonor… Continue reading Bach Cello Suites for Piano in Pianist Magazine

J.S. Bach Cello Suites for Solo Piano a Pianodao recording of the Month

Published 12/02/20

The Pianodao blog names J.S. Bach Cello Suites for Solo Piano their Recording of the Month! “I was intrigued to hear about New York-based pianist… Continue reading J.S. Bach Cello Suites for Solo Piano a Pianodao recording of the Month

Talking J.S. Bach Cello Suites for Solo Piano with Classical Archives

Published 12/02/20

Eleonor Bindman spoke with Barry Lenson about her new J.S. Bach Cello Suite transcriptions and recordings on the Classical Archives blog: Prepare to be surprised… Continue reading Talking J.S. Bach Cello Suites for Solo Piano with Classical Archives

J.S. Bach Cello Suites for Piano Score Now Available

Published 10/19/20

The J.S. Bach Cello Suites for Solo Piano Score is now available to purchase as a download or a hard-copy print edition! My new transcription… Continue reading J.S. Bach Cello Suites for Piano Score Now Available

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“A Lifelong Love fo Bach” – The Cross-Eyed Pianist Previews the Bach Cello Suites for Piano

Published 09/21/20

It is my pleasure to share The Cross-Eyed Pianist‘s preview of my October 9 release of J.S. Bach Cello Suites for Solo Piano in a… Continue reading “A Lifelong Love fo Bach” – The Cross-Eyed Pianist Previews the Bach Cello Suites for Piano

Bach Cello Suites for Solo Piano Release Day is October 9!

Published 08/14/20

The Naxos/Grand Piano label has set Eleonor Bindman’s J.S. Bach Cello Suites for Solo Piano recording’s release date for October 9, 2020! J.S. Bach Cello… Continue reading Bach Cello Suites for Solo Piano Release Day is October 9!

Eleonor Bindman on The Violin Channel

Live on the Violin Channel

Published 08/14/20

Eleonor Bindman joined the Violin Channel’s “Living Room Live” program:

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The Cello Suites for Piano are Complete!

Published 05/08/20

My J.S. Bach Cello Suites transcriptions for Piano are complete and the recordings have officially been submitted to Naxos Records. I’m looking forward to the… Continue reading The Cello Suites for Piano are Complete!

J.S. Bach Cello Prelude

A Meaningful Pause

Published 03/30/20

Pause. That word reminds me of a memorable lesson I learned from my last teacher, Mr. Feltsman. In Russian musical terminology, we use it (pronounced “pauza”) to… Continue reading A Meaningful Pause

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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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