Air: The Bach Album
The centerpiece on the album is Bach’s "Concerto for Two Violins", both par… Read Full Bio ↴The centerpiece on the album is Bach’s "Concerto for Two Violins", both parts performed by Anne Akiko Meyers on her Stradivarius violins. Her polished performance sounds as if two soloists performed the concerto. This compelling listen is vital for any classical musical lover’s collection.

Anne Akiko Meyers’ Air, The Bach Album has entered the Billboard classical charts at Number One just days after its release on Valentine’s Day, February 14.
The album features the San Diego, California-born violinist performing the First and Second Violin Concertos and both parts – on two different instruments – of the Double Concerto for Two Violins, Strings and Continuo (BWV 1043).

Also included are the Largo from the Harpsichord Concerto in F minor (BWV 1056), and Jeff Kryka’s arrangements of the ‘Air’ from the Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D (BWV 1068), and the Bach/Gounod version of Ave Maria.

Providing accompaniment is the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Steven Mercurio.
-- Michael Quinn (theclassicreview) --
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Anne Akiko Meyers is celebrated as one of the world’s premiere concert violinists, described as a ‘trailblazing violinist’, one who is constantly ‘charting her own course.’ She has recently collaborated with top jazz artists such as Chris Botti, pop singing sensation, Il Divo and jazz legend, Wynton Marsalis, who composed cadenzas for her in Mozart’s G Major Violin Concerto.
This new recording of Bach’s masterpieces for violin and orchestra is Anne’s third release for eOne. Alongside the two concertos for violin, Anne has recorded the Concerto for Two Violins, performing both parts on her two Stradivari violins: her recently acquired Ex-Napoleon Molitor Stradivarius ( and the Royal Spanish Stradivarius, heard on her last two eOne recordings. Also included on this disc are exquisite new arrangements of the “Air” from the Suite No. 3 and the Bach-Gounod “Ave Maria.” Anne is quoted as saying “It was magical recording the Bach album with the English Chamber Orchestra and the ‘Ex-Molitor/Napoleon’ Stradivari violin, dated 1697. The special combination of beautiful repertoire, including ‘Air’, ‘Largo’ and ‘Ave Maria’, the Violin Concertos and the fresh take of recording both parts of the Double Concerto on 2 different Strads, was pure joy to make!
-- arkivmuic.com review --
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Air: The Bach Album
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