Bach: Flute Sonatas

This is a delightful traversal of several of the Bach Flute Sonatas, performed here with either harpsichord (BWV 1032 and 1034) or clavichord (BWV 1030 and 1035) to excellent effect. In the Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034, the harpsichord is further accompanied by Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde on cello. Aysha Willis continues to impress me as I listen again and yet again to these performances. The change-up in keyboard instruments makes for interesting changes in the overall texture of the different works. Today's listening is to the 32bit release which brings just a bit more clarity and transparency to the sound. I can only guess why this may be, but the improvement is consistently noticeable across a variety of these TRPTK releases.

As is this case with almost all TRPTK releases, the sound quality captured by Brendon Heinst is outstanding. With excellent balance between flute and keyboard, the lovely airy acoustics of Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam (NL), and supreme care in the selection of microphones and ancillary equipment, Brendon gives us a recording of great clarity and timbral accuracy that is a pure joy to hear.

With these four flute sonatas by Bach, Aysha Wills is presenting herself on CD for the first time, a debut that certainly scores high thanks to her technical vocabulary (which also includes the breathing technique!) and the musician-like character she lends to this music, with the harpsichordist Artem Belogurov and the cellist Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde as like-minded partners. (...) The recording made by Brendon Heinst is a true jewel: as clear as glass and with a particularly beautiful 'punch'.