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Best-selling violinist Rachel Barton Pine s relationship with the music of Bach
runs deep. She first heard and fell in love with Bach s music in her hometown
St. Pauls Church in Chicago, which had a stained glass window of the composer in the sanctuary. That church is where Rachel first played Bach s music, at the age of four, and where she returned to record Bach s Six Sonatas and Partitas in its beautful yet clear acoustic. Rachel says, I m so pleased to have recorded the Six Sonatas and Partitas in my favorite sound space for these works, the place that I consider to truly be my emotional home for playing them.

This recording is released to coincide with the anniversary of J. S. Bach s birth, and is a testament to Rachel s lifelong relationship with one of the cornerstones of the violin repertoire.