Midori Plays Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin concert. In 2016, Midori Goto, known by the mononym “Midori”, recorded all the Bach sonatas and partitas for solo violin. The venue was the German Castle in Köthen (Anhalt) where Bach composed this cornerstone music. The famous violinist Georges Enescu called this music "The Himalayas of violinists":
Sonata No. 1 in G minor BWV 1001
Partita No. 1 in B minor BWV 1002
Sonata No. 2 in A minor BWV 1003
Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004
Sonata No. 3 in C major BWV 1005
Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006
Directed for TV by Andreas Morell; produced by Paul Smaczny. Released 2017, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA
Anhalt is where Bach composed many famous secular works including BWV 1001-1006, the Brandenburg Concertos, and the Well-Tempered Clavier. Charlotte Gardner, writing in the February 2018 Gramophone at page 5, raises Midori for meticulous and "technically superb" performances. But Gardner is still left "rather dissatisfied" by the cool, "sparsely furnished", and lifeless old-castle venue. Gardner suggests that one ideally should find in these 6 pieces both heavenly and human aspects of Bach (who knew a lot about life as the last of 8 children and having had 20 children of his own). But in this recording, Gardner fears you may feel the human aspect has been slighted.
Here's a pretty official clip with Midori playing and speaking in English with German subtitles:
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