Richard Tsuyuki asks: >... Specifically, I was wondering if anyone would care to recommend *two* >recordings of the *same* work, one period and one modern. No better place to start than with Bach. After completing the following comparisons, you'll appreciate that a non-HIP recording rarely does justice to Bach's compositional genius. Bach Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin van Dael (Naxos)/Grumiaux (Philips) Gamba sonata Savall & Koopman (Alia Vox)/Maisky & Argerich (DG) Goldberg Variations Hantai (Opus 111)/Schiff (Decca) Frank