Not long ago I reviewed a few recordings of Bach's Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord; one of those versions was on AC Classics with Helga Ingolfsdottir partnering Jaap Schroder. About the same time, AC Classics released Ingolfsdottir's recording of the Goldberg Variations. I finally obtained the disc and just wanted listmembers to know that after a couple of listenings I'm very impressed with her performances. That doesn't surprise me after hearing her opening Aria; in addition to giving a luxurious reading the harpsichord sound is about the best I've heard in recent times. Please don't take this as any kind of review; I will be including this fine new version in my round-up review project which I'll start in a few weeks. Not to be one-sided, here are a few comments from the review in Fanfare Magazine: "often heavy-handed aggressive sounding performances on a closely recorded harpsichord - a surprisingly sluggish rendering of the initial Aria". Sometimes I wonder if we're listening to the same performance. At any rate, I do urge Bach lovers to investigate this AC Classics disc; it sounds like a keeper to me. Don Satz [log in to unmask]