Bach – Violin and Voice: Hilary Hahn, Christine Schäfer, Matthias Goerne, Munich Chamber Orchestra

There is something touchingly old-fashioned about this attractive collection of Bach arias that feature the violin, and it has clearly been a labour of love for young violinist Hilary Hahn to draw together friends and colleagues for the project. Great moments like a duet from the cantata "Wachet auf" and a bass aria with flute and violin find Goerne and Schäfer well-matched. She is over-excitable though in "Laudamus te" from the B minor Mass (and rather shrill elsewhere); while he is superb in his St Matthew Passion aria. Hahn plays with richer vibrato than her singers but the results are always transparent.