Violinist Emil Telmanyia, using the Vega Bach Bow, performs three Sonatas and three partitas for unaccompanied violin by J.S. Bach. The performances were recorded in November 1953 and April 1954 at West Hampested Studios.

"There are at least three major virtues: the recording and surfaces are faultless, Telmányi's performances range from good to superlative, and a most interesting endeavour has been made to approximate to the instrument Bach had in mind when originally writing the works... Broadly, then, the effect of the bow is to make the audible music correspond much more closely to its appearance on paper; and the works really do, in the places concerned, take on a new lease of life. But Telmányi goes beyond just demonstrating the new bow; he has mastered it and made it his servant. And he uses it to give wonderful performances of the exhaustingly difficult works. Telmányi, again following the shape of his bow, presents it (Chaconne) as an enor-mous arch; it is wholly satisfying" - Gramophone

3LP box set with individual jackets
Pressed at Pallas GmbH in Germany
Audiophile analogue mastering by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios in Berlin
Mastered from the Original Masters of Universal Music
Analogphonic release

Selections
Side A:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata No. 1 in G minor
Adagio
Fuga. Allegro
Sicilana
Presto
Side B:
Partita No. 1 in B minor
Allemanda
Double
Corrente
Double. Presto
Sarabanda
Double
Tempo Di Borea
Double
Side C:
Sonata NO. 2 in A minor
Grave
Fuga
Andante
Allegro
Side D:
Partita No. 2 in D minor
Allemanda
Corrente
Sarabanda
Giga
Ciaccona
Side E:
Sonata No. 3 in C Major
Adagio
Fuga
Largo
Allegro Assai
Side F:
Partita No. 3 in E Major
Preludio
Loure
Gavotte En Rondeau
Menuet I
Menuet II - Menuet I Da Capo
Bourrée
Gigue
Recorded at West Hampested Studios:
Disc 1: Recorded November 19, 20, 25, and 27, 1953
Disc 2: Recorded September 24, 25, 28 and 29, 1953
Disc 3: Recorded April 1, 2 & 5-7, 1954