Bach Sonatas & Partitas/Naxos

Brisk tempi, free-flowing but tasteful embellishments, and stylistic assurance characterize Lucy van Dael’s striking interpretations. She strips years of accumulated varnish off the D Minor

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Bach Sonatas & Partitas

Lucy van Dael’s improvisatory style sheds interesting light on these oft-recorded works. Her agogic adjustments in the Preludes, for instance, point up the music’s harmonic

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