Presto Recordings of the Year
Finalist 2023

Gramophone Magazine
Critics' Choice 2023

Bojan Čičić (violin)

Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV1002
Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004
Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006
Bach, J S: Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin in G Minor, BWV 1001
Bach, J S: Sonata No. 2 for Solo Violin in G Minor, BWV 1003
Bach, J S: Sonata for solo violin No. 3 in C major, BWV1005

Hearing guitarist Sean Shibe’s Bach recital, recorded in Delphian’s fifteenth - century Scottish venue, Baroque violinist Bojan Cicic was inspired during the first lockdown to begin recording Bach’s iconic Partitas and Sonatas. Amid the gloom of the pandemic and restrictions on performances, Cicic travelled north – when allowed – to explore the intense rigours of Bach’s fugues and shining virtuosity of the Partitas’ fast movements. Dedicated to his late violin professor and with a booklet essay written by Mahan Esfahani, for Bojan Cicic the making of this recording in the snowbound Scottish countryside has been his greatest career highlight – a journey for him from darkness into light.

"Avoiding some violinists’ febrile interpretations, Cicic likes to keeps his dignity, though that doesn’t stop his presto movements from being dizzying. His double-stopped flourishes are impressive too...I can’t recall another recent recording where the lingering resonance of the music’s final notes has been so magical." - The Times, 19th July 2023