I have known Albert-Jan Roelofs as a colleague at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague for a number of years. Little knowing my fearsome reputation as a rapacious CD reviewer, he handed me a copy of this disc in all innocence as a freebie in return for my having done some translation work. My interest thus declared, both to him and to you as our valued reader, I solemnly promise all sides that I shall be unbiased and honest with this recently released disc of Bach’s monumental BWV 1080.
