GLASS HEART cd
Glass Sonata for Violin and Piano (2008)- world premiere recording
plus Bach, Schubert and Ravel
"Glass Sonata...a sense of luxurious, almost decadent richness...hauntingly romantic"
"Schubert Sonata in A...a peacock-like variety of timbre with subtle rhythmic nuances...commanding and suggestively lyrical."
"Ravel Op Posth Sonata...Bachmann explores nearly every tonal resource of her instrument...haunting atmosphere"
-FANFARE Magazine, April 2011

Music by Glass at Metropolitan Museum
"Ms. Bachmann played Mr. Glass's Sonata for Violin and Piano with the kind of intensity and ardor normally reserved for Romantic fare...deliriously beautiful sound and expressive spirit. ”
The New York Times, June 14, 2011

Moravec Violin Concerto World Premiere
"...near boundless expressive freedom...violinist Maria Bachmann projected the music's emotionalism, and dazzlingly attenuated the final movement in a mounting cauldron of rhythm. ”
The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 25, 2010

Corigliano Festival ends in style, drawing large crowd to Millenium Park
"Maria Bachmann proved a most persuasive advocate in The Red Violin,
her sterling technique handling all the myriad technical landmines,
and bringing refined expression to the lyrical passages.”
Chicago Classical Review, May 31, 2010


*Red Violin CD: BBC Magazine's- North American CD of the Month
"...thrilling abandon that never compromises absolute technical command."
BBC Music Magazine

" Innovative programming and exuberant playing.....a confident performer
and thoughtful artist...equally profound and sultry."
Gramaphone Magazine

"A violinist of soul and patrician refinement..."
The New York Times