Hidden Acoustics: Bartók: Sonata for solo violin, Sz. 117; Bach: Partita No 2 for solo violin in D minor BWV 1004, Ruth Palmer (violin) – review

Something magical happens when a piece of music and a building match in spirit, says the exciting young British violinist Ruth Palmer, who enjoys exploring the hidden acoustics of places as diverse as the fabulous art deco foyer of the old Daily Express building in Fleet Street to Villa La Pietra in Florence. Here she records in the more traditional surroundings of London's Temple church, and while its acoustic can hardly be said to be unexplored, Palmer sends impeccable, astringent Bartók and warm, profound Bach in search of the indefinable amid the lofty, ancient vaulting.