which recording of the bach solo violin sonatas and partitas would you recommend?

this one

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hbwlT20vL._SS500_.jpg

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00265W5KA/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000004144&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0CBW4B6FMHQ2BF4Y4RCA

she played last night at Mills College. don't even know what to say really. just that precise quality where she's just focused so completely on the performance that everything goes away and you can't even really call what happens music anymore. you kind of give up expecting that from recitals, but then every once in a while you get reminded.

nathan milstein with perlman second by a distance iirc
milstein was so great

+1 on Viktoria Mullova.

Also, John Holloway. He plays very, very traditional Baroque style, period instrument. His voicing on the fugues is really incredible. Do not hesitate to check this out.

For "Romantic" style performances, Hilary Hahn hasn't recorded the entire catalog, but her Perfectobot style really works well on Sonata #3 and Partita #3; particularly the extremely difficult and gorgeous Adagio from the Sonata. JUST GREAT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i-LN2AeiD4

Other than that, I think James Ehnes is my favourite of the "Romantic" recordings...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gldawB6nx5Q&playnext=1&list=PL1149F94AE9B171CF

...excepting Arthur Grumiaux's fugues, which are exciting, perfectly voiced, and loud without being aggressive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf82BTwksX4&feature=related

I second the John Holloway recommendation: stately, precise, felt without being overly so, transparent, and with a deliciously gorgeous ECM recording.