Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suites, BWV812-817

“These are the most outstanding clavier works of Johann Sebastian Bach” – so declared Bach’s first biographer, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, in 1802. Possibly conceived as a wedding gift for the composer’s second wife, Anna Magdalena Bach, the six so-called ‘French Suites’ exemplify the Style Galante and are prized for their elegance and exquisite melodic refinement. In this new recording, the acclaimed early keyboard specialist, Andrew Arthur, takes us on a captivating journey through these cornerstone suites of the Baroque keyboard repertoire. Drawing upon an extensive re-examination of the intriguing array of primary sources, he performs on two exceptional harpsichords by Andrew Garlick and Keith Hill, built after distinguished eighteenth-century models by the celebrated Parisian makers, Jean-Claude Goujon (1749) and Pascal Taskin (1769).

Disc 1
1: I. Allemande
2: II. Courante
3: III. Sarabande
4: IV. Menuet I & II
5: V. Gigue
6: I. Allemande
7: II. Courante
8: III. Sarabande
9: IV. Angloise
10: V. Menuet and Trio
11: VI. Gigue
12: I. Allemande
13: II. Courante
14: III. Sarabande
15: IV. Gavotte
16: V. Polonaise
17: VI. Menuet
18: VII. Bourrée
19: VIII. Gigue

Disc 2
1: I. Allemande
2: II. Courante
3: III. Sarabande
4: IV. Gavotte
5: V. Air
6: VI. Menuet
7: VII. Gigue
8: I. Allemande
9: II. Courante
10: III. Sarabande
11: IV. Air
12: V. Menuet I and II
13: VI. Gigue
14: I. Allemande
15: II. Courante
16: III. Sarabande
17: IV. Gavotte
18: V. Bourrée
19: VI. Loure
20: VII. Gigue

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Number of Discs: 2

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