Release Date: 05 June 2026
Label: Rsk91617 / Resonus Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 5060262794258
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Composer/Series: Johann Sebastian Bach
Description
"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)..
David Webb; Jennifer France, Charles Rice, Academy of Ancient Music; John Andrews
Joanne Lunn, Martin Romberg, The Orchestra of the Swan; Andrew Griffiths
Maria Umbert Kimura, Somerville College Choir; Will Dawes
Aida Lahlou (piano)
St Martin's Voices; Stephen Farr; Andrew Earis
Sakuntala Trio
Stephen Farr (organ)
Rautio Piano Trio
Valerio Celentano
Stephen Farr (organ)
Sota Kubota
Liudmila Georgievskaya
Fernando De Luca
Peter Donohoe
Yarno Missiaen; Bart Naessens
Vladimir Feltsman
