Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, François Couperin, Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer, Nicolas de Grigny, André Raison
Performer: Benjamin Alard
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMM90245759
Release: 2020
Size: 3.99 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Overture (Suite) in F major, BWV820
01. I. Ouverture
02. II. Entrée
03. III. Menuet – IV. Trio
04. V. Bourrée
05. VI. Gigue
Suite in F minor, BWV823
06. I. Prélude
07. II. Sarabande en rondeau
08. III. Gigue
09. Prelude in C minor, BWV921
Suite in E flat major, BWV819
10. I. Allemande
11. II. Courante
12. III. Sarabande
13. IV. Bourrée
14. V. Menuet I – VI. Menuet II (Trio)
Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer:
Les Pièces de clavessin, Op. 2
15. Præludium VIII in G Major
16. Chaconne in G Major
Minuets, BWV 841-843
17. Minuet I in G Major, BWV 841
18. Minuet II in G Minor, BWV 842
19. Minuet III in G Major, BWV 843
François Couperin:
20. Pièces de clavecin IV: Ordre 21ème in E minor: La Couperin
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV828
21. I. [Prélude] Fort gai
22. II. Allemande
23. III. Courante
24. IV. Sarabande
25. V. Menuett
26. VI. Gigue
François Couperin:
27. L’art de toucher le clavecin – Prélude no 5 in A major
Johann Sebastian Bach:
English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV806
28. I. [Prélude]
29. II. Allemande
30. III. Courante 1re
31. IV. Courante II. – 4a. Courante precedent avec la Basse simple
32. V. Sarabande
33. VI. Bourée
34. VII. Gigue
35. Couperin Aria in F major, BWV587
36. Fuga sopra il Magnificat ‘Meine Seele erhebt den Herren’, BWV733
37. Chorale Prelude BWV709 ‘Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend’
38. Trio super ‘Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend’, BWV655
39. Chorale Prelude BWV726 ‘Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend’
40. Fugue in C minor, BWV546
41. Chorale Prelude BWV711 ‘Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr’
41. Chorale Prelude BWV717 ‘Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr’
42. Chorale Prelude BWV715 ‘Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr’
43. Chorale Prelude BWV663 ‘Allein Gott in der höh sei Ehr’
44. Fantasia in G major, BWV572
45. Chorale Prelude BWV734 ‘Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein’
Nicolas de Grigny:
47. Pange Lingua: Récit du Chant de l’hymne précédent
André Raison:
48. Messe du Deuxième Ton: Christe
Johann Sebastian Bach:
49. Passacaglia in C minor, BWV582
English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV809
50. I. Prélude
51. II. Allemande
52. III. Courante
53. IV. Sarabande
54. V. Menuet I – VI. Menuet II
55. VII. Gigue
English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV807
56. I. Prélude
57. II. Allemande
58. III. Courante
59. IV. Sarabande – 4a. Les agréments de la même Sarabande
60. V. Bourrée I – VI. Bourrée II
61. VII. Gigue
Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor, BWV996
62. I. Praeludio – Presto
63. II. Allemande
64. III. Courante
65. IV. Sarabande
66. V. Bourrée
67. VI. Gigue
The custom of marking the name-day of Princess Esterházy with a newly composed Mass began in the 1790s and for many years was carried out by Joseph Haydn. In 1807 Beethoven was commissioned and responded with his Mass in C major. Coolly received at court, it is a celebratory work of large-scale brilliance. The cantata Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt is set to Goethe’s poems and contrasts calm with exuberance. In 1803 Beethoven set two numbers from Vestas Feuer, written by Emanuel Schikaneder, the librettist of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte.
Having already attracted attention for his exceptional gifts, Bach entered the service of the Weimar court at the age of twenty-three. This was the start of the period known as his ‘early maturity’, in which his formal and expressive experiments reflect a significant interest in French music and ‘la belle danse’. The close intertwining of French and German styles is the dominant feature of this third volume in Benjamin Alard’s recording of the complete organ and harpsichord works.
‘A remarkable complete set of Bach’s keyboard music is gradually being built up.’ – ResMusica.