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Special offer. Bach, Complete Keyboard Edition Vol. 3

In the French Style / À la française

Benjamin Alard (harpsichord/organ)

Bach, Complete Keyboard Edition Vol. 3

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Benjamin Alard has a clear knack for recreating Bach’s own well-documented performance style. His phrasing is clear, his choice of registrations both convincing and appropriate to the individual...

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Special offer. Bach, Complete Keyboard Edition Vol. 3

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Benjamin Alard (harpsichord/organ)

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Benjamin Alard has a clear knack for recreating Bach’s own well-documented performance style. His phrasing is clear, his choice of registrations both convincing and appropriate to the individual...

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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.

Contents and tracklist

Bach, J S: Overture (Suite) in F major, BWV820
Work length7:10
I. Ouverture
Track length2:42
II. Entrée
Track length1:24
III. Menuet - IV. Trio
Track length1:48
V. Bourrée
Track length0:33
VI. Gigue
Track length0:43
Bach, J S: Suite in F minor, BWV823
Work length6:37
I. Prélude
Track length1:57
II. Sarabande en rondeau
Track length2:33
III. Gigue
Track length2:07
Bach, J S: Prelude in C minor, BWV921
Work length2:35
Bach, J S: Suite in E flat major, BWV819
Work length13:54
I. Allemande
Track length3:35
II. Courante
Track length2:05
III. Sarabande
Track length3:49
IV. Bourrée
Track length1:44
V. Menuet I - VI. Menuet II (Trio)
Track length2:41
Fischer, J K F: Les Pièces de clavessin, Op. 2
Work length6:20
Præludium VIII in G Major
Track length2:46
Chaconne in G Major
Track length3:34
Bach, J S: Minuets (3), BWV 841-843
Work length2:41
Minuet I in G Major, BWV 841
Track length1:05
Minuet II in G Minor, BWV 842
Track length0:42
Minuet III in G Major, BWV 843
Track length0:54
Couperin, F: Pièces de clavecin IV: Ordre 21ème in E minor: La Couperin
Work length3:55
Bach, J S: Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV828
Work length14:14
I. [Prélude] Fort gai
Track length1:51
II. Allemande
Track length3:39
III. Courante
Track length1:23
IV. Sarabande
Track length3:16
V. Menuett
Track length1:10
VI. Gigue
Track length2:55
Couperin, F: L'art de toucher le clavecin - Prélude no 5 in A major
Work length2:58
Bach, J S: English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV806
Work length20:27
I. [Prélude]
Track length2:11
II. Allemande
Track length5:01
III. Courante 1re
Track length1:49
IV. Courante II. - 4a. Courante precedent avec la Basse simple
Track length2:05
V. Sarabande
Track length3:58
VI. Bourée
Track length2:05
VII. Gigue
Track length3:18
Bach, J S: Couperin Aria in F major, BWV587
Work length3:02
Bach, J S: Fuga sopra il Magnificat 'Meine Seele erhebt den Herren', BWV733
Work length4:27
Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV709 'Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend'
Work length2:12
Bach, J S: Trio super 'Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend', BWV655
Work length3:52
Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV726 'Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend'
Work length1:03
Bach, J S: Fugue in C minor, BWV546
Work length4:50
Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV711 'Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr'
Work length3:20
Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV717 'Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr'
Work length3:27
Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV715 'Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr'
Work length1:48
Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV663 'Allein Gott in der höh sei Ehr'
Work length7:20
Bach, J S: Fantasia in G major, BWV572
Work length10:16
Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV734 'Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein'
Work length2:43
Grigny: Pange Lingua: Récit du Chant de l'hymne précédent
Work length2:54
Raison: Messe du Deuxième Ton: Christe
Work length1:13
Bach, J S: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV582
Work length12:05
Bach, J S: English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV809
Work length23:24
I. Prélude
Track length5:42
II. Allemande
Track length4:00
III. Courante
Track length1:48
IV. Sarabande
Track length3:30
V. Menuet I - VI. Menuet II
Track length4:11
VII. Gigue
Track length4:13
Bach, J S: English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV807
Work length25:03
I. Prélude
Track length5:14
II. Allemande
Track length4:02
III. Courante
Track length2:02
IV. Sarabande - 4a. Les agréments de la même Sarabande
Track length3:48
V. Bourrée I - VI. Bourrée II
Track length5:32
VII. Gigue
Track length4:25
Bach, J S: Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor, BWV996
Work length14:52
I. Praeludio - Presto
Track length2:13
II. Allemande
Track length3:12
III. Courante
Track length2:14
IV. Sarabande
Track length3:16
V. Bourrée
Track length1:04
VI. Gigue
Track length2:53

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Awards and reviews

  • Gramophone Magazine
    Critics' Choice 2020

Nov/Dec 2020

Benjamin Alard has a clear knack for recreating Bach’s own well-documented performance style. His phrasing is clear, his choice of registrations both convincing and appropriate to the individual movements, and his interpretation second to none.

July 2020

Despite the big sounds being unleashed [on the organ] there is a cleanness and a quality of light here, superbly captured by the recording, that keeps everything clear, coherent and involving. His harpsichord-playing is in many ways no less distinguished, likewise prizing clarity and elegance over show...He is a classy player, and this is certainly a project with the potential to tell us much about its noble subject. Definitely worth following.
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