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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works For Keyboard, Vol. 8: Köthen, 1717-1723 - For Maria Barbara

Benjamin Alard (early keyboard instruments)

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works For Keyboard, Vol. 8: Köthen, 1717-1723 - For Maria Barbara

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It’s the sort of music-making that, its intellectual grasp notwithstanding, clearly emanates from the heart.

Gramophone Magazine, June 2023

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works For Keyboard, Vol. 8: Köthen, 1717-1723 - For Maria Barbara

Benjamin Alard (early keyboard instruments)

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It’s the sort of music-making that, its intellectual grasp notwithstanding, clearly emanates from the heart.

Gramophone Magazine, June 2023

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Eagerly pursuing his exploration of Bach’s corpus for solo keyboard, Benjamin Alard focuses here on works associated with the composer’s first wife, Maria Barbara, and her untimely death in 1720.

This instalment therefore includes both the Inventions and Sinfonias, a collection of teaching pieces brimming with freshness and invention, and the prodigious French Suites, one of the peaks of Bach’s years in Cöthen.

Contents and tracklist

Bach, J S: Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, BWV964
Work length23:15
I. Adagio
Track length4:05
II. Fuga. Allegro
Track length7:58
III. Andante
Track length5:13
IV. Allegro
Track length5:59
Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne
Work length13:17
Bach, J S: Prelude & 'Fiddle' Fugue in D minor, BWV539
Work length6:42
Prelude
Track length1:15
Fugue
Track length5:27
Bach, J S: Adagio in G major, BWV968
Work length3:16
Bach, J S: Pedal-Exercitium, BWV598
Work length2:13
Bach, J S: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor, BWV542 'Great': Fantasia
Work length5:00
Bach, J S: Two-part Invention No. 1 in C major, BWV772
Work length1:23
Bach, J S: Sinfonia in C Major, BWV 787
Work length1:22
Bach, J S: Two-part Invention No. 8 in F major, BWV779
Work length0:55
Bach, J S: Sinfonia in F Major, BWV 794
Work length1:20
Bach, J S: Invention in D Minor, BWV 775
Work length1:15
Bach, J S: Sinfonia in D Minor, BWV 790
Work length1:48
Bach, J S: Invention in G Major, BWV 781
Work length0:56
Bach, J S: Sinfonia in G Major, BWV 796
Work length1:19
Bach, J S: Invention in E Minor, BWV 778
Work length1:36
Bach, J S: Sinfonia in E Minor, BWV 793
Work length2:19
Bach, J S: Two-part Invention No. 12 in A major, BWV783
Work length1:35
Bach, J S: Sinfonia in D Major, BWV 789
Work length1:31
Bach, J S: Invention in D Major, BWV 774
Work length1:25
Bach, J S: Invention in B Minor, BWV 786
Work length1:38
Bach, J S: Sinfonia in B Minor, BWV 801
Work length1:35
Couperin, F: L'Art de toucher le clavecin: Prelude in D Minor
Work length1:20
Bach, J S: French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV812
Work length13:09
I. Allemande
Track length3:35
II. Courante
Track length2:10
III. Sarabande
Track length2:21
IV. Menuets I & II
Track length2:57
V. Gigue
Track length2:06
Couperin, F: L'Art de toucher le clavecin: Prelude in G Minor
Work length0:54
Bach, J S: French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV816
Work length16:58
I. Allemande
Track length3:09
II. Courante
Track length1:56
III. Sarabande
Track length3:56
IV. Gavotte
Track length1:16
V. Bourrée
Track length1:18
VI. Loure
Track length1:59
VII. Gigue
Track length3:24
Couperin, F: L'Art de toucher le clavecin: Prelude in B Minor
Work length1:42
Bach, J S: French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV814
Work length15:38
I. Allemande
Track length3:16
II. Courante
Track length2:20
III. Sarabande
Track length2:52
IV. Anglaise
Track length1:36
V. Menuet - Trio
Track length3:02
VI. Gigue
Track length2:32
Bach, J S: Sinfonia in E-Flat Major, BWV 791
Work length1:50
Bach, J S: Invention in E-Flat Major, BWV 776
Work length1:45
Bach, J S: Sinfonia in C Minor, BWV 788
Work length1:51
Bach, J S: Invention in C Minor, BWV 773
Work length1:58
Bach, J S: Sinfonia in F Minor, BWV 795
Work length3:02
Bach, J S: Invention in F Minor, BWV 780
Work length1:32
Bach, J S: Sinfonia in B-Flat Major, BWV 800
Work length1:56
Bach, J S: Two-part Invention No. 14 in B flat major, BWV785
Work length1:17
Bach, J S: Sinfonia in G Minor, BWV 797
Work length2:26
Bach, J S: Invention in G Minor, BWV 782
Work length1:28
Bach, J S: Sinfonia in E Major, BWV 792
Work length1:25
Bach, J S: Two-part Invention No. 6 in E major, BWV777
Work length3:12
Bach, J S: Sinfonia in A Minor, BWV 799
Work length1:41
Bach, J S: Two-part Invention No. 13 in A minor, BWV784
Work length1:21
Bach, J S: Sinfonia in A Major, BWV 798
Work length1:46
Bach, J S: French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815a (Alternate Version): I. Prelude
Work length1:23
Bach, J S: French Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV815
Work length14:21
I. Allemande
Track length2:54
II. Courante
Track length1:57
III. Sarabande
Track length3:02
IV. Gavotte
Track length1:14
V. Menuet
Track length0:45
VI. Air
Track length1:52
VII. Gigue
Track length2:37
Bach, J S: Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999
Work length1:46
Bach, J S: French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV813
Work length15:30
I. Allemande
Track length2:57
II. Courante
Track length2:06
III. Sarabande
Track length3:02
IV. Air
Track length1:40
V. Menuet
Track length3:10
VI. Gigue
Track length2:35
Couperin, F: L'Art de toucher le clavecin: Prelude in E Minor
Work length1:15
Bach, J S: French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV817
Work length15:26
I. Allemande
Track length3:12
II. Courante
Track length1:57
III. Sarabande
Track length2:41
IV. Gavotte
Track length1:13
V. Polonaise
Track length1:06
VI. Bourrée
Track length1:31
VII. Menuet
Track length1:05
VIII. Gigue
Track length2:41

Spotlight on this release

Awards and reviews

  • International Classical Music Awards
    2024
    Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
  • Gramophone Awards
    2024 Shortlist
    Finalist - Instrumental

June 2023

It’s the sort of music-making that, its intellectual grasp notwithstanding, clearly emanates from the heart.
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