Browse: Benjamin Alard Bach (series)

This set of Bach’s Orgelbüchlein is not only first-rate in every way in terms of Alard’s idiomatic and thoughtful playing, the excellent recorded sound…every one of these chorales is followed... — Fanfare, May/June 2023 More…

thoughtful, heartfelt and beautifully realised performances…Alard’s simple and direct portrayal of Bach’s unshakeable faith achieves transcendent eloquence. — Gramophone Magazine, January 2022 More…

With more than three hours of music, this three-disc set is not be consumed at one or even two sittings: it’s like a vast ornamental garden with many side-avenues which the listener is encouraged... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 2 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

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... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2020 More…

It’s the sort of music-making that, its intellectual grasp notwithstanding, clearly emanates from the heart. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2023 More…

The magnificent Silbermann organ in St Aurélie’s Strasbourg, and a ravishingly-toned hybrid harpsichord after Ruckers and Duloken, furnish exemplary tools for the job, and Alard’s playing bears... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…