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Johann Sebastian Bach |
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Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, Book 1 |
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Peter Watchorn (harpsichord) |
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The first recording of this universal collection to use the tuning system for which it was most likely written. This release is further enhanced by the first use in 60 years of a pedal harpsichord in a recording of Book 1. A unique recording in more ways than one. |
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New Release - Available Now
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Cat. #0201/2CD-set
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Johann Sebastian Bach |
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English Suites, BWV 806 - 811 |
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Peter Watchorn (harpsichord) |
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Harpsichordist Peter Watchorn presents Bach's "Six Great Suites", known today as the English Suites. This fine recording, which showcases a harpsichord by master builder Walter Burr, includes all repeats: nearly 160 minutes of music. |
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Cat. #0206/2CD-set
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Bach: Works for
Harpsichord
The harpsichord compositions of Johann
Sebastian Bach represent one of the pinnacles of Western music. Bach
composed for the harpsichord throughout his long career and the
surviving works clearly show his development over a period of nearly
fifty years. Peter Watchorn has spent over thirty years specializing in
this music, and here presents all of the master's works for harpsichord
and pedal harpsichord, beginning with The Well-Tempered Clavier
and the six English Suites. Using a variety of harpsichords by
the leading builders of the present day, Peter Watchorn brings to this
project the insights and knowledge gained by many years of study with
Isolde Ahlgrimm, the great Viennese harpsichordist, as well as his own
experience as a harpsichord builder of note. The series also features
the newly discovered "Bach" tuning, deciphered by Bradley Lehman from
the title page of the first 1722 collection of preludes and fugues
MO 0202: Das
Wohltemperierte Clavier II, BWV 870-893
MO 0210:
Clavierübung II & III: Italian Concerto, French
Overture, Four duetti
MO 0302: French Suites,
BWV 812-817, Suites in E flat and A minor, BWV 818-819
MO 0306: Partitas, BWV
825-831
MO 0308: Goldberg
Variations, BWV 988
MO 0309: Fantasias,
preludes and fugues I
MO 0502: Fantasias,
preludes and fugues II
MO 0505: Toccatas, BWV
910-916
MO 0506: Suites, sonatas,
capriccios
MO 0507: Concerto
arrangements, BWV 592a, BWV 972-987
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