Description
Track Listing:
CD 1
1-8
French Overture, BWV 831
9-11
Italian Concerto, BWV 971
CD 2
1-4
Four Duetti, BWV 802 – 805
5-8
Capriccio sopra la lontananza
del suo fratello dilettissimo,
BWV 992
9-12
Sonata in D minor, BWV 964
CD 3
1-6
Suite in E minor, BWV 996
7-10
Partita in C minor, BWV 997
11-13
Prelude, Fugue, & Allegro, BWV 998
14-16
Fantasias, BWV 918,
BWV 919, BWV 906
Bach 330
J. S. Bach: Clavier-Übung II & III- French Overture, Italian Concerto
Peter Watchorn, harpsichord
Configuration: Three CD Digipak
Available: September 23, 2014
Recorded: May 26-28, 2014
Booklet: 24 Page
Features:
• CD 1 presents the two popular Bach works that make up Clavier-Übung II: the Italian Concerto, BWV 971 & the French
Overture, BWV 831, played with all repeats
• CD 2 includes the four Duets from Clavier-Übung III, plus two other major Bach works.
• CD 3 incorporates the three rarely-heard major works for Lautenclavier, BWV 996-998 and three other more familiar
Bach works
• Harpsichord is a replica of an original Ruckers instrument, as enlarged by the French (1646/1756/1780), built by
the performer
• Bach-Lehman tuning of 2004
• Recorded by master engineer Joel Gordon in the superb acoustics of St. Mary of the Hills church, Milton, MA
Reviews:
Gramophone, International Record Review, BBC Music Magazine, Classical Net, Musicweb, The Boston Musical Intelligencer,
The Whole Note, American Record Guide, The American Organist, Fanfare Magazine
