Description
Track Listing:
Disc 1
1-6 French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812
7-13 French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813
14-20 French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814
Disc 2
1-8 French Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 815
9-16 French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816
17-25 French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV 817
Disc 3
1-20 Twenty Little Preludes, BWV 924-943
Johann Sebastian Bach
The Six French Suites, BWV 812-817
Little Preludes, BWV 924-943
Peter Watchorn, harpsichord
Configuration: Digital Download (320 kbps MP3)
Available: October 16, 2011
Recorded: May 16–18, 2011
Booklet: 24 page
Features: • The most complete version of the
French Suites ever recorded.
• Includes preludes for all six suites, following Bach’s own example in suites 4 and 6.
• Includes all repeats, with improvised ornamentation.
• Restores all missing movements to suites 2 and 4.
• Combines the six French Suites with the twenty “little” preludes, making this a convenient resource for keyboard
students and their teachers.
• Presents Bach’s music on a state-ofthe-art German two-manual harpsichord by one of America’s most respected
harpsichord building shops, Zuckermann International.
• Features Musica Omnia’s award-winning sonics, created by Joel Gordon.
