Benjamin Alard – Harpsichord
Benjamin Alard – Organ
Having already attracted attention for his exceptional gifts, Bach entered the service of the Weimar court at the age of twenty-three. This was the start of the period known as his ‘early maturity’, in which his formal and expressive experiments reflect a significant interest in French music and ‘la belle danse’. The close intertwining of French and German styles is the dominant feature of this third volume in Benjamin Alard’s recording of the complete organ and harpsichord works.
‘A remarkable complete set of Bach’s keyboard music is gradually being built up.’ – ResMusica.
Disc 1
Johann Sebastian Bach [1685-1750]
Ouverture (Suite) BWV 820
F major/Fa majeur/F-Dur
1 1. Ouverture 2’42
2 2. Entrée 1’24
3 3. Menuet – 4. Trio 1’48
4 5. Bourrée0’33
5 6. Gigue0’43
Suite BWV 823
F minor/fa mineur/f-Moll
6 1. Prélude 1’57
7 2. Sarabande en rondeau 2’33
8 3. Gigue 2’07
9 Præludium (Harpeggiando) BWV 921
C minor / ut mineur / c-Moll 2’35
Suite BWV 819
E-Flat major/Mi bémol majeur/Es-Dur
10 1. Allemande 3’35
11 2. Courante 2’05
12 3. Sarabande 3’49
13 4. Bourrée 1’44
14 5. Menuet I – 6. Menuet II (Trio) 2’41
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer [1670-1746]
15 Præludium VIII 2’46
16 Chaconne
G major/Sol majeur/ G-Dur
(Les Pièces de clavessin op. 2, 1696) 3’34
Johann Sebastian Bach [1685-1750]Drei Menuette aus dem Klavierbüchlein
für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
17 Menuet I BWV 841
G major/Sol majeur/G-Dur 1’05
18 Menuet II BWV 842
G minor/sol mineur/g-Moll0’42
19 Menuet III BWV 843
G major/Sol majeur/G-Dur0’54
François Couperin [1668-1733]
20 La Couperin
E minor/mi mineur/e-Moll
(Quatrième Livre de pièces de clavecin, 21e ordre, Paris, 1730) 3’55
Johann Sebastian Bach [1685-1750]Suite BWV 818a
A minor/la mineur/a-Moll
21 1. [Prélude] Fort gai 1’51
22 2. Allemande 3’39
23 3. Courante 1’23
24 4. Sarabande 3’16
25 5. Menuet 1’10
26 6. Gigue 2’55
François Couperin [1668-1733]27 Cinquième Prélude
(L’Art de toucher le Clavecin, Paris, 1716) 2’58
Johann Sebastian Bach [1685-1750]28 1. Prélude 2’11
Suite 1 avec Prélude BWV 806a
(6 [English] Suites, before 1720)
A Major/La majeur/A-Dur
29 2. Allemande 5’01
30 3. Courante 1re 1’49
31 4. Courante 2. – 4a.[Double] ‘Courante precedent avec la Basse simple’ 2’05
32 5. Sarabande 3’58
33 6. Bourrée 2’05
34 7. Gigue 3’18
Disc 2
1 Aria nach François Couperin BWV 587
after L’Impériale Fa majeur/F-Dur 3’02
2 ‘Meine Seele erhebt den Herren’. Fuge über das Magnificat BWV 733 4’27
3 Choral ‘Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend’ BWV 709 2’12
4 Trio super ‘Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend’ BWV 655a (Weimarer Fassung) 3’52
5 Choral ‘Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend’ BWV 726 1’03
6 Fuga BWV 546/2
C minor/ut mineur/c-Moll 4’50
7 Choral ‘Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr’ BWV 711 (Bicinium) 3’20
8 Choral ‘Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr’ BWV 717 3’27
9 Choral ‘Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr’ BWV 715 1’48
10 Choral ‘Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr’ BWV 663a (Weimarer Fassung) 7’20
11 Pièce d’Orgue BWV 572
G major/Sol majeur/G-Dur
Très vivement – Gravement – Lentement 10’16
12 Choral ‘Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein’ BWV 734 2’43
Nicolas de Grigny [1672-1703]13 Pange Lingua, Récit du Chant de l’hymne précédent
(Premier Livre d’orgue, Paris, 1699) 2’54
André Raison [c. 1640-1719]
14 (Messe du deuxième ton, Livre d’orgue, Paris, 1688) 1’13
Johann Sebastian Bach [1685-1750]
15 Passacaglia BWV 582
C minor/ut mineur/c-Moll 12’05
Disc 3
Suite 4 BWV 809
(6 [English] Suites, before 1720)
F major/Fa majeur/F-Dur
1 1. Prélude 5’42
2 2. Allemande 4’00
3 3. Courante 1’48
4 4. Sarabande 3’30
5 5. Menuet I – 6. Menuet II 4’11
6 7. Gigue 4’13
Suite 2 BWV 807
(6 [English] Suites, before 1720)
A minor/la mineur/a-Moll
7 1. Prélude 5’14
8 2. Allemande 4’02
9 3. Courante 2’02
10 4. Sarabande – 4a. Les agréments de la même Sarabande 3’48
11 5. Bourrée I – 6. Bourrée II 5’32
127. Gigue 4’25
Suite ‘aufs Lauten Werck’ BWV 996
E minor/mi mineur/e-Moll
131. Præludio – Presto 2’13
142. Allemande 3’12
153. Courante 2’14
164. Sarabande 3’16
175. Bourrée 1’04
186. Gigue 2’53
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