Bach: English Suites BWV 806-811
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Composer: Johann Sebastian BachPerformer: Andras Schiff
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Prelude
- Allemande
- Courante I / Courante II
- Double I / Double II
- Sarabande
- Bourree I / Bourree II
- Gigue
- Prelude
- Allemande
- Courante
- Sarabande
- Gavotte I / Gavotte II "La Musette"
- Gigue
- Prelude
- Allemande
- Courante
- Sarabande
- Passepied I en rondeau / Passepied II
- Gigue
- Prelude
- Allemande
- Courante
- Sarabande
- Bourree I / Bourree II
- Gigue
- Prelude
- Allemande
- Courante
- Sarabande
- Meneut I / Meneut II
- Gigue
- Pr?lude
- Allemande
- Courante
- Sarabande & Double
- Gavotte I & Gavotte II
- Gigue
Free Music Notes for Bach: English Suites BWV 806-811
Free Music Review: a musician's favorite recording of these works
Hit: 4 Stars
As a professional musician who loves not only the harpsichord and the piano but also the clavichord, and who had taken the trouble to study "Baroque music performance practice" while in music graduate school, I would like to say that this is the one of many Bach recordings that I have (and not only of music for the keyboard) that I just about always reach for first. And if I may suggest so boldly, until one has actually studied the score carefully (and hopefully even played it), there's always the danger of judging recordings by previous recordings that one already knew. A danger of which I have been a victim many a time as I got to study a piece myself and pretty much had to 'rethink' it completely, as invariably I had to get those "first impressions" out of my ear and my head before I may proceed.
That being said, I find this recording excellent (though not perfect, as such a beast does not exist), first of all because Andras Schiff is truly musical, unfortunately a rare quality even among us so-called professional musicians. Secondly, I find his approach "in tune" with what I always try to do when interpreting this repertoire: "how would Bach have played such and such a piece, if he had the modern piano at his disposition?"
Finally, the duty of a performing musician is to be as faithful an interpreter of the composer's music as possible. For example, if each composer has his/her own [musical] language, then it is the musician's duty to speak that language "without any [foreign] accent". And should a musician have to choose between being faithful in such a way and trying to please everyone in the audience, the true artist would always opt for the first, for better or worse... By which I mean better for his/her [artistic] soul but worse for his/her pocketbook!
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