Eagerly pursuing his exploration of Bach's corpus for solo keyboard, Benjamin Alard focuses here on works associated with the composer's first wife, Maria Barbara, and her untimely death in 1720. This instalment therefore includes both the Inventions and Sinfonias, a collection of teaching pieces brimming with freshness and invention, and the prodigious French Suites, one of the peaks of Bach's years in Cöthen.
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Kothen 1717-1723 - Bach: Complete Works for Keyboard Vol.8
1 Vol.1: Bach: Sonata in D minor, BWV 964: I. Adagio
2 Bach: Sonata in D minor, BWV 964: II. Fuga. Allegro
3 Bach: Sonata in D minor, BWV 964: III. Andante
4 Bach: Sonata in D minor, BWV 964: IV. Allegro
5 Bach: Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne (Arr. for Keyboard)
6 Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 539: Prelude
7 Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 539: Fugue
8 Bach: Adagio in G Major, BWV 968
9 Bach: Pedal-Exercitium, BWV 598
10 Bach: Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542: Fantasia Vol.2: Bach: Invention in C Major, BWV 772
11 Bach: Sinfonia in C Major, BWV 787
12 Bach: Invention in F Major, BWV 779
13 Bach: Sinfonia in F Major, BWV 794
14 Bach: Invention in D minor, BWV 775
15 Bach: Sinfonia in D minor, BWV 790
16 Bach: Invention in G Major, BWV 781
17 Bach: Sinfonia in G Major, BWV 796
18 Bach: Invention in E minor, BWV 778
19 Bach: Sinfonia in E minor, BWV 793
20 Bach: Invention in a Major, BWV 783
21 Bach: Sinfonia in D Major, BWV 789
22 Bach: Invention in D Major, BWV 774
23 Bach: Invention in B minor, BWV 786
24 Bach: Sinfonia in B minor, BWV 801
25 Bach: L'art de Toucher Le Clavecin: Prelude in D minor
26 Bach: French Suite No.1 in D minor, BWV 812: I. Allemande
27 Bach: French Suite No.1 in D minor, BWV 812: II. Courante
28 Bach: French Suite No.1 in D minor, BWV 812: III. Sarabande
29 Bach: French Suite No.1 in D minor, BWV 812: IV. Menuets I & II
30 Bach: French Suite No.1 in D minor, BWV 812: V. Gigue
31 Bach: L'art de Toucher Le Clavecin: Prelude in G minor
32 Bach: French Suite No.5 in G Major, BWV 816: I. Allemande
33 Bach: French Suite No.5 in G Major, BWV 816: II. Courante
34 Bach: French Suite No.5 in G Major, BWV 816: III. Sarabande
35 Bach: French Suite No.5 in G Major, BWV 816: IV. Gavotte
36 Bach: French Suite No.5 in G Major, BWV 816: V. Bourrée
37 Bach: French Suite No.5 in G Major, BWV 816: VI. Loure
38 Bach: French Suite No.5 in G Major, BWV 816: VII. Gigue
39 Bach: L'art de Toucher Le Clavecin: Prelude in B minor
40 Bach: French Suite No.3 in B minor, BWV 814: I. Allemande
41 Bach: French Suite No.3 in B minor, BWV 814: II. Courante
42 Bach: French Suite No.3 in B minor, BWV 814: III. Sarabande
43 Bach: French Suite No.3 in B minor, BWV 814: IV. Anglaise
44 Bach: French Suite No.3 in B minor, BWV 814: V. Menuet - Trio
45 Bach: French Suite No.3 in B minor, BWV 814: VI. Gigue Vol.3: Bach: Sinfonia in E-Flat Major, BWV 791
46 Bach: Invention in E-Flat Major, BWV 776
47 Bach: Sinfonia in C minor, BWV 788
48 Bach: Invention in C minor, BWV 773
49 Bach: Sinfonia in F minor, BWV 795
50 Bach: Invention in F minor, BWV 780
51 Bach: Sinfonia in B-Flat Major, BWV 800
52 Bach: Invention in B-Flat Major, BWV 785
53 Bach: Sinfonia in G minor, BWV 797
54 Bach: Invention in G minor, BWV 782
55 Bach: Sinfonia in E Major, BWV 792
56 Bach: Invention in E Major, BWV 777
57 Bach: Sinfonia in a Minor, BWV 799
58 Bach: Invention in a Minor, BWV 784
59 Bach: Sinfonia in a Major, BWV 798
60 Bach: French Suite No.4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815A (Alternate Version): I. Prelude
61 Bach: French Suite No.4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: I. Allemande
62 Bach: French Suite No.4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: II. Courante
63 Bach: French Suite No.4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: III. Sarabande
64 Bach: French Suite No.4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: IV. Gavotte
65 Bach: French Suite No.4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: V. Menuet
66 Bach: French Suite No.4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: VI. Air
67 Bach: French Suite No.4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: VII. Gigue
68 Bach: Prelude in C minor, BWV 999
69 Bach: French Suite No.2 in C minor, BWV 813: I. Allemande
70 Bach: French Suite No.2 in C minor, BWV 813: II. Courante
71 Bach: French Suite No.2 in C minor, BWV 813: III. Sarabande
72 Bach: French Suite No.2 in C minor, BWV 813: IV. Air
73 Bach: French Suite No.2 in C minor, BWV 813: V. Menuet
74 Bach: French Suite No.2 in C minor, BWV 813: VI. Gigue
75 Bach: L'art de Toucher Le Clavecin: Prelude in E minor
76 Bach: French Suite No.6 in E Major, BWV 817: I. Allemande
77 Bach: French Suite No.6 in E Major, BWV 817: II. Courante
78 Bach: French Suite No.6 in E Major, BWV 817: III. Sarabande
79 Bach: French Suite No.6 in E Major, BWV 817: IV. Gavotte
80 Bach: French Suite No.6 in E Major, BWV 817: V. Polonaise
81 Bach: French Suite No.6 in E Major, BWV 817: VI. Bourrée
82 Bach: French Suite No.6 in E Major, BWV 817: VII. Menuet
83 Bach: French Suite No.6 in E Major, BWV 817: VIII. Gigue
Eagerly pursuing his exploration of Bach's corpus for solo keyboard, Benjamin Alard focuses here on works associated with the composer's first wife, Maria Barbara, and her untimely death in 1720. This instalment therefore includes both the Inventions and Sinfonias, a collection of teaching pieces brimming with freshness and invention, and the prodigious French Suites, one of the peaks of Bach's years in Cöthen.
