With this volume 5, Benjamin Alard reaches the toccatas, preludes, fantasies and fugues that show the extent to which Bach now mastered French and Italian influences, only to emancipate himself from them and compose in complete freedom. An unexpected instrument makes it's first appearance in this complete recording played on the finest historical keyboards: the clavichord, perfectly at home alongside the organ and the harpsichord.
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The Weimar Period - Bach: Complete Works for Keyboard Vol. 5
39 Bach: In Dulci Jubilo, BWV 729 (Passaggio Chorale)
40 Bach: Vom Himmel Hoch, Da Komm Ich Her, BWV 738A (Early Version) (Passaggio Chorale)
41 Bach: Prelude and Fugue in a Minor, BWV 895
42 Bach: Concerto in C minor, BWV 981 I. Adagio
43 Bach: Concerto in C minor, BWV 981 II. Vivace
44 Bach: Concerto in C minor, BWV 981 III. Adagio
45 Bach: Concerto in C minor, BWV 981 IV. Prestissimo
With this volume 5, Benjamin Alard reaches the toccatas, preludes, fantasies and fugues that show the extent to which Bach now mastered French and Italian influences, only to emancipate himself from them and compose in complete freedom. An unexpected instrument makes it's first appearance in this complete recording played on the finest historical keyboards: the clavichord, perfectly at home alongside the organ and the harpsichord.
