Bach - English & French Suites - Overture / Italian Concerto.. (Century’s recording : S.Richter)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - English & French Suites / Italian Concerto / Toccatas / Fantasia / French Overture / Duettos

English Suite No.3 in G minor/sol mineur, BWV 808
Prélude (00:00)
Allemande (03:33)
Courante (06:35)
Sarabande (9:00)
Gavotte I - Gavotte II / La musette (18:33)
Gigue (21:37)

English Suite No.4 in F/Fa Majeur, BWV 809
Prélude (25:04)
Allemande (30:17)
Courante (33:04)
Sarabande (34:47)
Menuet I - II (39:00)
Gigue (42:22)

English Suite No.6 in D minor/ré mineur, BWV 811
Prélude (46:21)
Allemande (53:41)
Courante (57:09)
Sarabande (59:54)
Double (1:04:12)
Gavotte I - II (1:07:06)
Gigue (1:11:08)

French Suite No.2 in C minor/ut mineur, BWV 813
Allemande (1:14:49)
Courante (1:17:53)
Sarabande (1:19:54)
Air (1:23:06)
Menuet I - II (1:24:41)
Gigue (1:27:20)

French Suite No.4 in E flat/Mi bémol Majeur, BWV 815a
Praeludium (1:29:44)
Allemande (1:31:28)
Courante (1:33:59)
Sarabande (1:35:55)
Gavotte I - II (1:39:10)
Menuet BWV 815 (1:43:34)
Air (1:44:31)
Gigue BWV 815 (1:46:45)

French Suite No.6 in E/Mi Majeur, BWV 817
Allemande (1:49:33)
Courante (1:52:23)
Sarabande (1:54:12)
Gavotte (1:58:34)
Polonaise (1:59:50)
Menuet (2:01:47)
Bourée (2:03:21)
Gigue (2:04:36)

Toccata in D minor/ré mineur, BWV 913 (2:07:12)
Toccata in G/Sol Majeur, BWV 916 (2:19:52)
Fantasia in C minor/ut mineur, BWV 906 (2:27:14)

Italian Concerto in F/Fa Majeur, BWV 971
1.Allegro (2:31:47)
2.Andante (2:35:47)
3.Presto (2:40:55)

French Overture in B minor/Si mineur, BWV 831
Ouverture dans le style français / Französiche Ouvertüre
Ouverture (2:45:16)
Courante (3:00:43)
Gavotte I - II (3:02:59)
Passepied I - II (3:06:30)
Sarabande (3:09:52)
Bourée I - II (3:14:03)
Gigue (3:16:56)
Echo (3:19:09)

Duetto I in E minor/mi mineur, BWV 802 (3:23:07)
Duetto II in F/Fa Majeur, BWV 803 (3:25:48)
Duetto III in G/Sol Majeur, BWV 804 (3:28:54)
Duetto IV in A minor/la mineur, BWV 805 (3:31:16)

Piano : Sviatoslav Richter
Live recordings in 1991, at Bonn/Rolandseck
Label : Philips (The Authorised Recordings)

About Sviatoslav Richter, the legend commenced, then gathered force, during the fifties when it was rumored that there was a pianist in Russia who caused even such formidable colleagues as Emil Gilels to exclaim in awe and amazement. Expectations were raised still higher when Julius Katchen, and later Lazar Berman, claimed that Richter was, quite simply, a ‘’non pareil’’, a pianist whose titanic powers forbade even whispered comparisons.

During the sixties Richter at last appeared in the West. Packed houses in London and New York awaited his arrival with baited breath, but although Richter’s greatness was beyond doubt he was plainly and understandably a frightened man. Anticipation pulsed at fever pitch and the atmosphere at both the Royal Festival Hall and Carnegie Hall was fraught with tension. Perversely Richter began hi three London recitals with a stunning Haydn and Prokofiev programme, only to become increasingly nebulous and withdrawn in Chopin and Debussy, Schubert and Schumann, lost and confused within his own oddly impenetrable reverie. The same happened in New York where Richter’s fascinating if very fallible readings were permanently captured on record by CBS.

And what of Richter’s Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, his Brahms and Liszt, Scriabin and Ravel ? During the following years the answers came thick and fast but were often tantalizing and rarely what anyone expected; sometimes baffling, sometimes frightening in their almost manic intensity and conviction. Idiosyncratic, plain-speaking, titanic, reserved, of a scarcely credible lyric virtuosity and perhaps above all, profoundly enigmatic, Richter remains one of the greatest recreative artists of all time.. Bryce Morrison

Johann Sebastian Bach PLAYLIST (reference recordings) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3UZpQL9LIxOLRwxl1dEfDrH3c8mX5UB1

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