Rising-star period keyboardist Julian Perkins makes his solo Resonus Classics debut with a new recording of the French Suites by J.S. Bach. Seldom recorded on the clavichord, thought to be Bach's keyboard instrument of choice, the Suites' versatile, expressive, and lyrical qualities are expertly revealed by Perkins on this, the gentlest and most intimate of all keyboard instruments. Performing on two instruments by the maker Peter Bavington, the program is completed with two further suites: one earlier partita by Johann Jakob Froberger, and one more contemporary suite by Georg Philipp Telemann, previously attributed to Bach himself.

Tracklist:

Partita No. 2 In D Minor, Fbwv 602: I. Allemanda
Partita No. 2 In D Minor, Fbwv 602: II. Courant
Partita No. 2 In D Minor, Fbwv 602: III. Sarabanda
Partita No. 2 In D Minor, Fbwv 602: IV. Gigue
French Suite No. 1 In D Minor, Bwv 812: I. Allemande
French Suite No. 1 In D Minor, Bwv 812: II. Courante
French Suite No. 1 In D Minor, Bwv 812: III. Sarabande
French Suite No. 1 In D Minor, Bwv 812: IV. Menuet I & II
French Suite No. 1 In D Minor, Bwv 812: V. Gigue
French Suite No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 813: I. Allemande
French Suite No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 813: II. Courante
French Suite No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 813: III. Sarabande
French Suite No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 813: IV. Air
French Suite No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 813: V. Menuet I & II
French Suite No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 813: VI. Gigue
French Suite No. 3 In B Minor, Bwv 814: I. Allemande
French Suite No. 3 In B Minor, Bwv 814: II. Courante
French Suite No. 3 In B Minor, Bwv 814: III. Sarabande
French Suite No. 3 In B Minor, Bwv 814: IV. Anglaise
French Suite No. 3 In B Minor, Bwv 814: V. Menuet & Trio
French Suite No. 3 In B Minor, Bwv 814: VI. Gigue
Suite In A Major, Twv 32:14: I. Allemande
Suite In A Major, Twv 32:14: II. Courante
Suite In A Major, Twv 32:14: III. Sarabanda
Suite In A Major, Twv 32:14: IV. Gigue
Suite No. 4 In E-Flat Major, Bwv 815: I. Prélude
Suite No. 4 In E-Flat Major, Bwv 815: II. Allemande
Suite No. 4 In E-Flat Major, Bwv 815: III. Courante
Suite No. 4 In E-Flat Major, Bwv 815: IV. Sarabande
Suite No. 4 In E-Flat Major, Bwv 815: V. Gavotte & Menuet
Suite No. 4 In E-Flat Major, Bwv 815: VI. Air
Suite No. 4 In E-Flat Major, Bwv 815: VII. Gigue
Suite No. 5 In G Major, Bwv 816: I. Allemande
Suite No. 5 In G Major, Bwv 816: II. Courante
Suite No. 5 In G Major, Bwv 816: III. Sarabande
Suite No. 5 In G Major, Bwv 816: IV. Gavotte
Suite No. 5 In G Major, Bwv 816: V. Bourrée
Suite No. 5 In G Major, Bwv 816: VI. Loure
Suite No. 5 In G Major, Bwv 816: VII. Gigue
Suite No. 6 In E Major, Bwv 817: I. Prélude
Suite No. 6 In E Major, Bwv 817: II. Allemande
Suite No. 6 In E Major, Bwv 817: III. Courante
Suite No. 6 In E Major, Bwv 817: IV. Sarabande
Suite No. 6 In E Major, Bwv 817: V. Gavotte
Suite No. 6 In E Major, Bwv 817: VI. Polonaise & Menuet
Suite No. 6 In E Major, Bwv 817: VII. Bourrée
Suite No. 6 In E Major, Bwv 817: VIII. Gigue

UPC: 5060262790670
Label: Resonus Classics
Release Date: 3.4.16
Format: CD

J Bach S / Perkins - French Suites Bwv 812-817 (2 CD)