from Bach: The French Suites (CDA68401/2) 1 Allemande [3'56] 15 minutes 44 seconds 7 tracks2 Courante [1'57] 3 Sarabande [3'28] 4 Menuet I [0'57] 5 Menuet II [1'11] 6 Menuet I da capo [0'32] 7 Gigue [3'43] ‘In his new recording of the so-called French Suites (there is nothing particularly French about these lovely, compact essays) [Esfahani] again uses the clavichord for the first three suites and then ... BBC Music Magazine ‘The sound [of the clavichord] is so seductive; the delicacy, the gentle chirpiness, the almost reedy timbre at times, and the way the notes sometimes bend under the finger pressure. And then there’s ... |