 | from Bach: The French Suites (CDA68401/2) 1 Allemande [3'18] 15 minutes 42 seconds 8 tracks2 Courante [1'54] 3 Sarabande [3'22] 4 Air [1'36] 5 Menuet I [1'09] 6 Menuet II [0'54] 7 Menuet I da capo [0'34] 8 Gigue [2'55] ‘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 ... |