 | from Bach: The French Suites (CDA68401/2) 1 Allemande [3'04] 15 minutes 23 seconds 8 tracks2 Courante [2'16] 3 Sarabande [3'21] 4 Anglaise [1'34] 5 Menuet [1'04] 6 Trio [1'20] 7 Menuet da capo [0'33] 8 Gigue [2'11] ‘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 ... |