 | from Bach: The French Suites (CDA68401/2) 1 Praeludium [2'04] 19 minutes 38 seconds 9 tracks2 Allemande [3'20] 3 Courante [1'52] 4 Sarabande [3'19] 5 Gavotte I [1'15] 6 Gavotte II [2'17] 7 Air [1'54] 8 Menuet [0'56] 9 Gigue [2'41] ‘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 ... |