French Suite No 5 in G major, BWV816 (Bach)
from Bach: The French Suites (CDA68401/2)
1 Allemande [3'25]
2 Courante [1'48]
3 Sarabande [4'48]
4 Gavotte [1'09]
5 Bourrée [1'24]
6 Loure [2'20]
7 Gigue [3'43]
18 minutes 37 seconds 7 tracks
‘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 ...