from Bach: The French Suites (CDA68401/2) 1 Allemande [3'25] 18 minutes 37 seconds 7 tracks2 Courante [1'48] 3 Sarabande [4'48] 4 Gavotte [1'09] 5 Bourrée [1'24] 6 Loure [2'20] 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 ... |