 | from Bach: The French Suites (CDA68401/2) 1 Prélude [1'40] 17 minutes 4 seconds 9 tracks2 Allemande [2'44] 3 Courante [1'37] 4 Sarabande [2'44] 5 Gavotte [1'12] 6 Polonaise [1'32] 7 Bourrée [1'44] 8 Gigue [2'31] 9 Menuet [1'20] ‘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 ... |