Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)
Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suites, BWV 806-811
© 2006 Peter Watchorn (045591025421)
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Some of the best Bach performances of our time, by one of the leading Bach players of our time.
tracks
- 1 Suite 1 in A major BWV 806 Prelude
- 2 Suite 1 in A major BWV 806 Allemande
- 3 Suite 1 in A major BWV 806 Courante 1
- 4 Suite 1 in A major BWV 806 Courante 2
- 5 Suite 1 in A major BWV 806 Double 1
- 6 Suite 1 in A major BWV 806 Double2
- 7 Suite 1 in A major BWV 806 Sarabande
- 8 Suite 1 in A major BWV 806 Bourree 1-2-1
- 9 Suite 1 in A major BWV 806 Gigue
- 10 Suite 2 in A minor BWV 807 Prelude
- 11 Suite 2 in A minor BWV 807 Allemande
- 12 Suite 2 in A minor BWV 807 Courante
- 13 Suite 2 in A minor BWV 807 Sarabande
- 14 Suite 2 in A minor BWV 807 Bourree 1-2-1
- 15 Suite 2 in A minor BWV 807 Gigue
- 16 Suite 3 in G minor, BWV 808 Prelude
- 17 Suite 3 in G minor, BWV 808 Allemande
- 18 Suite 3 in G minor, BWV 808 Courante
- 19 Suite 3 in G minor, BWV 808 Sarabande
- 20 Suite 3 in G minor, BWV 808 Gavotte 1-2-1
- 21 Suite 3 in G minor, BWV 808 Gigue
- 22 Suite 4 in F major, BWV 808 Prelude
- 23 Suite 4 in F major BWV 809 Allemande
- 24 Suite 4 in F major BWV 809 Courante
- 25 Suite 4 in F major BWV 809 Sarabande
- 26 Suite 4 in F major BWV 809 Menuet 1-2-1
- 27 Suite 4 in F major BWV 809 Gigue
- 28 Suite 5 in E minor BWV 810 Prelude
- 29 Suite 5 in E minor BWV 810 Allemande
- 30 Suite 5 in E minor BWV 810 Courante
- 31 Suite 5 in E minor BWV 810 Sarabande
- 32 Suite 5 in E minor BWV 810 Passepied 1-2-1
- 33 Suite 5 in E minor BWV 810 Gigue
- 34 Suite 6 in D minor BWV 811 Prelude
- 35 Suite 6 in D minor BWV 811 Allemande
- 36 Suite 6 in D minor BWV 811 Courante
- 37 Suite 6 in D minor BWV 811 Sarabande
- 38 Suite 6 in D minor BWV 811 Double
- 39 Suite 6 in D minor BWV 811 Gavotte 1-2-1
- 40 Suite 6 in D minor BWV 811 Gigue
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Bach's six English Suites are among his very finest early compositions for solo harpsichord and date from around 1715. This 2 cd set presents all six suites played with all repeats on a spectacular and rare French-style instrument by one of the world's very finest harpsichord makers, Walter Burr of New York. The performances have been widely praised, including by the great Gustav Leonhardt, who especially hailed this release, and the recording was described as one of "the important" recordings of these works in the American Record Guide. With two exceptionally well-filled cds (78 and 79 minutes), this release, the first volume in a complete survey of Bach's harpsichord music, provides outstanding value, as well as seminal performances of six of Bach's greatest works.
Peter Watchorn, born in Australia, has been active as a harpsichordist since 1974. In 1985, at the Boston Early Music Festival he was presented with the coveted Erwin Bodky Memorial Award for his performance of the second Englisgh Suite, which won universal praise from judges and audiences alike. His principal harpsichord teacher was Isolde Ahlgrimm, with whom he studied in Vienna between 1985 and 1992. He has published numerous articles about her life and career, and completed a full-length biography, soon to be published by Ashgate Publishing in London. Peter Watchorn received his doctoral degree from Boston University in 1995, his dissertation being a study of Bach's English Suites. Resident since 1987 in Boston MA, his distinguished career as performer, recording artist, teacher and scholar has taken him throughout Europe and the United States, as well as back to his native Australia. Well-known also as a harpsichord builder, and a member of the staff of Hubbard Harpsichords for many years, responsible, among other things, for musical and tonal finishing, he has continued to collaborate as performer with other makers throughout the world in presenting the finest of their instruments to the public. This recording is the first in a series which will encompass the complete harpsichord output of J. S. Bach over the next few years.