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Bach: The English Suites - Richard Egarr (2013)

Posted By: peotuvave

Date: 24 Mar 2014 05:46:24

Whatever the elusive truth may be regarding the ‘Englishness' of these 'Six Suittes avec leurs Preludes', there is no denying the imagination of the keyboard writing. Each Suite is headed by a Prelude of substantial proportions, followed by wonderfully varied dance movements, all perfectly suited to showcase the joyful brilliance of Richard Egarr's harpsichord skill.

"as a player I find personally the most pleasure in the earlier keyboard collections. The Toccatas, Well-Tempered Clavier’s Book 1, Brandenburg 5 and the so-called ‘English’ Suites seem to delight in purely physical keyboard pleasure and imagination that is often absent from the later works…This is a true cycle of pieces – one of Bach’s first and certainly one of his best. The care with which Bach has planned their path, and the skill in creating a musical journey to a most fearful place is astonishing. The way to redemption and salvation after this journey is perhaps shown by the key sequence of the Suites: A – a – g – F – e – d. These six notes clearly describe the Chorale tune “Jesu, meine Freude”. I recorded the Suites in order. I certainly felt that it helped me make the musical path clearer. My trusty Katzman harpsichord was a glorious partner, its quill plectra wonderfully flexible and responsive in giving life and colour to this most imaginative music." Richard Egarr

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Richard Egarr

Reviews: In about 1725 Johann Sebastian Bach put together these six suites that his biographer Johann Nikolas Forkel alleged were “composed for an English nobleman.” Of course, there is no substantiation whatsoever for this assertion, and the title seems to have found all sorts of other explanations, none of which apparently come from Bach himself. In any case, there is nothing intrinsically “English” about them; rather, they form a nice cycle of keyboard suites in the ordinary French style of the period. They are at once genteel and complex works, with all of the intricacy that one might expect from Bach, but whether they were written as pedagogical works or as part of a sequence meant for entertainment in the home is not immediately apparent.

These works have been often recorded as they are firmly implanted in the keyboard repertoire. Christopher Brodersen noted a fine performance on Caro Mitis by Olga Martynova ( Fanfare 34:5) which I purchased on his recommendation due to the nicely resonant sound of the playing. I am pleased to note that this recording by Richard Egarr, using a Ruckers copy at A=409Hz and with his own temperament, is every bit its equal in performance, though I find the sound considerably more transparent. The instrument is resonant where needed, but the lightness of texture often allows Bach’s inner parts to emerge from beneath the nicely phrased melodic lines. Egarr does a wonderful job at letting the music evolve, rather than playing entirely in a mechanical fashion. This is the way Bach should be done, with subtle nuances emerging from the texture in the slower dances, and, as in the Bourée of the Suite in A Major, the perpetual motion of the lines given a nice energy when phrased this way. This marks this set as particularly fine. If you haven’t yet purchased your recording of the English Suites , this is one that I believe will set a standard of excellence. For me, it has already replaced the Martynova as my favorite.

Tracklisting:

1. English Suite no 6 in D minor, BWV 811 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Richard Egarr (Harpsichord)
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1715; Weimar, Germany

2. English Suite no 5 in E minor, BWV 810 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Richard Egarr (Harpsichord)
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1715; Weimar, Germany

3. English Suite no 4 in F major, BWV 809 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Richard Egarr (Harpsichord)
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1715; Weimar, Germany

4. English Suite no 3 in G minor, BWV 808 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Richard Egarr (Harpsichord)
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1715; Weimar, Germany

5. English Suite no 2 in A minor, BWV 807 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Richard Egarr (Harpsichord)
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1715; Weimar, Germany

6. English Suite no 1 in A major, BWV 806 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Richard Egarr (Harpsichord)
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1715; Weimar, Germany

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