Gianluca Luisi – Bach: French Suites, BWV 812-817 (2018) [FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]

The six French Suites, BWV 812-817 were written for the clavier (harpsichord or clavichord) by Johann Sebastian Bach between 1722 and 1725. They were later given the name “French” by Bach’s biographer J.N. Forkel, who wrote that “one usually calls them French Suites because they are written in the French manner” – despite the fact that only a few of the movements are in the French style (the courantes of the first and third suites, for example). Bach employed dance movements that are foreign to the French manner, such as the Polonaise of the Sixth suite.

No definitive manuscript of the suites has survived. This is due to the fact that Bach made several copies, all with remarkable differences in regard to which movements are included in each suite, but also because several other manuscript sources from the 1730s and ’40s are in the hand of copyists. Italian pianist Gianluca Luisi is perhaps one of today’s most relevant exponents of Bach’s keyboard music, and one of the very few pianists to have won the Saarbrücken International Piano Competition. Luisi’s Bach is fanciful, rhythmic, filled with contrasts and timbric nuances.

The sound of a brand new Steinway D piano was captured by Brüel & Kjær microphones.

Tracklist:
01. French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 812: I. Allemande
02. French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 812: II. Courante
03. French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 812: III. Sarabande
04. French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 812: IV. Menuet I
05. French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 812: V. Menuet II
06. French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 812: VI. Menuet I da capo
07. French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 812: VII. Gigue
08. French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813: I. Allemande
09. French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813: II. Courante
10. French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813: III. Sarabande
11. French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813: IV. Air
12. French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813: V. Menuet
13. French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813: VI. Gigue
14. French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814: I. Allemande
15. French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814: II. Courante
16. French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814: III. Sarabande
17. French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814: IV. Anglaise
18. French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814: V. Menuet
19. French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814: VI. Trio
20. French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814: VII. Menuet
21. French Suite No. 3 In B Minor, Bwv 814: VIII. Gigue
22. French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: I. Allemande
23. French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: II. Courante
24. French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: III. Sarabande
25. French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: IV. Gavotte
26. French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: V. Air
27. French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: VI. Menuet
28. French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: VII. Gigue
29. French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: I. Allemande
30. French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: II. Courante
31. French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: III. Sarabande
32. French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: IV. Gavotte
33. French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: V. Bourrée
34. French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: VI. Loure
35. French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: VII. Gigue
36. French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817: I. Allemande
37. French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817: II. Courante
38. French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817: III. Sarabande
39. French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817: IV. Gavotte
40. French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817: V. Polonaise
41. French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817: VI. Menuet
42. French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817: VII. Bourrée
43. French Suite No. 6 In E Major, Bwv 817: VIII. Gigue

Personnel:
Gianluca Luisi, piano

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