Bach: The Complete Works for Keyboard Vol. 8, "Köthen, 1717-1723 - For Maria Barbara" (Benjamin Alard) (3CD)

Eagerly pursuing his exploration of Bach’s corpus for solo keyboard, Benjamin Alard focuses here on works associated with the composer’s first wife, Maria Barbara, and her untimely death in 1720.

This instalment therefore includes both the Inventions and Sinfonias, a collection of teaching pieces brimming with freshness and invention, and the prodigious French Suites, one of the peaks of Bach’s years in Cöthen.

Works
Bach, J S: Adagio in G major, BWV968
Bach, J S: French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV812
Bach, J S: French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV813
Bach, J S: French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV814
Bach, J S: French Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV815
Bach, J S: French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV816
Bach, J S: French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV817
Bach, J S: Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, BWV964
Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne
Bach, J S: Pedal-Exercitium, BWV598
Bach, J S: Prelude & 'Fiddle' Fugue in D minor, BWV539
Bach, J S: Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999
Bach, J S: Three-part Inventions (Sinfonias) Nos. 1-15, BWV787-801
Bach, J S: Two-part Invention No. 1 in C major, BWV772
Bach, J S: Two-part Invention No. 6 in E major, BWV777
Bach, J S: Two-part Invention No. 8 in F major, BWV779
Bach, J S: Two-part Invention No. 12 in A major, BWV783
Bach, J S: Two-part Invention No. 13 in A minor, BWV784
Bach, J S: Two-part Invention No. 14 in B flat major, BWV785