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French Suites BWV 812-817

Recordings - Part 1

Recordings: Until 1951 | 1951-1960 | 1961-1970 | 1971-1980 | 1981-1990 | 1991-2000 | From 2001

Complete Recordings - Until 1950

1

Violet Gordon Woodhouse: Great Virtuoso of the Harpsichord - Volume III [K-1]

French Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 815a: Prelude [1:40]

Violet Gordon Woodhouse (Harpsichord, Clavichord [4])

Pearl

Apr 10, 1922

CD / TT: 78:04

Recorded in Recording Room 1, Hayes, Middlesex, England.
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2

Grand Piano - Bach: Bauer, Friedman, Grainger, Hess, Samuel [K-2]

French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Mvt. 1 Allemande [2:08], Mvt. 2 Courante [1:40], Mvt. 3 Sarabande [3:50]

Harold Samuel (Piano) [from piano rolls]

Nimbus

Nov 1926

CD / TT: 73:00

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3

Dame Myra Hess - Vol. 1 [K-4]

French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Gigue []

Myra Hess (Piano)

Pearl

1928

CD / TT: 69:40

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4

Wanda Landowska Plays Bach [K-2]
Bach: Concerto for keyboard solo BWV 971; Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in Dm [K-6]
Landowska plays Bach [K-7]

 

French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV 817 []

Wanda Landowska (Harpsichord, Piano)

Pearl
Enterprise

Sep 1936

CD / TT: 78:17
CD / TT: 71:36
CD / TT: 72:57

Recorded at St.-leu-la-Forêt, France.
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5

? [K-2]

French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 []

Walter Gieseking (Piano)

Toshiba TOCE-11511

1930's (?)

CD / TT:

1st recording of French Suite No. 5 BWV 816 by W. Gieseking.

6

J.S. Bach: Sonate No 2 & Suite Française No 4 [K-1]

French Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 815: Allemande, Courante []

Isabelle Nef (Harpsichord)

L'Oiseau-Lyre OL 96/97

Feb 1940 (Released c1948)

2 X 30 cm 78 rpm

This disc was probably made in Chatou, France.

7

? [K-4]

French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 []

Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano)

HMV / EMI

Mar 1948

LP / TT:

Recorded at Wolfbach Studio, Switzerland. 1st recording of French Suite No. 5 BWV 816 by W. Backhaus.

8

Rudolf Serkin: A life, by Stephen Lehman & Mario Faber [Book] [K-2]

French Suite No.5 in G major, BWV 816 []

Rudolf Serkin (Piano)

Oxford University Press

Apr 15, 1950

CD / TT:

Recorded at the Library of Congress. Appendix to Serkin biography 'A life' by Stephen Lehman & Mario Faber, Oxford University Press.
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9

Walter Gieseking: Broadcast Recitals, 1949-1951 [M&A] [K-8]
Bach: 4 Suites Inglesi no 2, 3, 4, 6 [Urania]


French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813 [8:45]
French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 [9:26]

Walter Gieseking (Piano)

Music & Arts 4743

Jun 2, 1950

4-CD / TT: 306:06

Recorded in Saarbrücken, Germany by German broadcast. 2nd recording of French Suite No. 5 BWV 816 by W. Gieseking.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (January 2007 - June 2007)
Thanks to contributors: Teri Noel Towe (February 2007)


French Suites BWV 812-817: Details
Recordings:
Until 1951 | 1951-1960 | 1961-1970 | 1971-1980 | 1981-1990 | 1991-2000 | Freom 2001
Comparative Review:
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
Reviews of Individual Recordings:
FS - P. Anderszeweski | FS - B. Brookshire | FS - D. Cates [Satz] | FS - D. Cates [Schwartz] | FS - T. Dart | FS - A. Klein | FS - J. Payne | FS - B. Rannou [McElhearn] | FS - B. Rannou [Satz] | Rübsam - Part 1 | FS - M. Suzuki
Discussions:
General - Part 1 | FS - B. Bookshire | FS - D. Cates | FS - G. Gould | FS - B. Rannou

Non-Vocal Works: Recordings, Reviews & Discussions | Order of Discussion
Recording Reviews of Non-Vocal Works: Organ | Keyboard | Solo Instrumental | Chamber | Orchestral, MO, AOF
Performers of Non-Vocal Works: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

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