Various Suites BWV 818-824

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Various Suites BWV 818-824
Recordings

Recordings: Until 1950 | 1951-1960 | 1961-1970 | 1971-1980 | 1981-1990 | 1991-2000 | From 2001

Complete Recordings - Until 1950

1	Bach: Partita No. 4; Suite in A minor; Debussy: Children's Corner (William Kapell Edition Vol. 6) [K-1]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818 [8:32]
William Kapell (Piano)
RCA Red Seal		Jan 7, 1947	CD / TT: 73:40
Recorded at RCA Studio 2, New York City, NY, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

Complete Recordings - 1951-1960

2	J.S. Bach: Complete Piano Works - Album IX [K-9]
Suite in A major Suite in A minor, BWV 818 Suite in E flat major, BWV 819 Sonata in D minor Adagio in G major
Gunnar Johansen
Artist Direct		Early 1950's	LP / TT:
Recorded at Gunnar Johansen's house, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, USA.

3	J.S. Bach: Complete Piano Works - Album XIII [K-13]
Overtrure (Suite) in F major, BWV 820 []
Gunnar Johansen (Harpsichord & Double Keyboard Piano)
Artist Direct		Early 1950's	LP / TT:
Recorded at Gunnar Johansen's house, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, USA.

4	? [K-1]
Suite in A major, BWV 824 []
Anneliese Pflugbeil (Clavichord)
Cantate T 72099F		c1960	LP / TT:
Recorded at Studio Teldec, Berlin-Lichterfelde, Germany.

Complete Recordings - 1961-1970

5	J.S. Bach: Suites inedites pour clavecin [K-8]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a Suite in E-flat major, BWV 819 Overture (Suite) in F major, BWV 820 Suite in F minor, BWV 823
János Sebestyén (Hapsichord)
Centre Culturel de Valprivas		c1970 (?) (published: Nov 1975.)	LP / TT:
Recorded at the Angelicum studio in Milan, Italy.

6	Bach On The Clavichord [K-1]
Suite in F minor, BWV 823 []
Michael Thomas (Clavichord) [his own made clavichord]
Oryx BACH-1231		c1970	LP / TT:

Complete Recordings - 1971-1980

7	Bach: Suites for Harpsichord (Bach-2000 Vol. 104) [A-8]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a [14:39] Alternative Sarabande Simple - Suite in a Minor BWV 818 [3:21] Alternative Sarabande Double - Suite in a Minor BWV 818 [2:26] Suite in E Flat, BWV 819 [13:57] Alternative Allemande De La Suite BWV 819a [3:30] Suite in B Flat BWV 821 [11:25]
Zuzana Ruzickova (Harpsichord)
LP Eterna 827 558 (from Supraphon) Teldec (from Erato)		1975	LP / TT: CD / TT:
Buy this album at: Amazon.de \| Amazon.com [Box Set] \| Amazon.de [Box Set]

8	Bach: Partita Nr. 6 e-moll BWV 830; Suite a-moll BWV 818a [K-1]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a [15:30]
Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
Melodiya / Melodia - Eurodisc		Oct 1, 1979	LP / TT: 47:13
Recorded at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Russia.

Complete Recordings - 1981-1990

9	Bach: The Keyboard Album [K-9]
Suite in F minor, BWV 823 [1:41, 2:58, 1:39] Suite in A major, BWV 824 [8:43]
Rosalyn Tureck (Piano)
Sony Classical		Apr 1981	CD / TT: 65:44
Recorded at 30^th Street Studios, New York City, NY, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

10	J.S. Bach: French Suites BWV 812-819 [K-1]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a Suite in E flat major, BWV 819 [] Allemande, BWV 819a []
Christopher Hogwood (Harpsichord)
L�Oiseau-Lyre / Decca		1984	2-CD / 134:20
Buy this album at: Amazon.com [OL] \| Amazon.com [Decca]

11	Robert Riefling Interprets Bach [K-6]
From Suite (Fragment) in F minor, BWV 823: Sarabande [3:00], Gigue [1:40]
Robert Riefling (Piano) [Steinway & Sons grand piano)
Simax Classics		Jun 10-11, 1986	CD / TT: 58:17
Recorded at the Assembly Hall of the University of Oslo, Norway. Buy this album at: Amazon.de

12	J.S. Bach: Five Harpsichord Suites [K-1]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a [12:43] Suite in E flat major, BWV 819a [16:21] Suite in F minor, BWV 823 [7:05]
Robert Hill (Harpsichord)
Music & Arts		May 1988	CD / TT: 62:24
Recorded at Biddle Music Building, Duke Univeristy, Durham, NC, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

13	Bach: Keyboard Works, 1700-1710 [K-1] Bach Edition Vol. 3 - Keyboard Works Vol. 1 [Box Set] [B-1]
Overture (Suite) in F major, BWV 820 [8:01] Suite in B flat major, BWV 821 [8:31] Ouverture (Suite) in G minor, BWV 822 [13:38] Suite in F minor, BWV 823 [6:26]
Christiane Wuyts (Hapsichord) [Henri Hemsch - 1754; Jacques Goermans - 1774]
Autographe Brilliant Classics		1988	3-CD / T: 205:09 11-CD / TT:
Recorded at Digipro Brussels, Belgium. Buy this album at: Amazon.com [Box Set] \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

14	J.S. Bach: Suites de Clavecin [K-2]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a [] Suite in E flat major, BWV 819a []
Emer Buckley (Harpsichord)
Harmonia Mundi		1989	CD / TT: 60:51
Recorded at St. Martin du Méjan, Arles, France.

15	J.S. Bach: French Suites [K-2]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a [15:14] Suite in E flat major, BWV 819a [19:48]
Davitt Moroney (Harpsichord)
Virgin Classics		May 1990	2-CD / TT: 144:09
Recorded at Château de Creulllet, Creully, Normandy, France. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

Complete Recordings - 1991-2000

16	J.S. Bach: 8 Suites In French Style BWV 812-819 [K-3]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a [] Suite in E flat major, BWV 819a []
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (Harpsichord)
Kontrapunkt 32103/04		1992 ?	2-CD / TT:
Buy this album at: Amazon.de

17	J.S. Bach: From the W.F. Bach Notebook [K-7]
Suite in A major, BWV 824 [7:28]
Wolfgang Rübsam (Piano)
Naxos		Oct 1994	CD / TT: 67:03
Recorded at Orum Hall, Valparaiso, Indiana, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

18	Bach: Clavierwerke [K-1]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a [13:37]
Wolfgang Glüxam (Harpsichord) [Frankoflämisch - Willem Kroesbergen, Utrect 1986]
ORF Alte Musik		Jan 1995	CD / TT: 71:20
Recorded at Großer Sendesaal, Funkhaus, Vienna, Austria. Buy this album at: Amazon.de

19	J.S. Bach: French Suites [K-1]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a [15:57] Suite in E flat major, BWV 819 [18:45] Suite in F minor, BWV 823 [5:58]
Ilton Wjuniski (Harpsichord)
GM Recordings		Jan 1995	2-CD / TT: 148:18
Recorded at Regis College, Weston, MA, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

20	J.S. Bach: Cembalowerke � Harpsichord Works [K-2]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a [] Suite in F minor, BWV 823 []
Christine Schornsheim (Harpsichord)
Capriccio		1995	CD / TT:
Buy this album at: Amazon.de

21	The Complete Keyboard Works of J.S. Bach Vol. 14: Toccatas; Overture; Aria Variata; Adagio; 4 Duets; Capriccio [K-14]
Overture (Suite) in F major, BWV 820 [9:35]
João Carlos Martins (Piano)
Concord Concerto / Labor Records / Tomato Music		Apr 1996	CD / TT:
Recorded at Salle Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria. Buy this album at: Amazon.com [C]

22	Andreas Bach Manuscript [K-6]
Overtrure (Suite) in F major, BWV 820 [7:52]
Joseph Payne (Harpsichord) [by William Dowd (Paris) in the Flemish style; a = 415 Hz. Temperament: Werckmeister III]
Discover International		Oct 1997; Aug 1997	CD / TT: 60:00
Recorded in Thuringia & Saxony, Germany; Nidau, Switzerland.

23	J.S. Bach: Keyboard Suites, Vol. 1 - Early Suites (1700-1709) [K-2]
Overture (Suite) in F major, BWV 820 [10:29] Suite in G minor, BWV 822 [17:36] Suite in F minor, BWV 823 [9:17]
Andrea Padova (Piano)
Stradivarius		May 11-13, 1998	CD / TT: 78:30
Recorded at SR Studio III, Milan, Italy. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

24	Bach: Works for Lute-Harpsichord (Edition Bachakademie Vol. 109) [K-3] Bach: Keyboard Works 1, Box 8 [Box Set] [B-4]
Suite in F minor, BWV 823 [6:48]
Robert Hill (Lute-Harpsichord)
Hänssler		Sep 1998	CD / TT: 71:46 8-CD / TT:
Recorded at Kirche St. Fides und Markus, Freiburg-Sölden, Germany. Discussions: Lute Works - played by Robert Hill (Lute-Harpsichord) Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

25	Bach: A La Maniera Italiana [K-1]
Suite in F minor, BWV 823 [7:40]
Rinaldo Alessandrini (Harpsichord)
Opus 111		Feb 1999	CD / TT: 77:17
Recorded at Lutherian Church of St. Peter, Paris, France. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

26	Bach: Clavier Book for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach [K-3]
Suite in A major, BWV 824 [8:56]
Joseph Payne (Harpsichord, Clavichord, Organ)
Hänssler		Feb-Mar 1999	2-CD / TT: 125:58
Recorded in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

27	Bach: Harpsichord Music by the Young Johann Sebastian Bach, Vol. 1 (Edition Bachakademie Vol. 102) [K-4] Bach: Keyboard Works 1, Box 8 [Box Set] [B-4]
Overture (Suite) in F major, BWV 820 [8:38]
Robert Hill (Harpsichord)
Hänssler		Mar 1999	CD / TT: 69:54 8-CD / TT:
Recorded at Kath. Pfarrkirche Oberried, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

28	Bach: Harpsichord Music by the Young Johann Sebastian Bach, Vol. 2 (Edition Bachakademie Vol. 103) [K-5] Bach: Keyboard Works 1, Box 8 [Box Set] [B-4]
Suite in B flat major, BWV 821 [9:24] Suite in G minor, BWV 822 [13:11]
Robert Hill (Harpsichord)
Hänssler		Mar 1999	2-CD / TT: 107:00 8-CD / TT:
Recorded at Kath. Pfarrkirche Oberried, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

29	Bach: Concerto, Fantasia & Fugue - Keyboard Works From The Weimar Period (Edition Bachakademie Vol. 105) [K-6] Bach: Keyboard Works 1, Box 8 [Box Set] [B-4]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a [14:19]
Robert Hill (Harpsichord)
Hänssler		Oct 1999	CD / TT: 52:27 8-CD / TT:
Recorded at Kath. Pfarrkirche Oberried/Breisgau, Germany. Review: Bach Harpsichord Discs from Hill and Suzuki Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

30	Bach: Bach as Teacher - Keyboard Works from the Cöthen Period (Edition Bachakademie Vol. 107) [K-7] Bach: Keyboard Works 1, Box 8 [Box Set] [B-4]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818 [12:45] Suite in E flat major, BWV 819a [16:31]
Robert Hill (Lute-Harpsichord [CD-1] & Clavichord [CD- 2])
Hänssler		Oct-Nov 1999	2-CD / TT 122:53 8-CD / TT:
Recorded at Kath. Pfarrkirche Oberried/Breisgau, Germany. Review: �Bach as Teacher� from Robert Hill Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

31	Bach: Sonatas, Suites, Fantasias [K-8] Bach Edition Vol. 13 - Keyboard Works Vol. 2 [Box Set] [B-2]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a [14:41]
Pieter-Jan Belder (Harpsichord)
Brillant Classics		Nov 1999	CD / TT: 76:03 12-CD / TT:
Recorded at Maria Minor, Utrecht, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com [Box Set] \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

32	Bach: Suites, Fantasias, Preludes & Fugues [K-9] Bach Edition Vol. 13 - Keyboard Works Vol. 2 [Box Set] [B-2]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818 [14:23] Suite in E flat major, BWV 819 [16:34]
Pieter-Jan Belder (Harpsichord)
Brillant Classics		Nov 1999	CD / TT: 76:45 12-CD / TT:
Recorded at Maria Minor, Utrecht, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com [Box Set] \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

33	Les Nouveaux Interprètes - Céline Frisch, Clavecin: J.S. Bach [K-1]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a [12:23]
Céline Frisch (Harpsichord) [by Anthony Sidey]
Harmonia Mundi France		Nov 1999	CD / TT: 63:17
Recorded at Studio 103 de la Maison de Radio France. Review: Bach Harpsichord Works from Céline Frisch Buy this album at: Amazon.com

34	J.S. Bach Album-2 [K-3]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a []
Shin-ichiro Nakano (Harpsichord)
MS		1999	CD, DVD / TT:

35	J.S. Bach: The Six Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord, Vol. 1 [H-1]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a [14:43]
Colin Tilney (Harpsichord)
Dorian		Aug-Sep 2000	CD / TT: 58:52
Recorded at Weston Parish Church, Weston, Herts, England. Review: Comberti and Tilney Record Bach's Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord Buy this album at: Amazon.com

36	J.S. Bach: The Six Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord, Vol. 2 [H-2]
Suite in E flat major, BWV 819a [14:21]
Colin Tilney (Harpsichord)
Dorian		Aug-Sep 2000	CD / TT: 71:25
Recorded at Weston Parish Church, Weston, Herts, England. Review: Comberti and Tilney Record Bach's Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord Buy this album at: Amazon.com

37	J.S. Bach, �A la française� - Four Harpsichord Suites / Clavichord Pieces [K-2]
Suite in A Minor, BWV 818a [] Suite in E-Flat Major, BWV 819 [] Suite in F Minor, BWV 823 []
Olivier Baumont (Harpsichord)
Erato		2000	CD / TT: 51:59
Buy this album at: Amazon.de

38	Bach & Silbermann [K-1]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a []
Gerald Hambitzer (Harpsichord) [copy after Gottfried Silbermann c1740 by Martin-Christian Schmidt]
Christophorus		2000	CD / TT: 75:00
Other works: by W. Bach & C.P.E. Bach. See: Review of this album in Early Music by Bradley Lehman Buy this album at: Amazon.de

39	Bach or not Bach / Early Harpsichord Works - Authenticity Disputed [K-1]
Suite in B flat major, BWV 821 []
Christian Rieger (Harpsichord)
Glissando		2000	CD / TT: 73:43
Review: Bach or not Bach? Buy this album at: Amazon.de

Complete Recordings - From 2001

40	J.S. Bach: Complete Organ Works, Vol. 15: The Rinck Chorales [R-15]
Overture (Suite) in F major, BWV 820 [9:49]
Kevin Bowyer (Organ) [Marcussen & Son - 1962/87]
Nimbus		Mar 2001	2-CD / TT: 148:02
Recorded at Sct. Hans Kirke, Odense, Denmark. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

41	J.S. Bach: French Suites [K-6]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a [15:38] Suite in E flat major, BWV 819a [19:47]
Masaaki Suzuki (Harpsichord)
BIS		Feb 2002	2-CD / TT: 140:08
Recorded at Kobe Shoin Women's University, Japan. Review: Bach�s French Suites from Suzuki Buy this album at: Amazon.com

42	Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in A minor � Aria Variatia � Sonata in D major � Suite in F minor [K-11]
Suite in F minor, BWV 823 [8:26]
Angela Hewitt (Piano)
Hyperion		Feb 2004	CD / TT: 67:42
Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London, England. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [SACD]

43	J.S. Bach: Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann [K-6]
Suite in A major, BWV 824 [7:31]
Christophe Rousset (Harpsichord)
Ambroisie		Nov 2004	2-CD / TT: 103:41
Recorded at Musée d'Art & d'Histoire de Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

44	J.S. Bach: Französische Suiten Vol. 1 [K-3]
Suite in A minor BWV 818a [16:01]
Monica Leone (Piano)
ProClassica		2004 ?	/ TT: 74:02

45	J.S. Bach: Französische Suiten Vol. 2 [K-4]
Suite in Eb major BWV 819 [13:26]
Monica Leone (Piano)
ProClassica		2004 ?	CD / TT: 77:54

46	Playing From Bach's Fancy [K-2]
Suite in E flat major, BWV 819a: Menuets in Eb & eb minor []
Bradley Lehman (Harpsichord)
LaripS		Mar 11-13, 2005	CD / TT: 77:00
Recorded at Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana, USA. Further info at: LaripS.com

47	J.S. Bach: Frühwerke � Early Works [K-4]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a [14:02]
Andreas Staier (Harpsichord)
Harmonia Mundi France		Aug-Sep 2006	CD / TT: 65:30
Recorded at Teldex Studio, Berlin, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

48	J.S. Bach: Keyboard Music Vol. 2 [K-2]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a [] Suite in F minor, BWV 823 []
Ingrid Blatter (Piano)
Music Studio		2008	CD / TT:
Buy this album at: Amazon.com

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (January 2007 - May 2008)
Thanks to contributors: Matthias Hansen (April 2007, June 2007), Teddy Kaufman (May 2007), Bradley Lehman (January 2007), Teri Noel Towe (February 2007)

Suites BWV 818-824: Details | Recordings
Reviews: Bach Harpsichord Works from Céline Frisch | Bach Harpsichord Discs from Hill and Suzuki | �Bach as Teacher� from Robert Hill | Bach or not Bach? | Bach�s French Suites from Suzuki | Comberti and Tilney Record Bach's Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord
Discussions: General Discussions

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