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Céline Frisch
Bach's Instrumental Works

Contents

Recordings of Solo Keyboard Works
Recordings of Chamber Works
Recordings of Orchestral Works
Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions
Box Sets
Recordings of Vocal Works

Céline Frisch - Short Biography
Café Zimmermann - Short History

Review: Bach Harpsichord Works from Céline Frisch
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Céline Frisch
Comparative Review: Bach’s Sonatas for Viola da gamba and Harpsichord (3 Parts)

Discography

Recordings of Solo Keyboard Works


K-1

Les Nouveaux Interprètes - Céline Frisch, Clavecin: J.S. Bach

English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808 [18:43]
French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 [17:45]
Suite in A minor, BWV 818a [12:23]
WTC 2: Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 870 [4:15]
Toccata No. 3 in D major, BWV 912 [9:59]

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
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K-2

J.S. Bach: Variations Goldberg

1. Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [77:30]
2. 14 Canons on the first 8 fundamental notes of the aria from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 1087 [11:49]

Pablo Valetti [2]

Café Zimmermann [2]

Céline Frisch (Harpsichord) [All]

Alpha Productions

Aug 2000 [2]; Nov 2000 [1]

2-CD / TT: 101:47

Recorded at Chapelle de l'hôpital Notre-Dame de Bon Secours, Paris, France.
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Céline Frisch
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K-3

Die Quellen des jungen Bach: Bach, Buxtehude, Froberger, Reincken, Kerll

 

1. J.A. Reincken: Toccata in G major [7:40]
2. J.S. Bach: Toccata No. 5 in E minor, BWV 914 [7:21]
3-6. D. Buxtehude: Suite in C major, BuxWV 226 [9:30]
7. J.J. Froberger: Libro di toccate, fantasie, canzone, allemande, courante, sarabande, gigue et altre partite, Book 2: Toccata in D Minor, FbWV 102 [3:36]
8-11. J.J. Froberger Suite No. 2 in D minor [9:26]
12-17. J.S. Bach: Capriccio on the Departure of a Beloved Brother in B flat major, BWV 992 [12:18]
18-21. J.K. Kerll: Suite in F major [6:51]
22. J.K. Kerll: Passacaglia [4:45]
23. J.S. Bach: Toccata No. 6 in G minor, BWV 915 [8:38]

Céline Frisch (Harpsichord) [German harpsichord by Anthony Sidey]

Alpha Productions ALPHA-149
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Aug 2008

CD / TT: 71:14
MP3 / TT: 71:03

Recorded at Chapelle Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours, Paris, France.
Producer, Engineer, Editing,: Aline Blondiau; Production Director: Julien Dubois.
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K-4

J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (BWV 846-869)

 
 

WTC 1: 24 Preludes & Fugues BWV 846-869

Céline Frisch (Harpsichord) [harpsichord 1995, by Anthony Sidey & Frédéric Bal from Silbermann original]

Alpha Productions ALPHA-221
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Oct 19-25, 2014

2-CD / TT: 103:00
MP3 / TT: 102:32

Recorded at The Saint Rémi Church, Franc-Warret, Belgium.
Recording Producer, Mastering, Editing: Aline Blondiau.
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K-5

J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II (BWV 870-893)

 
 

WTC 2: 24 Preludes & Fugues BWV 870-893

Céline Frisch (Harpsichord) [harpsichord by Andrea Restelli, Milan, 1998, After an instrument by Christian Vater, 1738, now in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg]

Alpha Productions ALPHA-451
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Jun 2018

2-CD / TT: 145:51
MP3 / TT: 145:25

Recorded at the Studio Alys in Manteyer (Hautes-Alpes), Switzerland, with the support of the CulturSpace of Chaillol, which is officially recognized as a regional arts performance venue.
Recording Producer, Mixing & Mastering: Aline Blondiau.
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Recordings of Chamber Works


H-1

J.S. Bach: Sonates pour viola de gambe et clavecin

Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 6 in G major, BWV 1019, transcribed for viola da gamba & harpsichord [16:39]
Sonatas for viola da gamba & keyboard BWV 1027-1029 [12:43, 13:45, 14:11]

Juan Manuel Quintana (Viola da gamba); Céline Frisch (Harpsichord)

Harmonia Mundi France

Feb 2000

CD / TT: 57:18

Recorded at Salle du Reitstadel, Neumarkt. 
1st recording of Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 6 BWV 1019 by C. Frisch.
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H-2

J.S. Bach: Sei Suonate à Cembalo cercato è Violono solo

Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord BWV 1014-1019 [12:09, 11:29, 15:27, 15:03, 15:58, 16:08]

Pablo Valetti (Violin); Céline Frisch (Harpsichord)

Alpha Productions

Dec 2003

2-CD / TT: 89:26

Recorded at Chapelle de l'hôpital Notre-Dame de Bon Secours, Paris, France. 1st recording of Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 6 BWV 1019 by C. Frisch.
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Recordings of Orchestral Works


O-1

J.S. Bach: Concerts avec plusieurs instruments 1

Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042 [15:30]
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 [19:57]
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 [21:07]
Concerto for oboe d'amore, strings & continuo in A major, BWV 1055R [12:42]

Pablo Valetti

Café Zimmermann

Pablo Valetti, Amandine Beyer, Clair Cachia, David Plantier (Violins); Diana Baroni (Transverse Flute); Antoine Torunczyk (Oboe); Patricia Gagnon, Sabine Bouthinon (Violas); Petr Skalka (Cello); Ludek Brany (Contrabass); Céline Frisch (Harpsichord)

Alpha Productions

Aug 2000; Aug 2001

CD / TT: 69:16

Recorded at Chapelle de l'hôpital Notre-Dame de Bon Secours, Paris, France.
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O-2

J.S. Bach: Concerts avec plusieurs instruments II

Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [13:32]
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 [9:36]
Concerto for oboe & violin, strings & continuo in D minor, BWV 1060R [11:58]
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 [23:14]

Pablo Valetti

Café Zimmermann

Pablo Valetti, Amandine Beyer, David Plantier, Helena Zarmanova, Faran James, Paula Waisman (Violins); Antoine Torunczyk, Jean-Marc Philippe (Oboe); François Charruyer (Bassoon); Patricia Gagnon, Laura Johnson, Diane Chmela (Violas); Petr Skalka, Felix Knecht, Dmitri Dichtyar (Cello); Ludek Brany (Contrabass); Céline Frisch (Harpsichord)

Alpha Productions

Jun 2003

CD / TT: 58:20

Recorded at l'Arsenal de Metz, France.
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O-3

J.S. Bach: Concerts avec plusieurs instruments III [O-3]

 

Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 [14:18]
Concerto for oboe d’amore in D major (reconstruction after Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1053) [17:53]
Concerto for 3 harpsichords, strings & continuo in C major, BWV 1064 [15:19]
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 [22:55]

Pablo Valetti

Café Zimmermann

Pablo Valetti, Amandine Beyer, Nick Robinson, David Plantier (Violins); Patricia Gagnon (Viola); Petr Skalka (Violoncello); Ludek Brany (Double-bass); Patrick Beaugiraud (Oboe d'amore); Diana Baroni (Transverse Flute); Michael Form, Luis Beduschi (Recorders); Dirk Börner, AnnFontana, Céline Frisch (Harpsichords)

Alpha ALPHA-071
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Feb & Aug 2004

CD / TT: 70:44
MP3 / TT: 70:35

Recorded at L'Arsenal de Metz, France.
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O-4

J.S. Bach: Concerts avec plusieurs instruments IV [O-4]

 

Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 [13:00]
Concerto for 2 harpsichords, strings & continuo No. 2 in C major, BWV 1061 [16:10]
Concerto for flute, violin, harpsichord, strings & continuo in A minor ("Triple"), BWV 1044 [18:21]
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 [10:31]

Pablo Valetti (Concertmaster)

Café Zimmermann

Pablo Valetti, David Plantier, Guadalupe Del Moral, Nick Robinson, (Violins); Patricia Gagnon (Viola); Petr Skalka (Violoncello); Ludek Brany (Double-bass); Diana Baroni (Transverse Flute); Michael Form (Flute); Hannes Rux (Trumpet); Céline Frisch, Dirk Börner (Harpsichords)

Alpha ALPHA-137
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Feb 2004; Jul 2008

CD / TT: 61:07
MP3 / TT: 61:00

Recorded at Temple Saint-Jean de Mulhouse [Jul 2008] & L’Arsenal de Metz, France [Feb 2004].
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O-5

Distant Light - Bach & Vasks: Violin Concertos [O-1]

 

Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042 [15:10]
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 [13:00]

Renaud Capuçon

Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Renaud Capuçon (Violin); Céline Frisch (Harpsichord Continuo)

Warner/Erato 4632322
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Dec 5-7, 2013

CD / TT: 60:00
MP3 / TT: 59:52

Recorded at Conservatoire de Musique et de Danse Darius Milhaud, Aix en Provence, France.
Listen YouTube:
CD: Complete Album [Sequence; 14 Tracks; TT: 64:04]
Watch on You Tube:
CD: Promo Video [9:58]
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Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions


T-1

Viola Music of the Bach Family

C.P.E. Bach: Sonata for keyboard & viola da gamba in G minor, Wq 88 / H 541 [17:26]
J.J. Quantz: Sonata for viola & continuo in A minor, QV 1:114 [10:17]
J.C.F. Bach: Concerto for keyboard, viola & orchestra in E flat major, BR JCFB C 44: Larghetto cantabile [6:10]
J.S. Bach: Aria for Tenor Ergieße dich reichlich, du göttliche Quelle (Mvt. 3) from Cantata BWV 5, arranged for viola & harpsichord [5:32]
W.F. Bach: Sonata for keyboard & viola in C minor [20:07]

Roger Myers (Viola), Céline Frisch (Harpsichord)
Tuning: A = 415 in equal temperament.

Notos NOTOS-001
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Jan 2-4, 2016

CD: TT: 59:45
MP3 / TT: 59:39

Recorded 2016 at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg, Germany.
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T-2

The Imaginary Music Book of J.S. Bach

 
 

J.S. Bach:
1. Sinfonia in D major(Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 29, arranged for flute, violin, cello & harpsichord by members of Café Zimmermann [3:26]
C.P.E. Bach:
2-4. Trio Sonata in B-flat major, Wq. 161/2, H. 578 [17:54]
W.A. Mozart:
5-6. From 6 Preludes & Fugues, K. 404a [10:27]
5. Prelude No. 4: Adagio e dolce (after Trio Sonata No. 3 in D minor, BWV 527: Mvt. 2) [3:27]
6. Fugue No. 4: Fugue - Allegro (after Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 8) [7:00]
J.S. Bach:
7. Aria for Tenor Halleluja, Stärk und Macht (Mvt. 3) from Cantata BWV 29, arranged for flute, violin, cello & harpsichord by members of Café Zimmermann [4:42]
8. Sonata in G major (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 182, arranged for flute, violin, cello & harpsichord by members of Café Zimmermann [1:52]
9. Arioso for Alto Gott soll allein mein Herze haben (Mvt. 2) from Cantata BWV 169, arranged for flute, violin, cello & harpsichord by members of Café Zimmermann [5:25]
10. Aria for Soprano Auch mit gedämpften, schwachen stimmen (Mvt. 7) from Cantata BWV 36, arranged for flute, violin, cello & harpsichord by members of Café Zimmermann [6:17]
11. Aria for Alto Ein ungefärbt Gemüte (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 24, arranged for flute, violin, cello & harpsichord by members of Café Zimmermann [3:06]
12-15. Musical Offering BWV 1079: Trio sonata for flute, violin & continuo in C minor [16:58]
16. Chorale Prelude Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit (I), BWV 668, arranged for flute, violin, cello & harpsichord by members of Café Zimmermann [4:17]

Café Zimmermann

Karel Valter (Transverse Flute); Pablo Valetti (Violin); Petr Skalka (Violoncello); Céline Frisch (Harpsichord)

Alpha ALPHA-766
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Nov 2020

CD / TT: 74:35
MP3 / TT: 74:24

Recorded in at Temple Saint-Jean, Mulhouse, Alsace, France.
Recording Producer, Editing & Mastering: Aline Blondiau; Alpha Classics: Didier Martin (Director); Louise Burel (Production); Amélie Boccon-Gibod (Editorial Coordinator).
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 29: Sinfonia: Excerpt [1:38]
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Box Sets


B-1

J.S. Bach: Concertos with Multiple Instruments, Vols. 1-6 (Cafe Zimmermann) [B-1]

 

CD-1:
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 4 in A major, BWV 1055
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050
CD-2:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043
Orchestrtal Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066
Concerto for 2 harpsichords, strings & continuo No. 1 in C minor, BWV 1060
CD-3:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 [14:18]
Concerto for oboe d’amore in D major (reconstruction after Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1053) [17:53]
Concerto for 3 harpsichords, strings & continuo in C major, BWV 1064 [15:19]
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 [22:55]
CD-4:
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 [13:00]
Concerto for 2 harpsichords, strings & continuo No. 2 in C major, BWV 1061 [16:10]
Concerto for flute, violin, harpsichord, strings & continuo in A minor ("Triple"), BWV 1044 [18:21]
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 [10:31]
CD-5:
OrchestraSuite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051
Concerto for 3 harpsichords, strings & continuo in D minor, BWV 1063
CD-6:
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1068
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 4 in A major, BWV 1055
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046
Concerto for 4 harpsichords, strings & continuo in A minor, BWV 1065

Pablo Valetti (Concertmaster)

Café Zimmermann

Varuious instrumentalists

Alpha ALPHA-811
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2004-2008

6-CD / TT:
MP3 / TT: 6:16:54

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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2006 - March 2022)

Céline Frisch: Short Biography | Bach Discography: Recordings of Instrumental Works
Reviews of Instrumental Recordings:
Bach Harpsichord Works from Céline Frisch
Discussions of Instrumental Recordings:
Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Céline Frisch


Instrumental Works: Recordings, Reviews & Discussions - Main Page | Order of Discussion
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