Pierre Hantaï
Bach's Instrumental Works

Contents

Recordings of Organ Works
Recordings of Solo Keyboard Works
Recordings of Chamber Works
Recordings of Orchestral Works
Recordings of Vocal Works

Pierre Hantaï - Short Biography

Review: Bach's Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 from Pierre Hantai
Review: Bach's Toccatas for Harpsichord from Watchorn & Troeger (3 Parts)
Review: Hantai’s Bach
Review: Pierre Hantai's 2^nd Recording of the Goldberg Variations
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Pierre Hantaï
Comparative Review: Round-Up of Goldberg Variations Recordings: Recordings | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7
Review of Savall Musical Offering

Recordings

Recordings of Organ Works

R-1

Bach: Sonate a Flauto, Violino e Basso

Sinfonia (extract (Mvt. 8) from Cantata BWV 76 & Trio Sonata for Organ BWV 528) [2:48]
Trio Sonata for organ No. 1 in E flat major, BWV 525 [14:32]
Trio Sonata for organ No. 5 in C major, BWV 529 [14:00]
Trio Sonata for organ No. 6 in G major, BWV 530 [12:56]
Pedal-Exercitium, for organ, formerly BWV 598 [3:09]
Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 [18:06]

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Le Concert Française

Sébastian Marq (Recorder); François Fernandez (Viola d’amore); Philippe Pierlot (Viola da gamba); Pierre Hantaï (Harpsichord)

Astrée

Jun 1999

CD / TT: 65:39

Recorded at Doopsgezindekerk, Haarlem, Holland.
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K-1

Bach: Goldberg Variations

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Pierre Hantaï (Harpsichord)

Opus 111

Jun 1992

CD / TT: 77:26

Recorded at Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, Netherlands.
1^st recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by P. Hantaï.
Review: Hantai’s Bach
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Pierre Hantaï
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K-2

J.S. Bach: Toccatas; Suite "aufs Lautenwerk"; Sonata

Toccatas BWV 913 [14:05], BWV 914 [7:22], BWV 915 [9:19]
Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 [2:15]
Prelude in D major, BWV 936 [1:41]
Sonata in D minor (after BWV 1003), BWV 964 [22:12]
Suite for lute in E minor, BWV 996 [ 15:15]

Pierre Hantaï (Harpsichord)

Virgin Veritas

Jun 1997

CD / TT: 72:09

Recorded at Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente, Haarlem, Holland.
Review: Bach's Toccatas for Harpsichord from Watchorn & Troeger (3 Parts)
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K-3

J.S. Bach: Works for Harpsichord

Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV 894 [10:21]
Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 [11:26]
Toccatas BWV 911 [11:02], BWV 912 [11:10]
Prelude in B minor, BWV 923 [2:58]
Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV 944 [6:44]
Fugue on a theme by Albinoni in B minor, BWV 951 [8:15]
Prelude for lute in C minor, BWV 999 [1:43]

Pierre Hantaï (Harpsichord)

EMI Records / Virgin

Nov 1997

CD / TT: 63:39

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K-4

Bach: Le Clavier bein tempéré, Premier livre

WTC 1: Preludes & Fugues BWV 846-869

Pierre Hantaï (Harpsichord)

Mirare

2001-2002

2-CD / TT: 114:38

Review: Bach's Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 from Pierre Hantai
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K-5

Stupeur et Tremblements - Bach: Variations Goldberg

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Pierre Hantaï (Harpsichord)

Naïve / Mirare

2003

CD / TT: 77:12 / 78:40

Recorded at Doopgezindekerk de Haarlem, Holland.
2^nd recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by P. Hantaï.
Review: Pierre Hantai's 2^nd Recording of the Goldberg Variations
Discussions: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Pierre Hantaï
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C-1

J.S. Bach: Sonatas pour flûte

Partita for solo flute in A minor, BWV 1013 [17:06]
Sonata for flute & keyboard in B minor, BWV 1030 [19:08]
Sonate en trio pour flûte, viole de gambe et basso continue d'après BWV 1027et 1039 [13:46]
Sonata for flute & keyboard in A major, BWV 1032 [8:17]

Marc Hantaï (Flute); Pierre Hantaï (Harpsichord); Jerome Hantaï (Bass Viol); Ageet Zweistra (Cello)

Virgin Veritas

May 1998

CD / TT: 58:17

Recorded at Doopsgezinde Gemeentekerk, Haarlem, Holland.
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H-2

J.S. Bach: Sonates pour flôte [H-1]

Suite for flute & continuo, BWV 997 []
Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1030b []
Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 4 in C major, BWV 1033 []
Sonata for flute & continuo No. 5 in E minor, BWV 1034 []
Sonata for flute & continuo No. 6 in E major, BWV 1035 []

Hugo Reyne (Flute); Pierre Hantaï (Harpsichord), Emmanuelle Guigues (Viola da gamba)

Mirare 038

2008

CD / TT:

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O-1

Bach: Les Six Concerts Brandebourgeois

Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 []

Jordi Savall [1-6]; Pedro Memelsdorff [2, 4]; Pierre Hantaï [5]

La Capella Reial de Catalunya

Biondi (Violin Piccolo), [1], (Violin) [2, 4, 5], (Viola da Braccio) [6]; Paolo Grazzi (Oboe) [1-2]; Alfredo Bernardini (Oboe) [1]; Paolo Faldi (Oboe) [1]; Josep Borras (Bassoon) [1]; Javier Bonet-Manrique (Horn) [1]; Friedemann Immer (Trumpet) [2]; Giulio Capocaccia (Fiauti D'Echo) [4]; Jordi Savall (Bass Viol) [6]; Lorenz Duftschmid (Viola da Gamba) [6]; Eunice Moreira Brandao (Viola da Gamba) [6]; Angelo Bartoletti (Viol) [6]

Astrée

Mar 1991

2-CD / TT: 97:30

Recorded at Palazzo Giusti Del Giradino, Padoue.
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O-2

J.S. Bach: Concerti pour clavecin
Pierre Hantaï Plays Bach, Bull, Frescobaldi, Scarlatti, Telemann [Box Set]

Prelude & Fugue No. 11 in F major (WTC II/11), BWV 880 [5:21]
Prelude & Fugue No. 23 in B major (WTC II/23), BWV 892 [6:51
Concerto for flute, violin, harpsichord, strings & continuo in A minor ("Triple"), BWV 1044 [21:16]
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 [20:54]
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 3 in D major, BWV 1054 [15:37]

Pierre Hantaï

Le Concert Francais

Pierre Hantaï (Harpsichord); Marc Hantai (Flute)

Astrée Naïve

Nov 1993

CD / TT: 69:59

Recorded at Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, Holland.
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O-3

J.S. Bach: Musikalisches Opfer

Musical Offering BWV 1079

Jordi Savall

Le Concert des Nations

Pierre Hantaï (Harpsichord); Bruno Cocset (Violoncello); Manfredo Kraemer (Violin); Marc Hantai (Flute); Pablo Valetti (Violin)

Alia Vox

Nov 1999; Apr 2000

CD / TT: 71:57

Raecorded at Collégiale du Château de Cardona, Spain.
Review of Savall Musical Offering
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2006 - August 2009)

Pierre Hantaï: Short Biography | Recordings of Instrumental Works
Reviews of Instrumental Recordings: Bach's Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 from Pierre Hantai | Bach's Toccatas for Harpsichord from Watchorn & Troeger (3 Parts) | Hantai’s Bach | Pierre Hantai's 2^nd Recording of the Goldberg Variations | Review of Savall Musical Offering
Discussions of Instrumental Recordings: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - played by Pierre Hantaï