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French Suites BWV 812-817
Discography - Part 1

Complete Recordings 1900-1949

 

Complete Recordings 1950-1959 >


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

Wilhelm Kempff - Bach, Mozart, Schubert & Schumann: The Complete Polydor Recordings (1927-1936) [K-10]

 
 

1-7. French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 [8:49]

Wilhelm Kempff (Piano)

Apr Recordings APR-5638
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1927-1936 (see dates below)

CD / TT: 74:38
MP3 / TT: 74:24

Recorded probably in Polydor Studios, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.
Executive Producer: Mike Spring; Producer & Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn.
Original releases:
1-7: Recorded in July 1935; Matrices: 531½, 532½ GS (Polydor 67066).
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CD: Complete Album [Sequence; 27 Tracks; TT: 74:50]
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5

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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6

? [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.


7

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.


 

Complete Recordings 1950-1959 >

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (January 2007 - February 2022)
Thanks to contributors: Teri Noel Towe (February 2007)

French Suites BWV 812-817: Details
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Recordings Reviews: 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. Brookshire | FS - D. Cates | FS - G. Gould | FS - B. Rannou


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