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Bach: Dance Suites - Fred Thomas

Bach: Dance Suites – Fred Thomas

Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 (Sinfonia)
French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 (Allemande)
Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830 (Corrente)
French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817 (Sarabande)
French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814 (Menuet)
Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828 (Aria)
French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812 (Gigue)
English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806 (Prélude)
Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828 (Allemande)
French Suite No.6 in E Major, BWV 817 (Courante)
Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 (Sarabande)
Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829 (Tempo di Minuetto)
French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817 (Polonaise)
Partita No.1 in B flat Major, BWV 825 (Gigue)

Fred Thomas

Reference: 0000357ODRCD
Barcode: 0855317003578
Length: 0:53:08
Label: Odradek

Format: 1 CD
Release date: 1/12/2017
SKU: 0855317003578 Catégories : ,

15,90€

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   in Piano International (Jul, 2018)
This is a fascinating and musicologically daring concept. The basic form of the Baroque dance suite is maintained, but the actual movements are pick-‘n’-mixed from the Partitas and French Suites: we open with a Sinfonia (Partita No 2) before proceeding to an Allemande (French Suite No 5), thence to a Corrente (Partita No 6), and so on. Two such ‘complete’ suites are presented.

If it were not for the persuasive pianism and musicality of Thomas, this would be easy to dismiss. It says much that he is almost as persuasive as Perahia in the latter’s DG recording in the Allemande of the French Suite No 5. Thomas lists Rosalyn Tureck as …

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