Bach: French Suites, BWV 812-817 – Vladimir Ashkenazy

French Suite No.1 in D minor, BWV 812
1. Allemande
2. Courante
3. Sarabande
4. Menuet I-II
5. Gigue
French Suite No.2 in C minor, BWV 813
1. Allemande
2. Courante
3. Sarabande
4. Air
5. Menuet I-II
6. Gigue
French Suite No.3 in B minor, BWV 814
1. Allemande
2. Courante
3. Sarabande
4. Menuet I-II
5. Gavotte
6. Gigue
French Suite No.4 in E flat, BWV 815
1. Allemande
2. Courante
3. Sarabande
4. Gavotte
5. Air
6. Menuet
7. Gigue
French Suite No.5 in G, BWV 816
1. Allemande
2. Courante
3. Sarabande
4. Gavotte
5. Bourrée
6. Loure
7. Gigue
French Suite No.6 in E, BWV 817
1. Allemande
2. Courante
3. Sarabande
4. Gavotte
5. Polonaise
6. Bourrée
7. Menuet
8. Gigue

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Format: 1 CD
Release date: 30/6/2017
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   in Piano International (Sep, 2017)
Coming directly into competition with Murray Perahia’s recent two-CD DG recording of the French Suites, Vladimir Ashkenazy offers all six Suites on one super-long disc. This is the one advantage of this account.

Ashkenazy begins as he means to go on: there is little sense of magic to the Allemande of the Suite No 1; similarly, his rather harsh way with the Courante coupled with his characteristically brittle tone does the music no favours. The Sarabande fares much better, interior and considered; but while Ashkenazy obviously aims to accord the Gigue dignity, it merely sounds fractured. While the Allemande of the Suite in C minor bodes well, the ensuing Courante is …

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