- Audio CD (Jun 1 2010)
- SPARS Code: DDD
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: EMI International
- ASIN: B000083LQO
- In-Print Editions: Audio CD
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Prelude | |||
| 2. Allemande | |||
| 3. Courante I et II avec deux doubles | |||
| 4. Sarabande | |||
| 5. Bourrée I et II | |||
| 6. Gigue | |||
| 7. Prelude | |||
| 8. Allemande | |||
| 9. Courante | |||
| 10. Sarabande | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Prelude | |||
| 2. Allemande | |||
| 3. Courante | |||
| 4. Sarabande | |||
| 5. Menuett I et II | |||
| 6. Gigue | |||
| 7. Prelude | |||
| 8. Allemande | |||
| 9. Courante | |||
| 10. Sarabande | |||
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent performance, and outstanding value
April 25 2005
By banjoboomer
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Format:Audio CD
These are fine, nuanced, and well-recorded performances of both the English suites and the Partitas. Although, as the other reviewer notes, Leonhardt skips the repeats in most movements, the low price tag and the quality of the interpretation more than make up for this quirk. (And just so you can rest easy: Leonhardt *does* take the repeats in the Sarabandes where Bach has written out the ornamentation to his simple melodic line, so nothing is "left out" on that score.) The instrument in the English suites is an authentic German harpsichord of the period, restored by the great Skowroneck, and the Partitas are played on a William Dowd replica. In both cases the recording engineering avoids both the over-closeness that mars many of Kenneth Gilbert's otherwise provocative performances and the distance that can rob a recorded harpsichord of its richness. That said, the main attraction here is the interpretation, which similarly avoids the extremes of metrical rigidity and distracting overelaboration. I'm still in love with Pinnock's more recent recording of the Partitas on Hänssler, but I cannot recommend this pairing strongly enough, if you're looking for an historically informed performance of these works.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful sarabandes
May 23 2005
By J. Vink
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Format:Audio CD
I agree with the previous reviewer (banjoboomer), these are wonderful performances, and, as he points out, Leonhardt does play the repeats in the sarabandes. And how beautifully he plays those sarabandes! In fact I fell in love with how Leonhardt plays the sarabande of partita no. 4; he plays it so naturally and with such a sense of timing that one does not easily realize how magnificently it is actually played.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Factual correction regarding the instrument used in the English Suites
Aug 5 2006
By R. John
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Format:Audio CD
The instrument Leonhardt plays in his recording of the English Suites is not a genuine antique, but rather a forgery made by Skowroneck and passed off by GL for a decade or so as a harpsichord made in 1755 by Nicolas Lefebvre of Rouen. Lebvre was a real organbuilder and instrument maker in Rouen in the middle of 18th century, but none of his harpsichords actually survive. All was revealed by Skowroneck in a fascinating article in the Galpin Society journal in 2002. The instrument, incidentally, is really fine and sounds as good as many antiques
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