Description
Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suites Nos. 2 & 4 / Live Digital Recording / Audio CD
UPC 8011570333353
Catalogue No.: STR 33335
Overview
Pianistic titan Sviatoslav Richter delivers a live, digitally recorded recital of Bach’s elegant French Suites Nos. 2 in C minor (BWV 813) and 4 in E♭ major (BWV 815), plus the virtuosic Toccata in D minor (BWV 913) and the contemplative Fantasia in C minor (BWV 906). Captured in 1992 for Stradivarius’s Un Homme de Concert series, this performance combines rhythmic vitality, structural clarity, and Richter’s singular expressiveness in one seamless 51‑minute program.
Product Features
- Format: CD (Stereo)
- Label & Catalogue: Stradivarius – STR 33335 (Un Homme de Concert Vol. 6)
- Country of Release: Italy
- Release Year: 1992
- Genre: Classical / Solo Piano
- Recording: Live digital recording
- Total Running Time: 51:16
- Engineering & Production: Eric Anther (Sound Engineer & Producer)
- Remastering: Pasquale Soggiu
- Liner Notes: Silvia Limongelli; English translation by Emma French
Track Listing
French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813 (14:04)
- Allemande – 3:05
- Courante – 1:49
- Sarabande – 3:19
- Air – 1:26
- Menuet I – 1:01
- Menuet II – 1:20
- Gigue – 2:14
French Suite No. 4 in E♭ major, BWV 815 (15:07)
- Prélude – 1:50
- Allemande – 2:25
- Courante – 1:48
- Sarabande – 3:16
- Gavotte I – 1:03
- Gavotte II – 2:45
- Menuet – 0:56
- Air – 1:59
- Gigue – 2:29
Toccata in D minor, BWV 913 (13:08)
17.1 Allegro moderato – 0:57 17.2 Adagio – 1:04 17.3 Fugue (Allegro) – 5:45 17.4 Adagio – Presto – 1:21 17.5 Fugue (Allegro) – 4:01
Fantasia in C minor, BWV 906 (4:53)
- Fantasia (Allegro) – 4:53
Publishers and Artists
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
- Pianist: Sviatoslav Richter
- Engineer / Producer / Music Director: Eric Anther
- Remastering: Pasquale Soggiu
- Liner Notes: Silvia Limongelli; English translation by Emma French
- Musical Assistance: G. Paolo Zeccara
- Label: Stradivarius (Italy)
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