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Bach: French Suites

Yuan Sheng

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A Chinese-American Bach specialist continues a critically acclaimed cycle of the keyboard works.
‘This is superior Chopin playing by any standards’, remarked Fanfare of Yuan Sheng’s Chopin collection for Piano Classics in 2013. That was recorded on an 1845 Pleyel, whereas for his Bach series he has returned to the reliable pleasures of a modern Steinway. However, the qualities identified by Fanfare’s reviewer in his Chopin – ‘his sensitivity, his agility, his rhythmic strength’ are no less evident, as one might expect from a pupil of the sovereign Bach exponent on the modern piano, Rosalyn Tureck.
The French Suites are often considered poorer or at least slighter cousins to the English Suites and Partitas. And it’s true that they were probably intended first and foremost for teaching purposes rather than public performance. Compiled during Bach’s time as Capellmeister to the court at Cothen in the early 1720s, they satisfied a need for good, exemplary pieces to stretch his pupils as his reputation as a teacher spread farther into Germany and beyond.
The title is misleading: the English Suites are more ‘French’ in character than the French Suites, which are more characteristic of the Italian style. ‘By design the composer is here less learned than in his other suites,’ remarked one early biographer, ‘and has mostly used a pleasing, more predominant melody.’ Just so, and the same is true of the pair of suites BWV 818 and 819 which fall outside the collection but belong with it in terms of style. To all of them Yuan Sheng brings considered tempi and precise articulation in the mould of Tureck. To Bach at his most uncomplicated, Sheng brings the virtues of simplicity and clarity.
This is the 4th instalment of Yuan Sheng’s complete Bach cycle played on the piano, previous issues include the Goldberg Variations and the Italian Concerto/French Overture and the 6 Partitas. © Piano Classics

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1
French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 812: I. Allemande
00:04:05

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

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2
French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 812: II. Courante
00:02:12

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

3
French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 812: III. Sarabande
00:03:26

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

4
French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 812: IV. Menuet I & II
00:03:21

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

5
French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 812: V. Gigue
00:02:50

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

6
French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813: I. Allemande
00:02:57

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

7
French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813: II. Courante
00:02:12

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

8
French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813: III. Sarabande
00:03:24

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

9
French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813: IV. Air
00:01:34

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

10
French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813: V. Menuet I & II
00:03:21

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

11
French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813: VI. Gigue
00:02:23

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

12
French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814: I. Allemande
00:03:22

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

13
French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814: II. Courante
00:02:20

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

14
French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814: III. Sarabande
00:03:21

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

15
French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814: IV. Angloise
00:01:49

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

16
French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814: V. Menuet and Trio
00:03:34

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

17
French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814: VI. Gigue
00:01:55

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

18
French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: I. Allemande
00:03:17

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

19
French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: II. Courante
00:01:49

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

20
French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: III. Sarabande
00:03:01

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

21
French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: IV. Gavotte
00:01:33

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

22
French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: V. Menuet
00:00:53

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

23
French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: VI. Air
00:01:40

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

24
French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: VII. Gigue
00:02:17

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

25
French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: I. Allemande
00:03:07

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

26
French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: II. Courante
00:01:41

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

27
French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: III. Sarabande
00:05:06

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

28
French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: IV. Gavotte
00:01:17

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

29
French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: V. Bourée
00:01:24

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

30
French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: VI. Loure
00:01:44

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

31
French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: VII. Gigue
00:03:32

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

32
French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817: I. Allemande
00:03:10

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

33
French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817: II. Courante
00:01:44

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

34
French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817: III. Sarabande
00:03:46

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

35
French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817: IV. Gavotte
00:01:13

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

36
French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817: V. Polonaise
00:01:27

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

37
French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817: VI. Menuet
00:01:16

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

38
French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817: VII. Bourée
00:01:36

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

39
French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817: VIII. Gigue
00:02:34

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

40
Suite in A Minor, BWV 818: I. Allemande
00:03:39

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

41
Suite in A Minor, BWV 818: II. Courante
00:01:24

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

42
Suite in A Minor, BWV 818: III. Sarabande simple
00:03:23

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

43
Suite in A Minor, BWV 818: IV. Sarabande Double
00:02:34

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

44
Suite in A Minor, BWV 818: V. Gigue
00:02:36

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

45
Suite in E-Flat Major, BWV 819: I. Allemande
00:03:09

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

46
Suite in E-Flat Major, BWV 819: II. Courante
00:02:06

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

47
Suite in E-Flat Major, BWV 819: III. Sarabande
00:04:45

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

48
Suite in E-Flat Major, BWV 819: IV. Bourrée
00:01:46

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

49
Suite in E-Flat Major, BWV 819: V. Menuet I & II
00:03:05

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Yuan Sheng, Piano, MainArtist - Brilliant Classics, MusicPublisher

2019 Brilliant Classics 2019 Brilliant Classics

Albumbeschreibung

A Chinese-American Bach specialist continues a critically acclaimed cycle of the keyboard works.
‘This is superior Chopin playing by any standards’, remarked Fanfare of Yuan Sheng’s Chopin collection for Piano Classics in 2013. That was recorded on an 1845 Pleyel, whereas for his Bach series he has returned to the reliable pleasures of a modern Steinway. However, the qualities identified by Fanfare’s reviewer in his Chopin – ‘his sensitivity, his agility, his rhythmic strength’ are no less evident, as one might expect from a pupil of the sovereign Bach exponent on the modern piano, Rosalyn Tureck.
The French Suites are often considered poorer or at least slighter cousins to the English Suites and Partitas. And it’s true that they were probably intended first and foremost for teaching purposes rather than public performance. Compiled during Bach’s time as Capellmeister to the court at Cothen in the early 1720s, they satisfied a need for good, exemplary pieces to stretch his pupils as his reputation as a teacher spread farther into Germany and beyond.
The title is misleading: the English Suites are more ‘French’ in character than the French Suites, which are more characteristic of the Italian style. ‘By design the composer is here less learned than in his other suites,’ remarked one early biographer, ‘and has mostly used a pleasing, more predominant melody.’ Just so, and the same is true of the pair of suites BWV 818 and 819 which fall outside the collection but belong with it in terms of style. To all of them Yuan Sheng brings considered tempi and precise articulation in the mould of Tureck. To Bach at his most uncomplicated, Sheng brings the virtues of simplicity and clarity.
This is the 4th instalment of Yuan Sheng’s complete Bach cycle played on the piano, previous issues include the Goldberg Variations and the Italian Concerto/French Overture and the 6 Partitas. © Piano Classics

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