Compact disc. All of the selections are played on the piano, but most of them were written for the harpsichord. Includes performances by Glenn Gould, Rosalyn Tureck, Philippe Entremont, Katia & Marielle Labèque, André Watts, Charles Rosen and other great artists. Performances originally recorded between 1976 and 1987. Compiled in 1995.
Contents:
Aria da capo from Goldberg variations, BWV 988 (3:44) ; Invention no. 1 in C major, BWV 772 (1:23) ; Invention no. 4 in D minor, BWV 775 (:47) ; Invention no. 8 in F major, BWV 779 (1:05) ; Siciliano from Sonata in E-flat major, BWV 1031 (3:26) ; Jesu, joy of man's desiring from Cantata no. 147 (3:20) ; Prelude no. 1 in C major, BWV 846 from The Well-tempered clavier, book I (2:24) ; Italian concerto in F major, BWV 971. I. (without tempo indication) (3:52), III. Presto (3:53) ; III. Largo from Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056 (2:57) / Johann Sebastian Bach -- The Harmonious blacksmith (Air and variations in E major from Harpsichord suite no. 5) (4:08) / George Frideric Handel -- Le coucou / Louis-Claude Daquin (1:48) -- Le tambouin / Jean-Philippe Rameau (1:37) -- Sonata in E major, K. 380 (L.23) (2:58) ; Sonata in G major, K. 427 (L.286) (2:10) ; Sonata in F minor, K. 481 (L. 187) (3:45) ; Sonata in A major, K. 39 (L. 391) (2:23) ; Sonata in B-flat major, K. 551 (L. 396) (1:55) ; Sonata in C minor, K. 11 (L. 352) (2:23) ; Sonata in F major, K. 366 (L. 119) (2:23) / Domenico Scarlatti -- Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme from Cantata no. 140 (5:40) ; Ricercar in 6 voices from A Musical offering, BWV 1079 (7:45) ; Contrapunctus I from The Art of the fugue, BWV 1080 (3:03) ; Contrapunctus IX from The Art of the fugue, BWV 1080 (2:08) / Johann Sebastian Bach.
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