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of Schiff’s Bach) “I never recall hearing Bach better played on a piano. He has obviously profited from the return to the baroque style (he studied with George Malcolm) but as Bach on piano must be in the nature of a modern arrangement he is sparing with baroque conventions.”(Gramophone). “(Lipatti’s) classic performances were recorded by Walter Legge in a dry Geneva studio in the last year of Lipatti’s short life, but with each issue they seem to have grown in wisdom and subtlety. The reputation of these meticulous performances is fully deserved” (Penguin Guide)
| András Schiff, piano (rec.1978) |
| Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 |
| 1. [Allegro] 4:04 2. Andante 4:56 3. Presto 3:28 |
| French Suite No.5 in G, BWV 816 |
| 4. Allemande 2:58 5. Courante 1:31 6. Sarabande 4:30 7. Gavotte 1:12 |
| 8. Bourrée 1:03 9. Loure 1:53 10. Gigue 3:23 |
| Ouverture in the French Manner, BWV 831 (Partita in B minor) |
| 11. Ouverture 8:03 12. Courante 1:54 13. Gavottes I and II 3:30 |
| 14. Passepieds I & II 2:13 15. Sarabande 3:13 |
| 16. Bourrées I & II 2:24 17. Gigue 2:12 18. Echo 2:32 |
| Dinu Lipatti, piano (rec.1950) |
| Partita No.1 in B flat BWV 825 |
| 19. Praeludium 1:38 20. Allemande 2:34 21. Corrente 2:43 |
| 22. Sarabande 5:00 23. Menuet I & II 2:24 24. Gigue 2:17 |
| 25. Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring (Cantata 147) (arr. Hess) 3:21 |
| 26. Siciliana (Sonata No.2 in E flat, arr. Kempff) 3:02 |
| [1]-[18] © Vanguard, Licensed via MNRK (NYC) Producer: Motohiko Takawa; Engineer: |
| Hatsuro Takanami; Location: Ishibashi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Seymour Solomon |
| Productions, Inc., NYC. ® 1978 King Record Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan ID 1990 |
| [19]-[26] Recorded Swiss Radio Studio 2, Geneva, 1950 Producer: Walter Legge |
