Caspar Frantz – J.S. Bach: Franzosische Suiten BWV 812-817 (2012)
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The “French Suites” were devised as a technically less challenging preliminary level in learning the organ, situated between the studies of “Inventions and Sinfonias” and the “English Suites”, the so called ‘large’ suites, and “Partitas”. Bach’s composing a remarkable number of pieces with a didictic purpose for the piano can be considered as an attempt to further his reputation as a teacher. Caspar Frantz combines his recording of the French Suites with two less known suites which demonstrate, that discoveries are still possible even in such a well-known ouevre like Bach’s.
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