Benjamin Alard - The Weimar Period - Bach: Complete Works for Keyboard Vol. 5 (CD)

With this volume 5, Benjamin Alard reaches the toccatas, preludes, fantasies and fugues that show the extent to which Bach now mastered French and Italian influences, only to emancipate himself from them and compose in complete freedom. An unexpected instrument makes it's first appearance in this complete recording played on the finest historical keyboards: the clavichord, perfectly at home alongside the organ and the harpsichord.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Volume:1 Bach: Toccata in D Minor, BWV 565
2. Bach: “Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält”, BWV 1128 (Chorale Prelude)
3. Bach: “Liebster Jesu, wird sind hier”, BWV 731 (Chorale Prelude)
4. Bach: “Liebster Jesu, wird sind hier”, BWV 730 (Chorale Prelude)
5. Bach: Prelude and fugue in C Major, BWV 545a (Early version)
6. Bach: “Jesu, meine Freude”, BWV 713 (Chorale Prelude)
7. Bach: “Christus, der uns selig macht”, BWV 747 (Chorale Prelude)
8. Bach: “Herzlich tut mich verlangen”, BWV 727 (Chorale Prelude)
9. Bach: “Liebster Jesu, wird sind hier”, BWV 706 (Chorale Prelude)
10. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543 (Early version BWV 543/1a for the Prelude)
11. Bach: Fantasia super “Christ lag in Todesbanden”, BWV 695
12. Bach: Trio in D Minor, BWV 528/2a (Early version)
13. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in F Major, BWV 540 Volume:2 Bach: Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911
14. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 536a
15. Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 904
16. Bach: Toccata in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 910
17. Bach: “Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig”, BWV 768 (Chorale Partita)
18. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 538 Volume:3 Bach: Toccata in G Major, BWV 916
19. Bach: Concerto in G Minor, BWV 985 I. Allegro
20. Bach: Concerto in G Minor, BWV 985 II. Adagio
21. Bach: Concerto in G Minor, BWV 985 III. Allegro
22. Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 699 (Fughetta)
23. Bach: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 701 (Fughetta)
24. Bach: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 697 (Fughetta)
25. Bach: Das Jesulein soll doch mein Trost, BWV 702 (Fughetta)
26. Bach: Gottes Sohn ist kommen, BWV 703 (Fughetta)
27. Bach: Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott, BWV 704 (Fughetta)
28. Bach: Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 696 (Fughetta)
29. Bach: Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn, BWV 698 (Fughetta)
30. Bach: Concerto in B-Flat Major, BWV 982 I. Allegro
31. Bach: Concerto in B-Flat Major, BWV 982 II. Adagio - Allegro
32. Bach: Concerto in B-Flat Major, BWV 982 III. Allegro
33. Bach: Concerto in D Minor, BWV 987 I. Adagio - Presto - Adagio - Presto - Grave
34. Bach: Concerto in D Minor, BWV 987 II. Un poco allegro
35. Bach: Concerto in D Minor, BWV 987 III. Adagio
36. Bach: Concerto in D Minor, BWV 987 IV. Vivace
37. Bach: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 722 (Passaggio Chorale)
38. Bach: Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich, BWV 732 (Passaggio Chorale)
39. Bach: In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 (Passaggio Chorale)
40. Bach: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 738a (Early version) (Passaggio Chorale)
41. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 895
42. Bach: Concerto in C Minor, BWV 981 I. Adagio
43. Bach: Concerto in C Minor, BWV 981 II. Vivace
44. Bach: Concerto in C Minor, BWV 981 III. Adagio
45. Bach: Concerto in C Minor, BWV 981 IV. Prestissimo