J.S. Bach: French Suites, BWV 812-817 (2CDs) Edmund Rubbra This recital also draws on

This recital also draws on more contemporary sources and presents several world premiere recordings including Howard Skempton’s Christmas Bells and Gary Davison’s Seven Versets on Divinum Mysterium

now housed in Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum

Jenni Harper (soprano)

whether real or imagined have been a recurring theme in the chamber music of Judith Bingham

J.S. Bach: French Suites, BWV 812-817 (2CDs) Edmund Rubbra This recital also draws onAndrew Arthur (harpsichord) These are the most outstanding clavier works of Johann Sebastian Bach so declared Bachs first biographer, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, in 1802. Possibly conceived as a wedding gift for the composers second wife, Anna Magdalena Bach, the six so called French Suites exemplify the Style Galante and are prized for their elegance and exquisite melodic refinement. In this new recording, the acclaimed early keyboard specialist, Andrew