Caro Mitis. Catalogue. CM 0032007-2 Harpsichord Gems, vol 5. Olga Martynova

Harpsichord Gems, vol 5
J.S.Bach “ENGLISH SUITES” 2 discs
Olga Martynova

CM 0032007-2

DISC I

Englische Suite Nr.1 A-Dur (BWV 806)
English Suite No.1 in A major (BWV 806)

1	Prélude	[1:46]
2	Allemande	[6:02]
3	Courante I	[2:05]
4	Courante II	[2:33]
5	Double I	[1:16]
6	Double II	[1:05]
7	Sarabande	[4:54]
8	Bourrée I – Bourrée II – Bourrée I	[4:24]
9	Gigue	[2:56]

Englische Suite Nr.2 a-Moll (BWV 807)
English Suite No.2 in A minor (BWV 807)

10	Prélude	[5:24]
11	Allemande	[4:10]
12	Courante	[1:55]
13	Sarabande et les agréments de la même Sarabande	[4:10]
14	Bourrée I – Bourrée II – Bourrée I	[5:09]
15	Gigue	[3:38]

Englische Suite Nr.3 g-Moll (BWV 808)
English Suite No.3 in G minor (BWV 808)

16	Prélude	[3:35]
17	Allemande	[4:04]
18	Courante	[2:30]
19	Sarabande et les agréments de la même Sarabande	[3:16]
20	Gavotte I – Gavotte II (ou la Musette) – Gavotte I	[2:58]
21	Gigue	[2:56]

Bonus track:
Gaspard le Roux (†1707?)

22		Gigue A-Dur aus den "Pièces de clavessin" Gigue in A major from "Pièces de clavessin"	[2:47]

Total time [74:16]

DISC II

Englische Suite Nr.4 F-Dur (BWV 809)
English Suite No.4 in F major (BWV 809)

1	Prélude	[4:39]
2	2 Allemande	[3:51]
3	3 Courante	[1:43]
4	4 Sarabande	[3:38]
5	5 Menuet I – Menuet II – Menuet I	[3:38]
6	6 Gigue	[3:18]

Englische Suite Nr.5 e-Moll (BWV 810)
English Suite No.5 in E minor (BWV 810)

7	Prélude	[5:07]
8	Allemande	[4:59]
9	Courante	[2:30]
10	Sarabande	[2:55]
11	Passepied I (en Rondeau) – Passepied II – Passepied I	[3:25]
12	Gigue	[3:09]

Englische Suite Nr.6 d-Moll (BWV 811)
English Suite No.6 in D minor (BWV 811)

13	Prélude	[8:09]
14	Allemande	[4:51]
15	Courante	[2:35]
16	Sarabande – Double	[6:19]
17	Gavotte I – Gavotte II – Gavotte I	[3:33]
18	Gigue	[3:51]

Total time [72:41]

Text of the booklet is available in English, German, and Russian.

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Olga Martynova plays harpsichord from Von Nagel Workshop, Paris, 2005 / after N.&F. Blanchet, Paris, 1730

Recording Details

Microphones - Neumann km130
DPA (B & K) 4006
DPA (B & K) 4011

SCHOEPS mk2S
SCHOEPS mk41

All the microphone buffer amplifiers and pre-amplifiers are Polyhymnia International B.V. custom built.

DSD analogue to digital converter - Meitner design by EMM Labs.

Recording, editing and mixing on Pyramix system by Merging Technologies.

Recording Producer - Michael Serebryanyi
Balance Engineer - Erdo Groot
Recording Engineer - Roger de Schot
Editor - Carl Schuurbiers

(P)&(C) Essential Music, #16b-2, Volokolamskoye shosse,
Moscow, 125080, Russia.

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Recorded: 5–7.10.2007; 2–4.10.2008, 5th Studio of The Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (RTR) Moscow, Russia