French Suites

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Label
Gramola Records
Release Date
August 14, 2026
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johann Sebastian Bach
    • PERFORMER
      Wolfgang Brunner
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 14, 2026
    • UPC
      9003643993761
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      GRAM99376
    • LABEL
      Gramola Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Piano
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    2. II. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    3. III. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    4. IV. Menuet I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    5. V. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    6. I. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    7. II. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    8. III. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    9. IV. Air

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    10. V. Menuet I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    11. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    12. I. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    13. II. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    14. III. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    15. IV. Menuet I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    16. V. Anglaise

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    17. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    18. I. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    19. II. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    20. III. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    21. IV. Gavotte

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    22. V. Air

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    23. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    24. I. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    25. II. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    26. III. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    27. IV. Gavotte

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    28. V. Bourrée

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    29. VI. Loure

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    30. VII. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    31. I. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    32. II. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    33. III. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    34. IV. Gavotte

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    35. V. Polonaise

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    36. VI. Bourrée

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner

    37. VII. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Brunner


The soundboard is painted with flowers, fruits, and animals and decorated with a typical light-blue ornamental border. Around the soundboard, the walls are adorned with block-printed wallpaper. The lid contains a landscape painting, which was added later, an idyllic stream landscape with four staffage figures: The observer watches a boy gazing intently into the water, a young woman carrying provisions or something similar home, and a couple, who are also only visible from behind. A bridge and a mill enliven the rural scene. If the corresponding technical terms "soundboard," "ornamental border," or "lid" were missing, the reader would hardly associate this vivid, florid description with a keyboard instrument. In such a manner, the renowned harpsichordist and expert in historical performance practice and basso continuo, Wolfgang Brunner, describes the instrument dated 1628 by Andreas Ruckers, from the Flemish harpsichord-making dynasty of the Ruckers family, which is heard on this recording featuring the six French Suites by J. S. Bach.