Elizabeth Farr Wins German Critics Music Award for
Bach Lute-harpsichord CD January 21, 2009
Acclaimed keyboard player and note academic Elizabeth Farr can add a yet another string to her harpsichord. She has received the prestigious Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik award for her Naxos recording of J.S. Bach’s Lute-harpsichord music (Bestenliste 4/2008). This beautiful 2-CD album has also gained a number of outstanding reviews and is an essential recording for lovers of Baroque keyboard music.
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BACH: Lute-Harpsichord Music
- Lute Suite in G minor, BWV 995
- Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996
- Lute Partita in C minor, BWV 997
- Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E flat major, BWV 998
- Prelude in C minor, BWV 999
- Fugue in G minor, BWV 1000
- Lute Partita in E major, BWV 1006a
- Keyboard Sonata in D minor, BWV 964 (after BWV 1003)
- Sarabande con Partite in C major, BWV 990
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Her recording of Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre’s Suites Nos. 1-6 for Harpsichord (Naxos 8.557654-55) was previously awarded the Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik, Bestenliste 1/2006.
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JACQUET DE LA GUERRE:
Harpischord Suites Nos. 1-6
- Harpsichord Suite No. 1 in D minor
- Harpsichord Suite No. 2 in G minor
- Harpsichord Suite No. 3 in A minor
- Harpsichord Suite No. 4 in F major
- Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in D minor
- Harpsichord Suite No. 6 in G major
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Naxos congratulates Elizabeth on this sterling achievement.
Elizabeth Farr Biography & Discography
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