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Johann Sebastian Bach
English Suites BWV 806-811
Peter Watchorn, harpsichord
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Recorded in October 1997 in New Hope Methodist Church, Methuen, Massachusetts Harpsichord after Benoist Stehlin, 1760 (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC) by Walter and Berta Burr, Hoosick, NY. Tuning and temperaments: Peter WatchornSession producer: Owen Watkins Recording engineer: Christopher Greenleaf Cover painting: J. S. Bach as Concertmeister, Weimar (c. 1715). Johannes Ernst Rentsch the Elder. Courtesy of Städtisches Museum, Erfurt. Total playing time: 157:40 (2 CDs) |
About the Performer
Peter Watchorn has been active as a harpsichordist since 1974. At the 1985 Boston Early Music Festival, he was presented with the Erwin Bodky Memorial Award for his performances of the music of Bach. His principal harpsichord teacher was Isolde Ahlgrimm, with whom he studied between 1985 and 1992.
In 1995 Peter Watchorn received a doctoral degree with his dissertation on the English Suites from Boston University. His career has taken him throughout Europe, the United States, and his native Australia.
This recording is the first in a series that over the next few years will present the complete harpsichord works of J. S. Bach.