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'The happy years': an expression that is particularly apt for J. S. Bach's period in Cothen. Freed from the obligations that held him back in Weimar and not yet caught up in the Leipzig treadmill, Prince Leopold's protege produced masterpieces of such flamboyance that Benjamin Alard could not resist the pleasure of inviting some of his dear musician friends to join him around the splendid three-manual harpsichord by Hass.

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
The Complete Works for Keyboard Vol. 9
Integrale de l''OEuvre pour Clavier / Das Klavierwerk
Kothen, 1717-1723 - The Happy Years
CD 1
Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor BWV 903
Re mineur / d-Moll
1 I. Fantasia 6''10
2 II. Fugue 5''03
English Suite No.6 in D minor BWV 811
Re mineur / d-Moll
3 I. Prelude 8''43
4 II. Allemande 4''03
5 III. Courante 2''42
6 IV. Sarabande - Double 2''42
7 V. Gavottes I & II 3''44
8 VI. Gigue 3''28
Concerto in C major BWV 984
Do majeur / C-Dur
(after Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar''s Violin Concerto in C major, Op. 1 No.4)
9 I. [no tempo indication] 2''58
10 II. Adagio e affettuoso 2''13
11 III. Allegro assai 2''33
Amore traditore BWV 203 *
Secular cantata on an anonymous libretto
12 I. Aria "Amore traditore" 6''01
13 II. Recitative "Voglio provar" 0''44
14 III. Aria "Chi in amore ha nemica la sorte" 5''41

CD 2
Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major BWV 1050 *
Re majeur / D-Dur
1 I. Allegro 10''06
2 II. Affettuoso 5''36
3 III. Allegro 5''21
English Suite No.3 in G minor BWV 808
Sol mineur / g-Moll
4 I. Prelude 3''39
5 II. Allemande 3''24
6 III. Courante 2''48
7 IV. Sarabande 3''22
8 V. Gavotte I (alternativamente) - Gavotte II (ou la Musette) 4''26
9 VI. Gigue 2''58
English Suite No.5 in E minor BWV 810
Mi mineur / e-Moll
10 I. Prelude 5''30
11 II. Allemande 3''58
12 III. Courante 2''31
13 IV. Sarabande 2''52
14 V. Passepied I (en Rondeau) - Passepied II 4''12
15 VI. Gigue 3''03
Benjamin Alard
Triple-manual harpsichord by Hieronymus Albrecht Hass (Hamburg, 1740)
* Sien Huybrechts, flute (flauto traverso)
Anne Pekkala & Paul Monteiro, violins
Samantha Montgomery, viola
Ronan Kernoa, bass violin