Jiří Havrlant: French Overture – CD
(Price approx. €12.34 / $13.45)
39:20 min
CD Release date – 1st December 2023
Cat. no. SEP 1003 CD
The album contains the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Side by side are two compositions with a variety of musical content and forms, the Overture in the French Style in B minor, BWV 831, and the Toccata in E minor, BWV 914.
Jiří Havrlant solo Harpsichord
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Tracklist, Featured Artists & Imprint
Johann Sebastian Bach ヨハン・セバスチャン・バッハ
Overture in the French Style BWV 831 フランス風序曲
I. Ouverture 12:49
II. Courante 2:30
III. Gavotte I/II 3:06
IV. Passepied I/II 2:24
V. Sarabande 3:21
VI. Bourrée I/II 2:40
VII. Gigue 2:20
VIII. Echo 2:55
Toccata in E minor, BWV 914 トッカータ ホ短調
I. […] / II. Un poco allegro 2:19
III. Adagio 2:00
IV. Fuga. Allegro 2:56
Total time: 39:20 min
Jiří Havrlant – Harpsichord
Recorded, mixed, and mastered in March 2023
at Soleil et Pluie, Prague by Jan Bók Vala
Recording director: Nikol Bóková
Portrait photo: Jan Bók Vala
Landscape photo: Nikol Bóková
Cover design: Jan Bók Vala
Produced by Nikol Bóková & Jan Bók Vala
A Soleil et Pluie Production
© ℗ 2023 Soleil et Pluie s.r.o.
This record was pressed at the Greenest Vinyl
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Played on Franco-Flemish harpsichord after Joannes Daniel Dulcken 1745 built by František Vyhnálek in Prague 2020
Made in the Netherlands
Strategic Partnership with Acoustique Quality for reference monitoring
This record was pressed at the Greenest Vinyl Pressing Plant in the world
Deepgrooves BV, Leeuwarden
The Netherlands
★★★★★
"Jiří Havrlant is an exceptional individual, artist, and interpreter. I admire his unwavering thirst for knowledge in various realms of human erudition. The search for truth and authenticity, which resonates in his interpretation, is one of the reasons why I desired Jiří to become an artist who becomes part of our world at Soleil et Pluie. Jiří's interpretive ideals, mostly stemming from historical insight, offer me as a listener the opportunity to absorb this music in his performance, feeling as if Bach himself is present with us. Or vice versa, that we are transported to him. What's amazing is that despite the strong humility towards the music in Jiří's playing, I sense creative freedom and strong individuality.”
Nikol Bóková