Igor Kipnis - His First Solo Recordings
VAI AUDIO, 1 CD: cat# 1185, $16.99

Perhaps the most celebrated harpsichordist of our time, Igor Kipnis is heard here in his historic debut disc, recorded in 1962 and originally released on the Golden Crest label. Program features BACH: French Suite No. 6 (BWV 817), Fantasia in G Minor (BWV 917), Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in E flat Major (BWV 998), Toccata in E Minor (BWV 914); HANDEL: Suite No. 5 in E Major, Bk. I (HWV 430); SOLER (attrib.): Fandango in D Minor; DUSSEK: The Sufferings
of the Queen of France.

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)

French Suite No. 6 in E Major (BWV 817)
• Prelude in E Major 

(No. 9 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, I, BWV 854/1) 1:23
• Allemande 3:12
• Corrente 1:42
• Sarabande 3:47
• Gavotte 1:10
• Polonaise 1:25
• Bourrée 1:36
• Menuet 1:31
• Gigue 2:31


Fantasia in G Minor (BWV 917) 2:38

• Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in E flat Major (BWV 998)
• Prelude 2:57
• Fugue 6:28
• Allegro 2:48
Toccata in E Minor (BWV 914)
• [Toccata] 0:42
• Un poco Allegro 1:21
• Adagio 1:52
• Fuga: Allegro 2:43

Suite No. 5 in E Major, Bk. I (HWV 430)
• Prélude 2:14
• Allemande 4:30
• Courante 1:55
• Air and Five Variations ("The Harmonious Blacksmith") 4:36

PADRE ANTONIO SOLER (attrib.) (1729-1783)

Fandango in D Minor (M. la) 11:18

The Sufferings of The Queen of France, Op. 23
• The Queen’s Imprisonment (Largo) 1:25
• She reflects on her former greatness (Maestosamente; doloroso) 1:01
• They separate her from her childern [sic] (Agitato Assai) 
The Farewell of her Childern (Andante) 1:16
• They pronounce the sentence of death. (Allegro con furio) 0:11
• Her resignation to her fate (Allegro Innocente) 2:30
• The situation and reflections the night before her execution 

(Andante agitato) 
The Guards come to conduct her to the place of Execution - 
They enter the Prison door 1:19
• March (Lento) 1:41
• The savage tumult of the rabble (Presto Furioso) 0:22
• The Queen’s invocation to the Almighty just before her death 

(Molto Adagio Devotamente)
The Guillotine drops 1:37
• The Apotheosis (Allegro Maestoso) 1:34

IGOR KIPNIS
harpsichord