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JS Bach - English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV.806
Toccata in D Major, BWV.912
Toccata in d minor, BWV.913

Total Running time: 47:06



Born: 1937 - Lausanne, Switzerland
Died: 1999

The Swiss harpsichordist, Christiane Jaccottet, came from a musical
family and began studying piano at the age of four. She continued her
studies at the Conservatory at La-Chaux-de-Fonds and then the Viennese
Musical Academy. At the age of 20, she won a competition sponsored by
ARD Television in Munich. She developed her approach to performing on
period instruments under Gustav Leonhardt. In 1964, she won the
Soloist's Prize from the Swiss Music Society, and the following year
she won the prize for harpsichord and basso continuo at the First
International Music Competition in Bruges.

 Christiane Jaccottet has toured the USA, Candada, Europe, and
Australia, and has performed at major international music festivals.
Her collaborators have included Heinz Holliger, Aurèle Nicolet, Michel
Corboz, and Frank Martin. From 1975 until her death in 1999, she was a
professor at the Geneva Conservatory.

 Christiane Jaccottet participated in over 100 recordings; especially
notable are her interpretations of the Bach English Suites and Frank
Martin's harpsichord concertos.