Italienisches Konzert F-Dur / Chromatische Fantasie Und Fuge D-Moll / Partita H-Moll »Französische Ouvertüre«

This 1975 release on the Saphir label features German harpsichordist Marga Scheurich performing several of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most technically demanding keyboard works, including the Italian Concerto and the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue. The Saphir series was established by Intercord to provide accessible, mid-priced classical recordings, often reissuing high-quality analog tapes from the late 1960s and early 1970s for a broader audience.

Marga Scheurich was a respected specialist in baroque keyboard music, known for her precise and articulate playing style on the harpsichord. Her interpretations for the Saphir label were aimed at listeners seeking a scholarly yet approachable standard of performance, reflecting the prevailing interest in period-appropriate instrumentation during the mid-twentieth-century Bach revival. The cover design utilizes the understated, functional aesthetic typical of European classical budget labels of the era, focusing on clarity of repertoire rather than elaborate art.