Ketil Haugsand's recordings for Simax of music by, amongst others, J S Bach (PSC1086) and Forqueray (PSC1317), have consolidated his position as one of the leading harpsichord players of recent years. On this 2CD set he performs Bach’s Six English Suites on a double manual instrument made by Martin Skowroneck in Bremen in 1985.

The English Suites, BWV 806-811, are a set of six suites written by Johann Sebastian Bach for harpsichord and generally thought to be the earliest of his 19 suites for keyboard, the others being the six French Suites, BWV 812-817, the 6 Partitas, BWV 825-830 and the Overture in the French style, BWV 831. Originally, their date of composition was thought to have been between 1718 and 1720, but more recent research suggests that the composition was likely to be earlier, around 1715, while the composer was living in Weimar.

Ketil Haugsand is a Norwegian harpsichordist and conductor. In 1975 he was awarded the Prix d'Excellence at the Amsterdam conservatory, where he studied under Gustav Leonhardt.