English Suites [2 CD] (ONLINE ORDER ONLY)

English Suites [2 CD] (ONLINE ORDER ONLY)

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A busy schedule as music director of the Bach Collegium Japan and sought-after guest conductor doesn't stop Masaaki Suzuki from returning to his first loves, the organ and the harpsichord. With the present release he adds yet another chapter to his series of Bach's works for solo harpsichord. After acclaimed recordings of the Well-tempered Clavier, the Goldberg variations, the French Suites and other works the turn has come to the English Suites. Composed while Bach was in his thirties it precedes other sets such as the French Suites and the Toccatas, and in his liner notes, Bach scholar Yo Tomita draws attention to 'the stylistic traits of a youthful and ambitious composer wanting to make his mark through the use of counterpoint and virtuosity'. Despite it's title, the collection has very little to do with England, at least musically: the six suites are instead rooted in the French tradition, and show certain striking similarities to the composer Charles Dieupart's Six Suittes pour le Clavessin from 1701. (Bach made a copy of Dieupart's set sometime between 1709 and 1716.) It was only in the 19th century that the suites became known as the 'English', based on a never substantiated claim that the set was commissioned by an English nobleman.

Tracklist:

  1. English Suite No. 1 In A Major, Bwv 806: I. Prélude
  2. English Suite No. 1 In A Major, Bwv 806: II. Allemande
  3. English Suite No. 1 In A Major, Bwv 806: III. Courante I
  4. English Suite No. 1 In A Major, Bwv 806: IV. Courante II - V. Double I - VI. Double II
  5. English Suite No. 1 In A Major, Bwv 806: VII. Sarabande
  6. English Suite No. 1 In A Major, Bwv 806: VIII. Bourrée I & II
  7. English Suite No. 1 In A Major, Bwv 806: IX. Gigue
  8. English Suite No. 2 In A Minor, Bwv 807: I. Prélude
  9. English Suite No. 2 In A Minor, Bwv 807: II. Allemande
  10. English Suite No. 2 In A Minor, Bwv 807: III. Courante
  11. English Suite No. 2 In A Minor, Bwv 807: IV. Sarabande
  12. English Suite No. 2 In A Minor, Bwv 807: V. Bourrée I - VI. Bourrée II
  13. English Suite No. 2 In A Minor, Bwv 807: VII. Gigue
  14. English Suite No. 3 In G Minor, Bwv 808: I. Prélude
  15. English Suite No. 3 In G Minor, Bwv 808: II. Allemande
  16. English Suite No. 3 In G Minor, Bwv 808: III. Courante
  17. English Suite No. 3 In G Minor, Bwv 808: IV. Sarabande
  18. English Suite No. 3 In G Minor, Bwv 808: V. Gavotte I - VI. Gavotte II
  19. English Suite No. 3 In G Minor, Bwv 808: VII. Gigue
  20. English Suite No. 4 In F Major, Bwv 809: I. Prélude
  21. English Suite No. 4 In F Major, Bwv 809: II. Allemande
  22. English Suite No. 4 In F Major, Bwv 809: III. Courante
  23. English Suite No. 4 In F Major, Bwv 809: IV. Sarabande
  24. English Suite No. 4 In F Major, Bwv 809: V. Menuet I - VI. Menuet II
  25. English Suite No. 4 In F Major, Bwv 809: VII. Gigue
  26. English Suite No. 5 In E Minor, Bwv 810: I. Prélude
  27. English Suite No. 5 In E Minor, Bwv 810: II. Allemande
  28. English Suite No. 5 In E Minor, Bwv 810: III. Courante
  29. English Suite No. 5 In E Minor, Bwv 810: IV. Sarabande
  30. English Suite No. 5 In E Minor, Bwv 810: V. Passepied I - VI. Passepied II
  31. English Suite No. 5 In E Minor, Bwv 810: VII. Gigue
  32. English Suite No. 6 In D Minor, Bwv 811: I. Prélude
  33. English Suite No. 6 In D Minor, Bwv 811: II. Allemande
  34. English Suite No. 6 In D Minor, Bwv 811: III. Courante
  35. English Suite No. 6 In D Minor, Bwv 811: IV. Sarabande - V. Double
  36. English Suite No. 6 In D Minor, Bwv 811: VI. Gavotte I - VII. Gavotte II
  37. English Suite No. 6 In D Minor, Bwv 811: VIII. Gigue

UPC: 7318599922812
Label: Bis
Release Date: 5.3.19
Format: CD

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