Bach: The Four Orchestral Suites

CDA66701/2

Recording details: Various dates
Unknown, Unknown
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: September 1992
Total duration: 112 minutes 37 seconds

'The playing is of very superior quality throughout the set.... I can't imagine finding another set of these Suites which conveys quite such a sense of sheer enjoyment' (CDReview)

'Il y a une allégresse tonique, une vitalité rayonnante, une diversité de couleurs et de rhythmes' (Compact, France)

'These are among the finest versions on a long list' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

The Four Orchestral Suites

The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman (conductor)

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		Orchestral Suite No 1 in C major BWV1066 English Français Deutsch
CD1	1	Ouverture [9'10]
	2	Courante [2'16]
	3	Gavotte [3'08]
	4	Forlane [1'07]
	5	Menuetto [3'23]
	6	Bourrée [2'27]
	7	Passepied [3'02]
		Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats BWV42 English Français Deutsch
	8	Sinfonia [6'35]
		Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 English Français Deutsch
	9	Ouverture [9'39] Rachel Brown (flute)
	10	Rondeau [1'51] Rachel Brown (flute)
	11	Sarabande [3'01] Rachel Brown (flute)
	12	Bourrée [2'02] Rachel Brown (flute)
	13	Polonaise [3'42] Rachel Brown (flute)
	14	Menuet [1'17] Rachel Brown (flute)
	15	Badinerie [1'34] Rachel Brown (flute)
		Non sa che sia dolore BWV209
	16	Sinfonia [6'14]
		Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major BWV1068 English Français Deutsch
CD2	1	Ouverture [9'34]
	2	Air 'on the G string' [3'51]
	3	Gavotte [3'49]
	4	Bourrée [1'06]
	5	Gigue [2'38]
	6	Concerto movement in D major BWV1045 [5'20] English Français Deutsch Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin)
		Orchestral Suite No 4 in D major BWV1069 English Français Deutsch
	7	Ouverture [11'02]
	8	Bourrée [2'46]
	9	Gavotte [2'00]
	10	Menuet [4'22]
	11	Réjouissance [2'30]
		Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir BWV29 English Français Deutsch
	12	Sinfonia [3'11] Paul Nicholson (organ)

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