The French Suites

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Murray Perahia

The French Suites are a set of six keyboard suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in the early 1720s. Rooted in the Baroque dance-suite tradition, they use varied dance movements, ornamentation and contrapuntal textures that illustrate Bach's approach to intimate keyboard writing and reflect his compositional activity in the early 1720s.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    French Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: I. Allemande
    3:30
  2. 2.
    French Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: II. Courante
    1:54
  3. 3.
    French Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: III. Sarabande
    2:54
  4. 4.
    French Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: IV. Menuet I-II
    3:02
  5. 5.
    French Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: V. Gigue
    2:58
  6. 6.
    French Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: I. Allemande
    2:50
  7. 7.
    French Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: II. Courante
    1:43
  8. 8.
    French Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: III. Sarabande
    3:07
  9. 9.
    French Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: IV. Air
    1:21
  10. 10.
    French Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: V. Menuet I-II
    3:07
  11. 11.
    French Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: VI. Gigue
    2:03
  12. 12.
    French Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: I. Allemande
    3:10
  13. 13.
    French Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: II. Courante
    2:00
  14. 14.
    French Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: III. Sarabande
    2:50
  15. 15.
    French Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: IV. Anglaise
    1:19
  16. 16.
    French Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: V. Menuet
    3:07
  17. 17.
    French Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: VI. Gigue
    2:16

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    French Suite no. 4 in E-flat, BWV 815: I. Allemande
    2:50
  2. 3.
    French Suite no. 4 in E-flat, BWV 815: II. Courante
    1:49
  3. 4.
    French Suite no. 4 in E-flat, BWV 815: III. Sarabande
    2:39
  4. 5.
    French Suite no. 4 in E-flat, BWV 815: IV. Gavotte
    3:47
  5. 6.
    French Suite no. 4 in E-flat, BWV 815: V. Menuet
    0:57
  6. 7.
    French Suite no. 4 in E-flat, BWV 815: VI. Air
    1:38
  7. 8.
    French Suite no. 4 in E-flat, BWV 815: VII. Gigue
    2:24
  8. 9.
    French Suite no. 5 in G, BWV 816: I. Allemande
    3:08
  9. 10.
    French Suite no. 5 in G, BWV 816: II. Courante
    1:43
  10. 11.
    French Suite no. 5 in G, BWV 816: III. Sarabande
    4:09
  11. 12.
    French Suite no. 5 in G, BWV 816: IV. Gavotte
    1:14
  12. 13.
    French Suite no. 5 in G, BWV 816: V. Bourrée
    1:19
  13. 14.
    French Suite no. 5 in G, BWV 816: VI. Loure
    1:55
  14. 15.
    French Suite no. 5 in G, BWV 816: VII. Gigue
    3:27
  15. 16.
    French Suite no. 6 in E, BWV 817: I. Allemande
    2:43
  16. 17.
    French Suite no. 6 in E, BWV 817: II. Courante
    1:40
  17. 18.
    French Suite no. 6 in E, BWV 817: III. Sarabande
    3:17
  18. 19.
    French Suite no. 6 in E, BWV 817: IV. Gavotte
    1:05
  19. 20.
    French Suite no. 6 in E, BWV 817: V. Polonaise
    1:28
  20. 21.
    French Suite no. 6 in E, BWV 817: VI. Menuet
    0:59
  21. 22.
    French Suite no. 6 in E, BWV 817: VII. Bourrée
    1:23
  22. 23.
    French Suite no. 6 in E, BWV 817: VIII. Gigue
    2:31

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