French Suites

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Joanna MacGregor

The French Suites are a set of six keyboard suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in the early 1720s. Using Baroque dance forms and ornate keyboard writing, they exemplify a lighter, dance-oriented strand of Bach's style and occupy a place in his early mature keyboard output as examples of courtly suite composition that blend French and Italian stylistic elements.

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  1. 1.
    Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: I. Allemande
    2:59
  2. 2.
    Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: II. Courante
    1:56
  3. 3.
    Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: III. Sarabande
    2:14
  4. 4.
    Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: IV. Menuet i
    1:05
  5. 5.
    Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: IV. Menuet II
    1:31
  6. 6.
    Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: V. Gigue
    2:34
  7. 7.
    Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: I. Allemande
    2:35
  8. 8.
    Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: II. Courante
    1:57
  9. 9.
    Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: III. Sarabande
    2:29
  10. 10.
    Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: IV. Air
    1:20
  11. 11.
    Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: V. Menuet1
    1:11
  12. 12.
    Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: VI. Menuet II (Trio)
    1:37
  13. 13.
    Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: VII. Gigue
    2:28
  14. 14.
    Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: I. Allemande
    3:00
  15. 15.
    Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: II. Courante
    2:10
  16. 16.
    Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: III. Sarabande
    1:51
  17. 17.
    Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: IV. Anglaise
    1:18
  18. 18.
    Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: V. Menuet 1
    1:08
  19. 19.
    Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: VI. Menuet II (Trio)
    1:30
  20. 20.
    Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: VII. Gigue
    1:56
  21. 21.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat minor, BWV 815: I. Allemande
    1:33
  22. 22.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat minor, BWV 815: II. Courante
    1:40
  23. 23.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat minor, BWV 815: III. Sarabande
    1:58
  24. 24.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat minor, BWV 815: IV. Gavotte
    1:14
  25. 25.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat minor, BWV 815: V. Air
    1:30
  26. 26.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat minor, BWV 815: VI. Menuet
    0:48
  27. 27.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat minor, BWV 815: VII. Gigue
    2:17
  28. 28.
    Suite no. 5 in G minor, BWV 816: I. Allemande
    3:08
  29. 29.
    Suite no. 5 in G minor, BWV 816: II. Courante
    1:34
  30. 30.
    Suite no. 5 in G minor, BWV 816: III. Sarabande
    3:02
  31. 31.
    Suite no. 5 in G minor, BWV 816: IV. Gavotte
    0:55
  32. 32.
    Suite no. 5 in G minor, BWV 816: V. Bouree
    1:19
  33. 33.
    Suite no. 5 in G minor, BWV 816: VI. Loure
    1:26
  34. 34.
    Suite no. 5 in G minor, BWV 816: VII. Gigue
    3:14
  35. 35.
    Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: I. Allemande
    2:34
  36. 36.
    Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: II. Courante
    1:35
  37. 37.
    Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: III. Sarabande
    2:00
  38. 38.
    Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: IV. Gavotte
    0:54
  39. 39.
    Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: V. Menuet polonaise
    1:43
  40. 40.
    Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: VI. Petit menuet
    1:03
  41. 41.
    Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: VII. Bouree
    1:32
  42. 42.
    Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: VIII. Gigue
    2:35

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