English Suites, Volume 1

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Glenn Gould

The English Suites, BWV 806-811, are a set of six keyboard suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed around 1715–1720. They draw on Baroque dance-suite forms and combine intricate counterpoint with virtuosic keyboard figuration, reflecting Bach's synthesis of French and Italian influences and his development of keyboard technique during his early career.
First released: 2002

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: I. Prélude
    2:44
  2. 2.
    English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: II. Allemande
    2:10
  3. 3.
    English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: III. Courante I
    1:47
  4. 4.
    English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: IV. Courante II
    2:11
  5. 5.
    English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: V. Double I
    2:05
  6. 6.
    English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: VI. Double II
    1:58
  7. 7.
    English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: VII. Sarabande
    4:06
  8. 8.
    English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: VIII. Bourrée I
    1:15
  9. 9.
    English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: IX. Bourrée II - Bourrée I da Capo
    2:14
  10. 10.
    English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: X. Gigue
    2:07
  11. 11.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: I. Prélude
    4:30
  12. 12.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: II. Allemande
    1:33
  13. 13.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: III. Courante
    1:11
  14. 14.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: IV. Sarabande, les agréments de la même Sarabande
    3:02
  15. 15.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: V. Bourrée I
    1:26
  16. 16.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: VI. Bourree II - Bourrée I da Capo
    2:00
  17. 17.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: VII. Gigue
    2:25
  18. 18.
    English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808: I. Prélude
    2:53
  19. 19.
    English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808: II. Allemande
    1:44
  20. 20.
    English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808: III. Courante
    1:19
  21. 21.
    English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808: IV. Sarabande, les agréments de la même Sarabande
    3:18
  22. 22.
    English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808: V. Gavotte I (ou la Musette)
    0:50
  23. 23.
    English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808: VI. Gavotte II - Gavotte I da Capo
    1:09
  24. 24.
    English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808: VII. Gigue
    1:52

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