The Four Orchestral Suites

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin & Lorin Maazel

The Four Orchestral Suites are a set of orchestral suites by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, composed circa 1720–1731. They exemplify Baroque dance forms and orchestration and sit within Bach's Leipzig-period output as his principal contributions to the orchestral suite genre in music history.
First released: 1970

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Suite no. 1 in C major, BWV 1066: 1. Ouverture
    6:58
  2. 2.
    Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068; 1. Ouverture
    8:09
  3. 3.
    Suite no. 1 in C major, BWV 1066: 2. Courante
    2:36
  4. 4.
    Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068; 2. Air
    4:34
  5. 5.
    Suite no. 1 in C major, BWV 1066: 3. Gavotte I - II
    2:59
  6. 6.
    Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068; 3. Gavotte I - II
    3:14
  7. 7.
    Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068; 4. Bourree
    1:30
  8. 8.
    Suite no. 1 in C major, BWV 1066: 4. Forlane
    1:38
  9. 9.
    Suite no. 1 in C major, BWV 1066: 5. Menuett I - II
    2:56
  10. 10.
    Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068; 5. Gigue
    2:44
  11. 11.
    Suite no. 1 in C major, BWV 1066: 6. Bourree I - II
    2:57
  12. 12.
    Suite no. 4 in D major, BWV 1069; 1. Ouverture
    8:27
  13. 13.
    Suite no. 4 in D major, BWV 1069; 2. Bourree I - II
    3:16
  14. 14.
    Suite no. 1 in C major, BWV 1066: 7. Passepied I - II
    3:12
  15. 15.
    Suite no. 4 in D major, BWV 1069; 3. Gavotte
    1:54
  16. 16.
    Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: 1. Ouverture
    7:30
  17. 17.
    Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: 2. Rondeau
    1:20
  18. 18.
    Suite no. 4 in D major, BWV 1069; 4. Menuett I - II
    4:12
  19. 19.
    Suite no. 4 in D major, BWV 1069; 5. Rejouissance
    2:06
  20. 20.
    Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: 3. Sarabande
    2:18
  21. 21.
    Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: 4. Bourree I - II
    2:48
  22. 22.
    Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: 5. Polonaise - Double
    3:19
  23. 23.
    Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: 6. Menuett
    1:31
  24. 24.
    Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: 7. Badinerie
    1:26

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