The English Suites

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Angela Hewitt

The English Suites are a set of six keyboard suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed around 1715–1720. They exemplify the Baroque dance-suite genre for harpsichord and clavichord, with contrasting movements, elaborate counterpoint and rich harmonic progressions that document Bach's development as a keyboard composer and occupy a formative place in his early-to-middle keyboard output.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: I. Prelude
    2:08
  2. 2.
    English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: II. Allemande
    4:31
  3. 3.
    English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: III. Courante I
    1:58
  4. 4.
    English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: IV. Courante II
    7:14
  5. 5.
    English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: V. Sarabande
    5:14
  6. 6.
    English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: VI. Bourrée I and II
    4:00
  7. 7.
    English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: VII. Gigue
    2:52
  8. 8.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: I. Prelude
    4:09
  9. 9.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: II. Allemande
    4:04
  10. 10.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: III. Courante
    2:15
  11. 11.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: IV. Sarabande et les agréments de la même Sarabande
    3:30
  12. 12.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: V. Bourrée I and II
    4:04
  13. 13.
    English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: VI. Gigue
    3:11
  14. 14.
    English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808: I. Prelude
    3:14
  15. 15.
    English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808: II. Allemande
    4:12
  16. 16.
    English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808: III. Courante
    2:53
  17. 17.
    English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808: IV. Sarabande et les agréments de la même Sarabande
    5:39
  18. 18.
    English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808: V. Gavotte I and II
    3:31
  19. 19.
    English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808: VI. Gigue
    2:47

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809: I. Prelude
    4:33
  2. 3.
    English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809: II. Allemande
    3:23
  3. 4.
    English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809: III. Courante
    1:56
  4. 5.
    English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809: IV. Sarabande
    3:52
  5. 6.
    English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809: V. Menuet I and II
    3:41
  6. 7.
    English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809: VI. Gigue
    3:10
  7. 8.
    English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810: I. Prelude
    4:37
  8. 9.
    English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810: II. Allemande
    4:18
  9. 10.
    English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810: III. Courante
    2:30
  10. 11.
    English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810: IV. Sarabande
    3:01
  11. 12.
    English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810: V. Passepied I and II
    3:19
  12. 13.
    English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810: VI. Gigue
    2:46
  13. 14.
    English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811: I. Prelude
    7:23
  14. 15.
    English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811: II. Allemande
    4:49
  15. 16.
    English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811: III. Courante
    2:51
  16. 17.
    English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811: IV. Sarabande
    8:09
  17. 18.
    English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811: V. Gavotte I and II
    4:29
  18. 19.
    English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811: VI. Gigue
    3:24

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