French Suites nos. 3-6, BWV 814-817

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Wolfgang Rübsam

French Suites Nos. 3-6, BWV 814-817 are the latter half of Johann Sebastian Bach's set of French Suites for keyboard, composed around 1722-1725. These Baroque keyboard suites draw on French dance-suite models and showcase ornate ornamentation, contrapuntal textures and idiomatic keyboard writing, representing an important part of Bach's early keyboard output that synthesises French and Italian influences.
First released: April 1994

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: Allemande
    4:21
  2. 2.
    Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: Courante
    2:17
  3. 3.
    Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: Sarabande
    2:50
  4. 4.
    Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: Anglaise
    1:27
  5. 5.
    Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: Menuets I & II
    3:21
  6. 6.
    Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: Gigue
    2:17
  7. 7.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: Allemande
    2:58
  8. 8.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: Courante
    1:47
  9. 9.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: Sarabande
    2:33
  10. 10.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: Gavotte
    1:16
  11. 11.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: Menuet
    0:54
  12. 12.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: Air
    1:53
  13. 13.
    Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: Gigue
    2:21
  14. 14.
    Suite no. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Allemande
    4:00
  15. 15.
    Suite no. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Courante
    2:06
  16. 16.
    Suite no. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Sarabande
    3:48
  17. 17.
    Suite no. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Gavotte
    1:04
  18. 18.
    Suite no. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Bourée
    1:30
  19. 19.
    Suite no. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Loure
    2:54
  20. 20.
    Suite no. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Gigue
    3:34
  21. 21.
    Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: Allemande
    3:40
  22. 22.
    Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: Courante
    1:42
  23. 23.
    Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: Sarabande
    2:52
  24. 24.
    Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: Gavotte
    1:00
  25. 25.
    Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: Menuet polonais
    1:14
  26. 26.
    Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: Petit Menuet
    1:11
  27. 27.
    Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: Bourée
    1:52
  28. 28.
    Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: Gigue
    2:32

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