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.Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: Allemande4:21
- 2.Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: Courante2:17
- 3.Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: Sarabande2:50
- 4.Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: Anglaise1:27
- 5.Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: Menuets I & II3:21
- 6.Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: Gigue2:17
- 7.Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: Allemande2:58
- 8.Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: Courante1:47
- 9.Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: Sarabande2:33
- 10.Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: Gavotte1:16
- 11.Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: Menuet0:54
- 12.Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: Air1:53
- 13.Suite no. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: Gigue2:21
- 14.Suite no. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Allemande4:00
- 15.Suite no. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Courante2:06
- 16.Suite no. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Sarabande3:48
- 17.Suite no. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Gavotte1:04
- 18.Suite no. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Bourée1:30
- 19.Suite no. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Loure2:54
- 20.Suite no. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Gigue3:34
- 21.Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: Allemande3:40
- 22.Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: Courante1:42
- 23.Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: Sarabande2:52
- 24.Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: Gavotte1:00
- 25.Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: Menuet polonais1:14
- 26.Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: Petit Menuet1:11
- 27.Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: Bourée1:52
- 28.Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817: Gigue2:32