Complete English Suites

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Sophie Yates

The Complete English Suites is a complete set of keyboard suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed around 1715 to 1720. They are Baroque works for solo keyboard that use elaborate counterpoint and dance-based movements and have broad technical demands, and they were written during Bach's early mature period and show his development in keyboard composition.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Suite I in A major, BWV 806: Prélude
    2:51
  2. 2.
    Suite I in A major, BWV 806: Allemande
    6:28
  3. 3.
    Suite I in A major, BWV 806: Courante I
    1:58
  4. 4.
    Suite I in A major, BWV 806: Courante II avec deux Doubles
    3:42
  5. 5.
    Suite I in A major, BWV 806: Sarabande
    4:27
  6. 6.
    Suite I in A major, BWV 806: Bourrée I – Bourrée II – (Bourrée I repetatur et claudatur)
    5:08
  7. 7.
    Suite I in A major, BWV 806: Gigue
    3:12
  8. 8.
    Suite II in A minor, BWV 807: Prélude
    5:07
  9. 9.
    Suite II in A minor, BWV 807: Allemande
    4:51
  10. 10.
    Suite II in A minor, BWV 807: Courante
    2:04
  11. 11.
    Suite II in A minor, BWV 807: Sarabande – Les agréments de la même Sarabande
    4:01
  12. 12.
    Suite II in A minor, BWV 807: Bourrée I alternativement – Bourrée II – (repetatur Bourrée I)
    5:19
  13. 13.
    Suite II in A minor, BWV 807: Gigue – Da Capo (senza ripetizione) al Fine
    3:48
  14. 14.
    Suite III in G minor, BWV 808: Prélude
    3:24
  15. 15.
    Suite III in G minor, BWV 808: Allemande
    4:37
  16. 16.
    Suite III in G minor, BWV 808: Courante
    2:40
  17. 17.
    Suite III in G minor, BWV 808: Sarabande – Les agréments de la même Sarabande
    3:45
  18. 18.
    Suite III in G minor, BWV 808: Gavotte alternativement – Gavotte II ou la Musette – (repetatur Gavotte I)
    3:38
  19. 19.
    Suite III in G minor, BWV 808: Gigue
    3:05

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Suite IV in F major, BWV 809: I. Prélude. Vitement
    5:05
  2. 3.
    Suite IV in F major, BWV 809: II. Allemande
    4:19
  3. 4.
    Suite IV in F major, BWV 809: III. Courante
    1:51
  4. 5.
    Suite IV in F major, BWV 809: IV. Sarabande
    4:03
  5. 6.
    Suite IV in F major, BWV 809: V. Menuet I – Menuet II – (repetatur Menuet I)
    3:51
  6. 7.
    Suite IV in F major, BWV 809: VI. Gigue
    3:46
  7. 8.
    Suite V in E minor, BWV 810: I. Prélude
    5:05
  8. 9.
    Suite V in E minor, BWV 810: II. Allemande
    4:47
  9. 10.
    Suite V in E minor, BWV 810: III. Courante
    2:24
  10. 11.
    Suite V in E minor, BWV 810: IV. Sarabande
    3:56
  11. 12.
    Suite V in E minor, BWV 810: V. Passepied I en Rondeau – Passepied II – (repetatur Passepied I)
    3:54
  12. 13.
    Suite V in E minor, BWV 810: VI. Gigue
    3:16
  13. 14.
    Suite VI in D minor, BWV 811: I. Prélude
    9:04
  14. 15.
    Suite VI in D minor, BWV 811: II. Allemande
    4:48
  15. 16.
    Suite VI in D minor, BWV 811: III. Courante
    2:59
  16. 17.
    Suite VI in D minor, BWV 811: IV. Sarabande – Double
    3:45
  17. 18.
    Suite VI in D minor, BWV 811: V. Gavotte I – Gavotte II – (repetatur Gavotte I)
    4:10
  18. 19.
    Suite VI in D minor, BWV 811: VI. Gigue
    3:36

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