Orchestral Suites, Volume 2

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & London Festival Orchestra & Ross Pople

Orchestral Suites, Volume 2 is a collection of orchestral suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed around 1720. These Baroque suites consist of dance movements and orchestral overtures notable for their contrapuntal textures and varied instrumental colour, and they occupy a central place in Bach's orchestral output and within early 18th-century repertoire.
First released: 25th September 1995

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Suite for Orchestra (Overture) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Ouvertüre
    7:55
  2. 2.
    Suite for Orchestra (Overture) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air
    6:25
  3. 3.
    Suite for Orchestra (Overture) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Gavotte 1 & 2
    3:46
  4. 4.
    Suite for Orchestra (Overture) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Bourrée
    1:44
  5. 5.
    Suite for Orchestra (Overture) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Gigue
    2:54
  6. 6.
    Suite for Orchestra (Overture) No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069: Ouvertüre
    8:35
  7. 7.
    Suite for Orchestra (Overture) No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069: Bourrée 1 & 2
    3:13
  8. 8.
    Suite for Orchestra (Overture) No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069: Gavotte
    1:53
  9. 9.
    Suite for Orchestra (Overture) No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069: Menuet 1 & 2
    3:18
  10. 10.
    Suite for Orchestra (Overture) No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069: Réjouissance
    2:45
  11. 11.
    Suite (Overture) G minor BWV 1070: Larghetto
    7:19
  12. 12.
    Suite (Overture) G minor BWV 1070: Torneo
    2:39
  13. 13.
    Suite (Overture) G minor BWV 1070: Aria
    2:58
  14. 14.
    Suite (Overture) G minor BWV 1070: Menuetto
    4:32
  15. 15.
    Suite (Overture) G minor BWV 1070: Capriccio
    3:35

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