The Four Orchestral Suites

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & The Brandenburg Consort & Roy Goodman

The Four Orchestral Suites is a set of four orchestral suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed around 1720–1730. They exemplify Baroque orchestral writing, combining French overture elements with German counterpoint and dance movements scored for strings, continuo and winds, and reflect Bach's contribution to the orchestral-suite genre during his mature career.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066: I. Ouverture
    9:10
  2. 2.
    Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066: II. Courante
    2:16
  3. 3.
    Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066: III. Gavotte
    3:08
  4. 4.
    Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066: IV. Forlane
    1:07
  5. 5.
    Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066: V. Menuetto
    3:23
  6. 6.
    Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066: VI. Bourrée
    2:27
  7. 7.
    Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066: VII. Passepied
    3:02
  8. 8.
    Cantata No. 42 "Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats": Sinfonia
    6:35
  9. 9.
    Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: I. Ouverture
    9:39
  10. 10.
    Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: II. Rondeau
    1:51
  11. 11.
    Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: III. Sarabande
    3:01
  12. 12.
    Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: IV. Bourrée
    2:02
  13. 13.
    Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: V. Polonaise
    3:42
  14. 14.
    Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: VI. Menuet
    1:17
  15. 15.
    Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie
    1:34
  16. 16.
    Cantata No. 209 "Non sa che sia dolore": Sinfonia
    6:14

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: I. Ouverture
    9:34
  2. 3.
    Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air
    3:51
  3. 4.
    Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: III. Gavotte
    3:49
  4. 5.
    Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: IV. Bourée
    1:06
  5. 6.
    Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: V. Gigue
    2:38
  6. 7.
    Concerto Movement in D major, BWV 1045
    5:20
  7. 8.
    Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069: I. Ouverture
    11:02
  8. 9.
    Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069: II. Bourrée
    2:46
  9. 10.
    Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069: III. Gavotte
    2:00
  10. 11.
    Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069: IV. Menuet
    4:22
  11. 12.
    Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069: V. Réjouissance
    2:30
  12. 13.
    Cantata No. 29 "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir": Sinfonia
    3:11

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