English Suites, Volume 2

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Glenn Gould

English Suites, Volume 2 is a collection of keyboard suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed around 1715–1720. The pieces exemplify Baroque keyboard writing with dance-based movements, intricate counterpoint and ornamentation, and form a key part of Bach’s keyboard oeuvre and Baroque keyboard literature.

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  1. 1.
    English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809: I. Prélude
    4:25
  2. 2.
    English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809: II. Allemande
    2:45
  3. 3.
    English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809: III. Courante
    0:54
  4. 4.
    English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809: IV. Sarabande
    3:00
  5. 5.
    English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809: V. Menuett I
    1:20
  6. 6.
    English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809: VI. Menuett II - Menuett I da capo
    1:57
  7. 7.
    English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809: VII. Gigue
    2:22
  8. 8.
    English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810: I. Prélude
    4:43
  9. 9.
    English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810: II. Allemande
    2:57
  10. 10.
    English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810: III. Courante
    1:51
  11. 11.
    English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810: IV. Sarabande
    1:59
  12. 12.
    English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810: V. Passepied I (en Rondeau)
    1:06
  13. 13.
    English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810: VI. Passepied II - Passepied I da capo
    1:36
  14. 14.
    English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810: VII. Gigue
    2:11
  15. 15.
    English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811: I. Prélude
    8:25
  16. 16.
    English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811: II. Allemande
    3:11
  17. 17.
    English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811: III. Courante
    2:46
  18. 18.
    English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811: IV. Sarabande
    3:07
  19. 19.
    English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811: V. Double
    2:14
  20. 20.
    English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811: VI. Gavotte I
    1:34
  21. 21.
    English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811: VII. Gavotte II - Gavotte I da capo
    2:18
  22. 22.
    English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811: VIII. Gigue
    2:56

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