Les suites d’orchestre

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & La Petite Bande & Sigiswald Kuijken

Les suites d'orchestre is a set of four orchestral suites by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, composed c. 1720. Rooted in Baroque dance-suite structures and scored for orchestra with prominent oboe and strings, the works blend stately overtures, contrasting dance movements and vivid orchestral colour and occupy a central place in Bach's instrumental output and in the development of the orchestral suite repertoire.
First released: 2nd September 2013

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Overture (Suite) No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066; I. Overture
    5:38
  2. 2.
    Overture (Suite) No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066; II. Courante
    2:28
  3. 3.
    Overture (Suite) No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066; III. Gavotte I-II
    3:43
  4. 4.
    Overture (Suite) No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066; IV. Forlane
    1:16
  5. 5.
    Overture (Suite) No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066; V. Menuet I-II
    3:14
  6. 6.
    Overture (Suite) No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066; VI. Bourree I-II
    2:26
  7. 7.
    Overture (Suite) No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066; VII. Passepied I-II
    3:18
  8. 8.
    Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068; I. Ouverture
    6:00
  9. 9.
    Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068; II. Air, ''Air on a G String''
    4:20
  10. 10.
    Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068; III. Gavotte I-II
    4:24
  11. 11.
    Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068; IV. Bourree
    1:08
  12. 12.
    Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068; V. Gigue
    3:05
  13. 13.
    Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067; I. Ouverture
    5:59
  14. 14.
    Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067; II. Rondeau
    1:46
  15. 15.
    Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067; III. Sarabande
    3:00
  16. 16.
    Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067; IV. Bourree I-II
    2:09
  17. 17.
    Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067; V. Polonaise-Double
    3:43
  18. 18.
    Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067; VI. Menuet
    1:10
  19. 19.
    Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067; VII. Badinerie
    1:42
  20. 20.
    Overture (Suite) No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069; I. Overture
    7:01
  21. 21.
    Overture (Suite) No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069; II. Bourree I-II
    2:44
  22. 22.
    Overture (Suite) No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069; III. Gavotte
    1:55
  23. 23.
    Overture (Suite) No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069; IV. Menuet I-II
    3:59
  24. 24.
    Overture (Suite) No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069; V. Rejouissance
    2:57

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