French Suites

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Davitt Moroney

The French Suites are a set of six keyboard suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed circa 1722–1725. They exemplify the Baroque dance-suite genre, showcasing contrapuntal textures, ornamentation and clear harmonic structure, and they form part of Bach's keyboard oeuvre reflecting his engagement with contemporary dance movements and stylistic influences of the period.

About

Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Suite in A minor, BWV 818a: I. [Prelude] Fort gai
    1:47
  2. 2.
    Suite in A minor, BWV 818a: II. Allemande
    4:02
  3. 3.
    Suite in A minor, BWV 818a: III. Courante
    1:34
  4. 4.
    Suite in A minor, BWV 818a: IV. Sarabande
    3:55
  5. 5.
    Suite in A minor, BWV 818a: V. Menuet
    1:23
  6. 6.
    Suite in A minor, BWV 818a: VI. Gigue
    2:40
  7. 7.
    Suite in E-flat major, BWV 819a: I. Allemande [from BWV 819]
    4:00
  8. 8.
    Suite in E-flat major, BWV 819a: II. Allemande
    4:53
  9. 9.
    Suite in E-flat major, BWV 819a: III. Courante
    2:22
  10. 10.
    Suite in E-flat major, BWV 819a: IV. Sarabande a 3
    3:34
  11. 11.
    Suite in E-flat major, BWV 819a: V. Bouree
    1:41
  12. 12.
    Suite in E-flat major, BWV 819a: VI. Menuets I-II
    3:25
  13. 13.
    French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: I. Allemande
    4:34
  14. 14.
    French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: II. Courante
    2:21
  15. 15.
    French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: III. Sarabande
    3:53
  16. 16.
    French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: IV. Menuets I-II
    3:20
  17. 17.
    French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: V. Gigue
    3:34
  18. 18.
    French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: I. Allemande
    3:08
  19. 19.
    French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: II. Courante
    2:11
  20. 20.
    French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: III. Sarabande
    4:01
  21. 21.
    French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: IV. Air
    1:30
  22. 22.
    French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: V. Menuets I-II
    3:07
  23. 23.
    French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: VI. Gigue
    2:33

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: I. Allemande
    3:52
  2. 3.
    French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: II. Courante
    2:29
  3. 4.
    French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: III. Sarabande
    3:43
  4. 5.
    French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: IV. Anglaise
    1:27
  5. 6.
    French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: V. Menuets I-II
    2:56
  6. 7.
    French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: VI. Gigue
    2:13
  7. 8.
    French Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: I. Allemande
    3:47
  8. 9.
    French Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: II. Courante
    2:03
  9. 10.
    French Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: III. Sarabande
    3:26
  10. 11.
    French Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: IV. Gavotte I
    1:12
  11. 12.
    French Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: V. Gavotte II
    3:49
  12. 13.
    French Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: VI. Air
    1:49
  13. 14.
    French Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: VII. Menuet
    1:06
  14. 15.
    French Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815: VIII. Gigue
    2:32
  15. 16.
    French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816: I. Allemande
    4:05
  16. 17.
    French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816: II. Courante
    1:55
  17. 18.
    French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816: III. Sarabande
    4:58
  18. 19.
    French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816: IV. Gavotte
    1:07
  19. 20.
    French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816: V. Bourrèe
    1:24
  20. 21.
    French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816: VI. Loure
    2:32
  21. 22.
    French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816: VII. Gigue
    3:34
  22. 23.
    French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV 817: I. Allemande
    3:53
  23. 24.
    French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV 817: II. Courante
    1:52
  24. 25.
    French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV 817: III. Sarabande
    3:49
  25. 26.
    French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV 817: IV. Gavotte
    1:03
  26. 27.
    French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV 817: V. Menuet polonais
    1:39
  27. 28.
    French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV 817: VI. Petit menuet
    1:26
  28. 29.
    French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV 817: VII. Bourrée
    1:39
  29. 30.
    French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV 817: VIII. Gigue
    2:53

Reviews

Similar Releases