Maasaki Suzuki -Englische Suiten -BIS SACD+CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Disc 01
Englische Suite Nr. 1 A-Dur BWV 806

01. "1. Pr?ludium"

02. "2. Allemande"

03. "3. Courante 1"

04. "4. Courante 2 - Double 1 - Double 2"

05. "5. Sarabande"

06. "6. Bourr?e 1 - Bourr?e 2"

07. "7. Gigue"
Englische Suite Nr. 2 a-moll BWV 807

08. "1. Pr?ludium"

09. "2. Allemande"

10. "3. Courante"

11. "4. Sarabande - Les agr?ments de la m?me Sarabande"

12. "5. Bourr?e 1 - Bourr?e 2"

13. "6. Gigue"
Englische Suite Nr. 3 g-moll BWV 808

14. "1. Pr?ludium"

15. "2. Allemande"

16. "3. Courante"

17. "4. Sarabande - Les agr?ments de la m?me Sarabande"

18. "5. Gavotte 1 - Gavotte 2 (La Musette)"

19. "6. Gigue"

Disc 02
Englische Suite Nr. 4 F-Dur BWV 809

01. "1. Pr?ludium"

02. "2. Allemande"

03. "3. Courante"

04. "4. Sarabande"

05. "5. Menuett 1 - Menuett 2"

06. "6. Gigue"
Englische Suite Nr. 5 e-moll BWV 810

07. "1. Pr?ludium"

08. "2. Allemande"

09. "3. Courante"

10. "4. Sarabande"

11. "5. Passepied 1 (Rondo) - Passepied 2"

12. "6. Gigue"
Englische Suite Nr. 6 d-moll BWV 811

13. "1. Pr?ludium"

14. "2. Allemande"

15. "3. Courante"

16. "4. Sarabande - Double"

17. "5. Gavotte 1 - Gavotte 2"

18. "6. Gigue"

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A busy schedule as music director of the Bach Collegium Japan and sought-after guest conductor doesn't stop Masaaki Suzuki from returning to his first loves, the organ and the harpsichord. With the present release he adds yet another chapter to his series of Bach's works for solo harpsichord. After acclaimed recordings of the Well-tempered Clavier, the Goldberg variations, the French Suites and other works the turn has come to the English Suites. Composed while Bach was in his thirties it precedes other sets such as the French Suites and the Toccatas, and in his liner notes, Bach scholar Yo Tomita draws attention to 'the stylistic traits of a youthful and ambitious composer wanting to make his mark through the use of counterpoint and virtuosity'. Despite it's title, the collection has very little to do with England, at least musically: the six suites are instead rooted in the French tradition, and show certain striking similarities to the composer Charles Dieupart's Six Suittes pour le Clavessin from 1701. (Bach made a copy of Dieupart's set sometime between 1709 and 1716.) It was only in the 19th century that the suites became known as the 'English', based on a never substantiated claim that the set was commissioned by an English nobleman.

Recorded on July/August 2016 at Kobe Shoin Women?s University Chapel, Japan Harpsichord by Willem Kroesbergen, Utrecht 1982, after enlarged Ruckers. 2 manuals, 2 x 8, 1 x 4, FF ? f ''' BIS?s recording teams use microphones from Schoeps and Microtech Gefell, audio electronics from RME, Lake People and DirectOut, MADI optical cabling technology, monitoring equipment from B&W, STAX and Sennheiser, and Sequoia and Pyramix digital audio workstations. Original format: 24-bit / 96 kHz TT: 152'43" Issued on SACD, catalog number BIS-2281 SACD.

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BISSACD-2281

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