Bach: English Suites, BWV 806-811

Description

Although people might like to think that the "English Suites" were composed after the "French Suites", "the temperamental and in part virtuoso flow of these Suites is more characteristic of the musical language of the young Bach" (from the preface). The kaleidoscopic variety of the six "English" Suites is breathtaking. One lifetime is not enough to exhaustively comprehend and penetrate them.

Pieces

• English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806
• English Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 807
• English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808
• English Suite No. 4 in F Major, BWV 809
• English Suite No. 5 in E Minor, BWV 810
• English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811