English Suites

These six suites are English in name only, conforming largely to the accepted form and order of a suite of dances, providing Bach with a template for his unrivalled contrapuntal skill in which he was utterly at home. The result is a set of pieces with wonderful rhythmic variation and delightful fluency of lines, and these are among Bach's finest keyboard works, in my view. They are inventive, endlessly rewarding and, above all, hugely enjoyable to listen to.

Three suites, including an ‘English’ Suite quite as ‘French’ as its counterpart that actually bears the name; a brilliant Italianate Toccata; a Prelude and Fugue displaying the most complex German counterpoint . . . In this programme, Céline Frisch offers a wide-ranging panorama of the protean genius of Bach the harpsichord composer.

Legendary conductor and pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy releases Johann Sebastian Bach's English Suites 1 - 3. This stunning, brand-new recording sits alongside a remastering of his first-ever Bach recording, the D Minor Concerto, recorded in 1965 in a must-have 2 CD Digipak collection. Amassing over 850M streams with a vast catalogue, Ashkenazy is amongst the foremost musical figures of our time and this release is a must-have for any classical music fan.

A new digital release focuses on the discography of Japanese harpsichordist Mayako Soné, a very distinguished performer of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. A pupil of the greatest keyboardists (Scott Ross, Gustav Leonhardt, Kenneth Gilbert) she gave for her debut solo recital a splendid version of the English Suites.

Johann Sebastian Bach - Glenn Gould - The English Suites BWV 806-811
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 439 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Sony Classical # SM2K 52 606 | Country/Year: UK 1994, 1977
Genre: Classical | Style: Baroque

Glenn Herbert Gould (25 September 1932 – 4 October 1982) was a Canadian pianist who became one of the best-known and most celebrated classical pianists of the 20th century. He was particularly renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach. His playing was distinguished by remarkable technical proficiency and capacity to articulate the polyphonic texture of Bach's music…