Murray Perahia - Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 6 [Expanded Edition] (1998/2004)

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Artist: Murray Perahia
Title: Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 6 [Expanded Edition]
Year Of Release: 1998/2004
Label: Sony Classical/Legacy
Genre: Classical
Quality: 320 kbps | FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:12:53
Total Size: 171 mb | 254 mb
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Tracklist:

01. English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806 (Highlights): English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806 (Highlights): English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806 (Highlights): English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806: I. Prélude
02. English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806 (Highlights): English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806 (Highlights): English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806 (Highlights): English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806: II. Allemande
03. English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806: III. Courante I
04. English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806 (Highlights): English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806 (Highlights): English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806 (Highlights): English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806: IV. Courante II avec deux Doubles
05. English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806: V. Sarabande
06. English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806 (Highlights): English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806 (Highlights): English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806 (Highlights): English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806: VI. Bourrée I
07. English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806: VII. Bourrée II
08. English Suite No. 1 In A Major, Bwv 806 (Highlights): English Suite No. 1 In A Major, Bwv 806 (Highlights): English Suite No. 1 In A Major, Bwv 806 (Highlights): English Suite No. 1 In A Major, Bwv 806: VIII. Gigue
09. English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: I. Prélude
10. English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: II. Allemande
11. English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: III. Courante
12. English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: IV. Sarabande
13. English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: V. Gavotte I
14. English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: VI. Gavotte II
15. English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: VII. Gigue
16. English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 (Highlights): English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 (Highlights): English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 (Highlights): English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811: I. Prélude - Allegro
17. English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 (Highlights): English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 (Highlights): English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 (Highlights): English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811: II. Allemande
18. English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 (Highlights): English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 (Highlights): English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 (Highlights): English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811: III. Courante
19. English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 (Highlights): English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 (Highlights): English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 (Highlights): English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811: IV. Sarabande - IVa. Double
20. English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 (Highlights): English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 (Highlights): English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 (Highlights): English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811: V. Gavotte I
21. English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 (Highlights): English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 (Highlights): English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 (Highlights): English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811: VI. Gavotte II
22. English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811: VII. Gigue
23. Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: I. Prelude
24. Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: II. Allemande
25. Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: III. Courante
26. Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: IV. Air con Variazioni "The Harmonious Blacksmith"

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.

Murray Parahia understands all of this to his core, and has the superb technique to allow it to flow out of him utterly naturally. He often has a delightful lightness of touch which never trivialises but allows the music to dance and glow as it should, and he preserves the music's intellectual weight even in the most toe-tapping movements. Perahia's judgement of rubato and ornamentation is impeccable, with just enough to allow make the music's sense clear without overlaying it with unnecessary interpretive tricks. It is exemplary Bach playing, I think.

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