Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus musicus Wien - J.S. Bach: 4 Orchestral Suites (2008)

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Title: J.S. Bach: 4 Orchestral Suites
Year Of Release: 1994
Label: Teldec
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 01:44:23
Total Size: 686 Mb
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Tracklist:

CD 1:
Suite (Overture) No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066
01. Ouverture
02. Courante
03. Gavotte 1 - Gavotte 2
04. Forlane
05. Menuet 1 - Menuet 2
06. Bourrée 1 - Bourrée 2
07. Passepied 1 - Passepied 2
Suite (Overture) No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
08. Ouverture
09. Rondeau
10. Sarabande
11. Bourrée 1 - Bourrée 2
12. Polonaise - Double
13. Menuet
14. Badinerie

CD 2:
Suite (Overture) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
01. Ouverture
02. Air
03. Gavotte 1 - Gavotte 2
04. Bourrée
05. Gigue
Suite (Overture) No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069
06. Ouverture
07. Bourrée 1 - Bourrée 2
08. Gavotte
09. Menuet 1 - Menuet 2
10. Réjouissance

Performers:
Concentus musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

This well-documented and handsomely presented set is well worth considering. Harnoncourt led the way in ‘authentic’ Bach performances, and in some respects – the slow minuets and the somewhat portentous introductions, for instance – these Sixties recordings differ from more recent practice. But no matter, since the approach is full of life, and the balance allows details to be heard clearly and naturally. The fugal sections are particularly successful.