Ketil Haugsand - J.S. Bach: The English Suites (2013)

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Artist: Ketil Haugsand
Title: J.S. Bach: The English Suites
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: Simax Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 149:56 min
Total Size: 1 GB
WebSite: Album Preview

Ketil Haugsand - J.S. Bach: The English Suites (2013)

Tracklist:

CD1:

01. English Suite No. 1, A major, BWV 806: I Prèlude
02. English Suite No. 1, A major, BWV 806: II Allemande
03. English Suite No. 1, A major, BWV 806: III 1e Courante
04. English Suite No. 1, A major, BWV 806: IV 2e Courante, avec deux doubles
05. English Suite No. 1, A major, BWV 806: V Sarabande
06. English Suite No. 1, A major, BWV 806: VI Bourrée I & II
07. English Suite No. 1, A major, BWV 806: VII Gigue
08. English Suite No. 2, A minor, BWV 807: I Prèlude
09. English Suite No. 2, A minor, BWV 807: II Allemande
10. English Suite No. 2, A minor, BWV 807: III Courante
11. English Suite No. 2, A minor, BWV 807: IV Sarabande
12. English Suite No. 2, A minor, BWV 807: V Bourrée I & II
13. English Suite No. 2, A minor, BWV 807: VI Gigue
14. English Suite No. 3, G minor, BWV 808: I Prèlude
15. English Suite No. 3, G minor, BWV 808: II Allemande
16. English Suite No. 3, G minor, BWV 808: III Courante
17. English Suite No. 3, G minor, BWV 808: IV Sarabande
18. English Suite No. 3, G minor, BWV 808: V Gavotte I - Gavotte II, ou la Musette
19. English Suite No. 3, G minor, BWV 808: VI Gigue

CD2:

01. English Suite No. 4, F major, BWV 809: I Prèlude - vitement
02. English Suite No. 4, F major, BWV 809: II Allemande
03. English Suite No. 4, F major, BWV 809: III Courante
04. English Suite No. 4, F major, BWV 809: IV Sarabande
05. English Suite No. 4, F major, BWV 809: V Minuet I & II
06. English Suite No. 4, F major, BWV 809: VI Gigue
07. English Suite No. 5, E minor, BWV 810: I Prèlude
08. English Suite No. 5, E minor, BWV 810: II Allemande
09. English Suite No. 5, E minor, BWV 810: III Courante
10. English Suite No. 5, E minor, BWV 810: IV Sarabande
11. English Suite No. 5, E minor, BWV 810: V Passepied en Rondeau & Passepied II
12. English Suite No. 5, E minor, BWV 810: VI Gigue
13. English Suite No. 6, D minor, BWV 811: I Prèlude - vitement
14. English Suite No. 6, D minor, BWV 811: II Allemande
15. English Suite No. 6, D minor, BWV 811: III Courante
16. English Suite No. 6, D minor, BWV 811: IV Sarabande avec Double
17. English Suite No. 6, D minor, BWV 811: V Gavotte I & II
18. English Suite No. 6, D minor, BWV 811: VI Gigue

Ketil Haugsand's recordings for Simax of music by, amongst others, of works by J. S. Bach (PSC1086) and Forqueray (PSC1317) have consolidated his position as one of the leading harpsichord players of recent years. On this 2CD set he performs Bach’s 6 English Suites on a double manual instrument made by Martin Skowroneck in Bremen in 1985.

The English Suites, BWV 806-811, are a set of six suites written by Johann Sebastian Bach for harpsichord and generally thought to be the earliest of his 19 suites for keyboard, the others being the six French Suites, BWV 812-817, the 6 Partitas, BWV 825-830 and the Overture in the French style, BWV 831. Originally, their date of composition was thought to have been between 1718 and 1720, but more recent research suggests that the composition was likely earlier, around 1715, while the composer was living in Weimar. As introductory préludes, Bach incorporated a set of five concerto movements which he composed in the wake of his revelatory discovery in 1713 of the concertos of Vivaldi, Marcello and other Italian composers. To these he added a sequence of French dances, often combining elements of the two contrasting national styles within a single movement. Ketil Haugsand is a Norwegian harpsichordist and conductor. In 1975 he was awarded the Prix d'Excellence at the Amsterdam conservatory, where he studied under Gustav Leonhardt.

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