Release Date: 01 January 2017
Label: Dynamic - Cd / Dynamic
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 8007144077938
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Johann Sebastian Bach
Description
The English Suites is the title traditionally given to J.S. Bach’s splendid collection of dances, assembled by tonality and preceded by a Prelude, probably dating from the second decade of the 18th century, perhaps before 1717. The German musicologist Johann Nikolaus Forkel states that the suites were composed for an English nobleman, but adds nothing more. Recently, scholars have made various suggestions, with some thinking that the word English would refer not so much to their style as to the notation technique used by the composer, which he had defined as Préludes avec les suites. The English Suites BWV 806-811 have always been considered a worthy counterpart to the French Suites BWV 812-817. Alessandra Artifoni, who recorded the latter for Dynamic two years ago (CDS 757) now presents these counterparts on an instrument built by Tony Chinnery after Mietke (Berlin, 1702), and using Neidhardt temperament.
Tracklisting
Dumaux:Bradic:Johannsen
Dynamic
Nadine Sierra, Francesco Meli, Leo Nucci, Caterina Piva, Luca Bernard, Caterina Meldolesi, Francesc
Matteo Cossu; Bruno Canino
Luca Fanfoni; Carlo Cantini; Daniele Fanfoni; Saverio Fogliaro; Armando Barilli; Massimiliano Fanfo
Gianluca Littera
Dietrich Henschel; Daniel Brenna; Wilhelm Schwinghammer; Joseph Dahdah; Olga Bezsmertna; Florian St
Andrea Boscutti
