Overture Courante Gavotte I & II Passepied I & II Sarabande Bourée I & II Gigue Echo
This piece in the French style was published in 1735, along with the Italian Concerto, and is the longest keyboard suite movement ever composed by Bach.The term 'Overture' refers to the fact that this suite starts with an Ouverture movement, and was a common generic name for French suites. It is unlike Bach's other keyboard suites in that it has no Allemande.Also, there are optional dance movements both before and after the Sarabande, while the more common practice is to have optional movements only after the Sarabande.A further unusual element is the inclusion of an extra movement after the Gigue. This is an "Echo", a piece meant to exploit the terraced loud and soft dynamics of the two-manual harpsichord.
Other movements also have dynamic indications (piano and forte), which are not often found in keyboard suites of the Baroque period.Ko-Eun Yi
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Johann Sebastian Bach
French Overture in B minor, BWV 831 Play
Recorded on 02/13/2013, uploaded on 07/11/2013
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Overture
Courante
Gavotte I & II
Passepied I & II
Sarabande
Bourée I & II
Gigue
Echo
This piece in the French style was published in 1735, along with the Italian Concerto, and is the longest keyboard suite movement ever composed by Bach. The term 'Overture' refers to the fact that this suite starts with an Ouverture movement, and was a common generic name for French suites. It is unlike Bach's other keyboard suites in that it has no Allemande. Also, there are optional dance movements both before and after the Sarabande, while the more common practice is to have optional movements only after the Sarabande. A further unusual element is the inclusion of an extra movement after the Gigue. This is an "Echo", a piece meant to exploit the terraced loud and soft dynamics of the two-manual harpsichord.
Other movements also have dynamic indications (piano and forte), which are not often found in keyboard suites of the Baroque period. Ko-Eun Yi
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English Suite No. 2 in a minor, BWV 807
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Italian concerto, BWV 971
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g-minor Violin Sonata - Presto
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Scherzo No. 1 in b minor, Op. 20
Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:48
Mazurka in A minor, op. 59, no. 1
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Après une Lecture de Dante
Etude Op. 25, No. 11 in a minor
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