The Name You Trust for Classical Music

Read reviews, listen to the music, and purchase the CD BACH, J.S.: English Suites Nos. 1-3, BWV 806-808

Customer Service Toll Free 866.489.4152

Music AND Flowers. The Perfect Gifts.

Spend $50 or more on NaxosDirect and we'll give you a $10 coupon for 1800Flowers.com family of stores. Offer ends Feb. 12th. Need suggestions? Click here

Flash 9 required. Click to download.

Narrow your search
with our Music Browser

Classical Music

        Ballet
        Chamber Music
        Choral
        Concertos
        Film Music
        Folk Legends
        Instrumental
        Musicals
        Opera / Operetta
        Orchestral
        Vocal

Jazz

Jazz Contemporary
Jazz Icons

New Age

Wind Band

World

        Ballad
        Bhuddist
        Chinese Music
        Classical (World)
        Early Music (World)
        Folk
        Gamelan
        Gypsy
        Hindustani
        Jazz (World)
        Klezmer
        Sufi
        Vocal (World)
        World

Special Offers:

Free MP3 Downloads

Catalogs

Internship Opportunities

Celebrating Black History

Grammy Winners on Sale

Masters of American Music

Valentine�s Day Special

Clearance

Penguin Guide

200 Essential Recordings

Recently Released

Upcoming Releases

SACD

DVD

        Ballet DVD
        Classical Concert
        Classical Documentary
        Dance Documentary
        Opera DVD
        Pop/Rock Concert

Audio Books

        Anthologies / Collections
        Arts
        Biographies
        Children's Classics
        Classic Fiction
        Great Epics and Tales
        History
        Junior Classic Fiction
        Junior History
        Literature
        Music Biographies
        Music Education
        Non-Fiction
        Philosophy
        Plays - Others
        Plays - Shakespeare
        Poetry
        Religion
        Samplers
        Sports
        Wine Guide

NaxosDirect Podcasts

Video Librarian Reviews

Labels

Naxos Label

        Naxos American Classics
        Naxos Best Of...
        Naxos Box Sets
        Naxos Cinema Classics
        Naxos Classics
        Naxos DVD
        Naxos DVD-Audio
        Naxos International
        Naxos Jazz
        Naxos Limited Edition
        Naxos Milken Archives
        Naxos Night Music
        Naxos Opera
        Naxos Orchestral
        Naxos Special Release
        Naxos Wind Band Classics
        Naxos World

Composers

Conductors

Ensembles

Orchestras

Choirs

Artists

Instruments

Producers

BACH, J.S.: English Suites Nos. 1-3, BWV 806-808

Home

Classical Music

Instrumental

BACH, J.S.: English Suites Nos. 1-3, BWV 806-808

View large image

Total playing time: 01:19:09

$8.99 (CD)

In Stock - Usually ships within 24 hours.

Link to this CD Link to this page

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) English Suites Vol. 1 BWV 806-808 Suite No.1 in A Major, BWV 806 Suite No.2 in A Minor, BWV 807 Suite No.3 in G Minor,...

Read more about this recording

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

English Suites Vol. 1 BWV 806-808

Suite No.1 in A Major, BWV 806

Suite No.2 in A Minor, BWV 807

Suite No.3 in G Minor, BWV 808

Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach in 1685, one of a large family of musicians. After the death of his parents he moved, at the age of ten, to Ohrdruf, with his thirteen-year-old brother Johann Jacob, to live with the eldest of their brothers, Johann Christoph, an organist. Bach's own initial career was as an organist, after earlier appointments in Arnstadt and M�hlhausen, from 1708 until 1717 in the service of Duke Wilhelm Ernst, elder of the two brothers ruling the duchy of Weimar. From 1717 until 1723 he was Court Kapellmeister to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cothen, with different musical responsibilities, largely secular. Thereafter he served as Thomas-Kantor in Leipzig, with responsibility for music in the principal city churches, continuing there until his death in 1750. This final period of his life involved him in activity with the Collegium musicum of the University, for which he arranged earlier instrumental concertos for solo harpsichord or harpsichords, and in the assembly and publication of a number of his compositions, in particular a series of four volumes of keyboard music, the Clavier�bung.

Bach's French Suites were written in 1722 for his second wife, Anna Magdalena. The more complicated and impressive English Suites, which have nothing particularly English about them, may have been written during the composer's time at Weimar, perhaps in 1715, although general considerations of the type of composition make Cothen a more probable place and period of composition. Bach's sons later claimed that the suites were written for an Englishman of some standing, but there is no other evidence of the existence of this mysterious patron, except the note by Johann Christian Bach on his copy of the suites, fait pour les Anglois.

Suite No.1 in A major, BWV 806, starts with an introductory Prelude. This is followed by an Allemande, the traditional opening of the French dance suite, followed, in due form, by a Courante, to which a second Courante and two variations of it or Doubles are added. An imposing Sarabande is followed by a pair of Bourrees, the second, framed by a repetition of the first, in the contrasting mode of A minor. The suite ends with a Gigue in which the lower part enters in immediate imitation of the first, the procedure reversed and inverted in the second section of the dance. Suite No.2 in A minor opens with a long and impressive Prelude, followed by a coupled Allemande and French Courante. The slow Sarabande has its own variation and the second Bourree is framed by a repetition of the first. The final Gigue, not here with imitative entries, makes the usual spirited conclusion. The G minor Suite again opens with a large scale Prelude, followed by an Allemande and Courante. The stately Sarabande has a variation, while the first Gavotte in repetition frames a second Gavotte or Musette, the second title taken from the French bagpipe, with its single drone, here continuing throughout. The concluding Gigue opens with a lively subject in the upper part, imitated in the second part, with the expected reversal of entry order and inversion in the second section of the dance.

Wolfgang R�bsam

A native of Germany, Wolfgang R�bsam received his musical training in Europe from Erich Ackermann, Helmut Walcha and Marie-Claire Alain and in the United States from Robert T. Anderson. Living today in the Chicago area, he has held a professorship at Northwestern University since 1974, and since 1981 has served as University Organist at the University of Chicago. International recognition was established in 1973 when he won the Grand Prix de Chartres, Interpretation, and has grown through his recording career, with over eighty recordings, many of which have received awards. Wolfgang R�bsam performs frequently in major international festivals and concert halls, including the Los Angeles Bach Festival; Wiener Festwochen, Vienna; Lahti International Organ Festival, Finland; Royal Festival Hall, London; Alice Tully Hall, New York, and conducts master classes both in interpretation of early and romantic organ repertoire, and in interpreting the keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach on the modern piano.

Disc 1

English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806

(more info)

Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Rubsam, piano
Recording date: May 1995
Produced by: RMC Classical Music, USA

I. Prelude - 2:19
II. Allemande - 5:45
III. Courante I - 2:14
IV. Courante II - - 2:47
Double I - - 2:48
Double II - 1:27
V. Sarabande - 5:04
VI. Bourree I and II - 5:46
VII. Gigue - 3:23

English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807

(more info)

Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Rubsam, piano
Recording date: May 1995
Produced by: RMC Classical Music, USA

I. Prelude - 6:08
II. Allemande - 4:57
III. Courante - 2:21
IV. Sarabande - 3:54
V. Bourree I and II - 5:02
VI. Gigue - 2:38

English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808

(more info)

Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Rubsam, piano
Recording date: May 1995
Produced by: RMC Classical Music, USA

I. Prelude - 4:19
II. Allemande - 4:43
III. Courante - 2:50
IV. Sarabande - 3:39
V. Gavotte I and II - 3:50
VI. Gigue - 3:15

Reviews

Be the first to review this title

FREE SHIPPING on orders
of 5 items or more!

Earn Naxos Rewards Points by opening an account and buying your favorite music today! Create your account here.

See all of our great site features here.

Flash 9 required. Click to download.

Composer(s):
Bach, Johann Sebastian

Artist(s):
Rubsam, Wolfgang

Label: Naxos Classics
UPC: 730099401227
Item Number: 8553012
Release Date: Dec 6, 1995