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Bach - English Suites [CD]

Gustav Leonhardt, Johann Sebastian Bach | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (3 Feb 2003)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B000083LQO
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Listen  1. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 1 in A major BWV806: Prelude 2:04£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 1 in A major BWV806: Allemande 2:50£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 1 in A major BWV806: Courante I et II avec deux doubles 4:17£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 1 in A major BWV806: Sarabande 2:25£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 1 in A major BWV806: Bourrée I et II 2:45£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 1 in A major BWV806: Gigue 1:26£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 2 in A minor BWV807: Prelude 5:10£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 2 in A minor BWV807: Allemande 2:19£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 2 in A minor BWV807: Courante0:58£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen10. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 2 in A minor BWV807: Sarabande 3:52£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen11. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 2 in A minor BWV807: Bourrée I et II 2:56£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen12. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 2 in A minor BWV807: Gigue 1:22£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen13. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 3 in G minor BWV808: Prelude 3:18£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen14. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 3 in G minor BWV808: Allemande 2:22£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen15. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 3 in G minor BWV808: Courante 1:16£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen16. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 3 in G minor BWV808: Sarabande 3:20£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen17. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 3 in G minor BWV808: Gavotte I (alternativement) et Gavotte II (ou La Musette) 1:57£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen18. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 3 in G minor BWV808: Gigue 1:30£0.89  Buy MP3 


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Listen  1. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 4 in F BWV809: Prelude 4:40£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 4 in F BWV809: Allemande 2:16£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 4 in F BWV809: Courante 1:00£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 4 in F BWV809: Sarabande 3:10£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 4 in F BWV809: Menuett I et II 2:44£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 4 in F BWV809: Gigue 1:47£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 5 in E minor BWV810: Prelude 5:23£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 5 in E minor BWV810: Allemande 2:25£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 5 in E minor BWV810: Courante 1:11£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen10. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 5 in E minor BWV810: Sarabande 1:56£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen11. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 5 in E minor BWV810: Passepied I (en Rondeau) et II 2:19£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen12. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 5 in E minor BWV810: Gigue 1:39£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen13. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 6 in D minor BWV811: Prelude 8:32£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen14. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 6 in D minor BWV811: Allemande 2:39£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen15. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 6 in D minor BWV811: Courante 1:11£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen16. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 6 in D minor BWV811: Sarabande 2:56£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen17. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 6 in D minor BWV811: Gavotte I et II 2:44£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen18. 6 English Suites BWV806-811, No. 6 in D minor BWV811: Gigue 2:02£0.89  Buy MP3 

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5.0 out of 5 stars JS BACH - English Suites 17 Jan 2008
By r.b.
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This is Gustav Leonhardt's 2nd recording of the English Suites and is widely regarded as his greatest ever Bach performance committed to tape.By the time of this recording(1984),Leonhardt had abandoned the austere approach which is clearly audible on his 1st(1973)recording on Sony of these magnificent compositions.This time around his playing is more flexible and is also afforded better sound by the engineers.Leonhardt's decision to omit the repeats may irritate a few people but when the performance is this good then i feel he can be forgiven.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Per raffinati 22 Sep 2009
By pablot68
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Gustav Leonhardt non è solo un grande e rigoroso filologo, ma anche un eccellente artista, capace di esprimere, in sintonia con la cultura moderna, la libertà insita nella musica settecentesca. Austeri preludi, raffinate allemande, brillanti correnti, delicate sarabande, esuberanti bourrè, scintillanti gighe. Le sonorità del clavicembalo - uno strumento del 1755 restaurato negli anni '80 - sono favolose. Il tocco del Maestro ineguagliabile.
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5.0 out of 5 stars excellent performance, and outstanding value 26 April 2005
By banjoboomer - Published on Amazon.com
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These are fine, nuanced, and well-recorded performances of both the English suites and the Partitas. Although, as the other reviewer notes, Leonhardt skips the repeats in most movements, the low price tag and the quality of the interpretation more than make up for this quirk. (And just so you can rest easy: Leonhardt *does* take the repeats in the Sarabandes where Bach has written out the ornamentation to his simple melodic line, so nothing is "left out" on that score.) The instrument in the English suites is an authentic German harpsichord of the period, restored by the great Skowroneck, and the Partitas are played on a William Dowd replica. In both cases the recording engineering avoids both the over-closeness that mars many of Kenneth Gilbert's otherwise provocative performances and the distance that can rob a recorded harpsichord of its richness. That said, the main attraction here is the interpretation, which similarly avoids the extremes of metrical rigidity and distracting overelaboration. I'm still in love with Pinnock's more recent recording of the Partitas on Hänssler, but I cannot recommend this pairing strongly enough, if you're looking for an historically informed performance of these works.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful sarabandes 23 May 2005
By J. Vink - Published on Amazon.com
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I agree with the previous reviewer (banjoboomer), these are wonderful performances, and, as he points out, Leonhardt does play the repeats in the sarabandes. And how beautifully he plays those sarabandes! In fact I fell in love with how Leonhardt plays the sarabande of partita no. 4; he plays it so naturally and with such a sense of timing that one does not easily realize how magnificently it is actually played.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Factual correction regarding the instrument used in the English Suites 6 Aug 2006
By R. John - Published on Amazon.com
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The instrument Leonhardt plays in his recording of the English Suites is not a genuine antique, but rather a forgery made by Skowroneck and passed off by GL for a decade or so as a harpsichord made in 1755 by Nicolas Lefebvre of Rouen. Lebvre was a real organbuilder and instrument maker in Rouen in the middle of 18th century, but none of his harpsichords actually survive. All was revealed by Skowroneck in a fascinating article in the Galpin Society journal in 2002. The instrument, incidentally, is really fine and sounds as good as many antiques
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