Orchestral suites No.1-4, : Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin +Enhanced Catalogue

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Orchestral suites, ouverturen BWV 1066.69

Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin

Called "Ouverturen" in Germany, because they began with a large-scale overture a la francaise, Bach's Suites for orchestra offer a unique synthesis of the French and the Italian styles.
The Leipzig Cantor did not content himself with a mere set of amiable dances for his "Collegium Musicum": he revived the genre in his own manner, accenting the contrasts, refining the orchestration, and introducing a hitherto unknown contrapuntal element.
Two centuries later these admirable orchestral works continue to represent an indispensable treasure of the Baroque.

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