Prelude in our suite is the longest in the series. It begins with an improvisatory introduction of a moderate and serious character, which may pay tribute to the old unmeasured French …

In a stylistic sense, the English suites are in reality mainly French suites, i.e. a series of dances (Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, a choice out of a Bourrée, Gavotte, Menuet or Passepied …

Presented here are three of the six English suites: No. 4 in F major, No. 5 in E minor, and No. 6 in D minor.

the dances in both the English and the French suites on French models, and included several examples of the doub

English Suite n. 2 BWV 807 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685{1750) Prelude ... ÏÏÐÐ ÉÉ ÉÉ

English suites of Bach are thought to be the earliest of his 19 suites for Keyboard. A set of six, composed between 1710-1720, Bach originally wrote the suites for harpsichord.

It often happens that a work we have lived with for a long time remains a favourite, and this, for me, is the case with the English Suite No 6 in D minor, BWV811.