Freiburger Barockorchester – Bach: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4 (2011/2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:33:39 minutes | 946 MB | Genre: Classical
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“Called ‘Ouvertüren’ in Germany, because they began with a large-scale overture à la française, 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.” (Financial Times)”In the Freiburg Orchestra’s exhilaraing account, the soft-grained Baroque flute which gilds the B minor Suite certainly fits well with the ‘small is beautiful’ impulse…Its reading may lack sensational revelations, but it’s exuberant and stylish, laced with felicitous insights into Bach’s sophisticated take on the French style…the dances leap off the page and overtures crackle with incisive declamation.”
Tracklist:
1-1. Freiburger Barockorchester – I. Ouverture (11:26)
1-2. Freiburger Barockorchester – II. Bourrées I & II alternativement (02:50)
1-3. Freiburger Barockorchester – III. Gavotte (01:55)
1-4. Freiburger Barockorchester – IV. Menuets I & II alternativement (04:14)
1-5. Freiburger Barockorchester – V. Réjouissance (02:34)
1-6. Freiburger Barockorchester – Suite No. 2 en Si Mineur, BWV 1067: I. Ouverture (10:41)
1-7. Freiburger Barockorchester – Suite No. 2 en Si Mineur, BWV 1067: II. Rondeau (01:28)
1-8. Freiburger Barockorchester – Suite No. 2 en Si Mineur, BWV 1067: III. Sarabande (02:36)
1-9. Freiburger Barockorchester – Suite No. 2 en Si Mineur, BWV 1067: IV. Bourrées I & II alternativement (02:04)
1-10. Freiburger Barockorchester – Suite No. 2 en Si Mineur, BWV 1067: V. Polonaise & Double (03:17)
1-11. Freiburger Barockorchester – Suite No. 2 en Si Mineur, BWV 1067: VI. Menuet (01:05)
1-12. Freiburger Barockorchester – Suite No. 2 en Si Mineur, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie (01:23)
1-13. Freiburger Barockorchester – I. Ouverture (09:17)
1-14. Freiburger Barockorchester – II. Courante (02:18)
1-15. Freiburger Barockorchester – III. Gavottes I & II alternativement (03:13)
1-16. Freiburger Barockorchester – IV. Forlane (01:13)
1-17. Freiburger Barockorchester – V. Menuets I & II alternativement (03:15)
1-18. Freiburger Barockorchester – VI. Bourrées I & II alternativement (02:42)
1-19. Freiburger Barockorchester – VII. Passepieds I & II alternativement (03:31)
1-20. Freiburger Barockorchester – I. Ouverture (09:49)
1-21. Freiburger Barockorchester – II. Aria (04:37)
1-22. Freiburger Barockorchester – III. Gavottes I & II alternativement (04:00)
1-23. Freiburger Barockorchester – IV. Bourrée (01:10)
1-24. Freiburger Barockorchester – V. Gigue (02:47)