Bach: The Four Orchestral Suites [Import]

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Roy Goodman (Conductor), Brandenburg Consort (Performer, Orchestra), Paul Nicholson (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Brandenburg Consort, Paul Nicholson
• Orchestra: Brandenburg Consort
• Conductor: Roy Goodman
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
• Audio CD (September 17, 1996)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B000002ZE8
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #383,122 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Suite No. 1 In C Major: Ouverture

2. Suite No. 1 In C Major: Courante

3. Suite No. 1 In C Major: Gavotte

4. Suite No. 1 In C Major: Forlane

5. Suite No. 1 In C Major: Menuetto

6. Suite No. 1 In C Major: Bourree

7. Suite No. 1 In C Major: Passepied

8. Sinfonia From Cantata No. 209 BWV209

9. Suite No. 2 In B Minor: Ouverture

10. Suite No. 2 In B Minor: Rondeau

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Disc: 2

1. Suite No. 3 In D Major BWV1068: Ouverture

2. Suite No. 3 In D Major BWV1068: Air

3. Suite No. 3 In D Major BWV1068: Gavotte

4. Suite No. 3 In D Major BWV1068: Bourée

5. Suite No. 3 In D Major BWV1068: Gigue

6. Concerto Movement In D Major BWV1045

7. Suite No. 4 In D Major BWV1069: Ouverture

8. Suite No. 4 In D Major BWV1069: Bourée

9. Suite No. 4 In D Major BWV1069: GavotteSuite No. 4 In D Major BWV1069

10. Suite No. 4 In D Major BWV1069: Menuet

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How about the "Y" word, October 27, 2006

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Wayne A. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bach: The Four Orchestral Suites (Audio CD)

There's a set of samples above. Listen to the last track of the second disk, the filler: sinfonia to Cantata 29. You might just buy this set based on that sample--one of the most exciting Bach performances I've ever heard and unlike any performance of that piece I've ever encountered.

Tough to pick a good set of Orchestral Suites but this set rides near the top. Goodman is consistently decent with nearly anything he does. A bit old-schoolish at times--meaning he doesn't tend to force the music too often--and that's fine. Whenever I need a solid centrist (but hardly dull--check out his Beethoven overtures disc on Nimbus) performance he and his people fit the bill.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Version of the Orchestral Suites I've ever heard... let's use the "L" word, October 19, 2005

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Blóðugr Örn (Middle Earth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bach: The Four Orchestral Suites (Audio CD)

I like just about everything Hyperion releases and I've never heard these by now over recorded suites performed with so much power and exuberance. Funny - the review below says that this album drags - far from it in my book! Other renderings sound stiff, boring and definately drag out. There's a genius to Goodman's cunducting (from the viola) that brings these pieces to life and "lubricates" (if I may use a sexual analogy...) an otherwise stuffy Bach!

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good sound but suffers from the "D" word, May 12, 2003

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W. Crone "classical junkie" (Northern CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bach: The Four Orchestral Suites (Audio CD)

Drag. Yes I feel as though this recording tends to "drag" on a bit and that is my only complaint. The sound quality is what I've come to expect from Hyperion Records, rich and lively. I gave this group's recording of the Brandenburg Concertos the highest marks and would do the same for this but for the tempi and repeats. It's a little too long and heavy for me on some tracks. I guess I am hard to please but this is my review. Still, this recording is easily a 4-star outing. Pick it up if you don't have another version. Pick it up if you do just because of the price.