Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite VI & Other Works

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Release Date: 15th May 2020
Catalogue No: TXA19133
Label: TYXArt
Length: 68 minutes

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Bach, J S: English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV811

Work length29:55

$8.00

$10.40

Tilman Skowroneck (harpsichord)

I. Prelude

Track length9:02

$2.00

$2.60

II. Allemande

Track length4:29

$1.00

$1.30

III. Courante

Track length2:45

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Sarabande

Track length2:31

$1.00

$1.30

V. Double

Track length2:37

$1.00

$1.30

VI. Gavotte I & II (Musette)

Track length4:18

$1.00

$1.30

VII. Gigue

Track length4:13

$1.00

$1.30

Bach, J S: Prelude, Fugue & Allegro in E-Flat Major, BWV 998 (Version for Harpsichord)

Work length11:07

$3.00

$3.90

Tilman Skowroneck (harpsichord)

I. Prelude

Track length2:35

$1.00

$1.30

II. Fuga

Track length5:13

$1.00

$1.30

III. Allegro

Track length3:19

$1.00

$1.30

Gustav Leonhardt: Partita in G Minor (After J.S. Bach's BWV 1004)

Work length27:52

$7.00

$9.05

Tilman Skowroneck (harpsichord)

I. Allemande

Track length5:13

$1.00

$1.30

II. Courante

Track length2:48

$1.00

$1.30

III. Sarabande

Track length3:15

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Gigue

Track length4:34

$1.00

$1.30

V. Chaconne

Track length12:02

$3.00

$3.85

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J.S. Bach's 6 English Suites (BWV 806-811) were written around 1715 during Bach's time at the court in Weimar (1708-1717). In spite of their title (it stems from a note in French "fait pour les Anglois," on J. Chr. Bach's copy of the suites), most of the English suites begin with a large-scale polyphonic Prelude in the style of the ltalian concerto grosso, whereas most of the dance movements are written in the French manner. The Prelude of the sixth suite (BWV 811) featured on this CD is preceded by a slow introduction, which gives the piece some extra length and weightiness. The Gigue of this suite is particularly challenging because of its frequent organ points that are sustained by long trills, to be played against other voices in the same hand. Technically, this texture can be seen as a precursor of the so-called "Beethoven trill" (famously featuring in the finale of the Waldstein Sonata Op. 53 and in the late piano works). The Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat major (BWV 998), written about twenty years after the English Suites, were conceived for "lute or harpsichord" (this is noted on the title page of Bach's manuscript). Written in the soothing key of E-flat major, these pieces evoke a pastoral mood. The final selection on this recording (Suite) is Gustav Leonhardt's (1928-2012) G minor arrangement of the second Violin Partita in D minor (BWV 1004). This transposed version makes exquisite use of the harpsichord's sonorous potential. The famous Ciaccona, well known from a number of famous transcriptions for piano, concludes this suite. The harpsichord played on this recording was made in 1976 by Martin Skowroneck (1926-2014) after an original two-manual harpsichord from 1728 by Christian Zell (Hamburg, Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe). The instrument's plectra are made of bird's quill.

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