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Bach: Orchestral Suites
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Bach: Orchestral Suites

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Composer
BACH, JOHANN BERNHARD
Artist
Thuringer Bach Collegium
Format
CD
Label
Audite Musikproduktion
Released
Nov 01, 2019
Catalog #
AUD97770
UPC
4022143977700

About

Johann Bernhard Bach's four Orchestral Suites, composed for the court orchestra of the cultured duke of Saxony-Eisenach, are amongst the most varied and sophisticated musical works of the high baroque period in Middle Germany. It was not by chance that Georg Philipp Telemann, a one-time Kapellmeister at Eisenach, commented retrospectively: "I have to praise this orchestra, arranged for the most part according to the French style, for it surpassed the very famous Parisian opera orchestra." From 1703, Bernard Bach was engaged as harpsichordist in this noble orchestra. His Orchestral Suites provide the only surviving "soundtrack" of the illustrious musical life at the Eisenach court during the 1710s and 20s. And what a soundtrack: cosmopolitan, and truly European, with sparkling virtuosic brilliance, as if written by a fiery Italian, whilst displaying the elegant taste of a noble Frenchman. In other words, the "mixed taste", for which the best German composers of the late baroque period were famous, in it's finest form. Little wonder then that Bernhard Bach's suites became core repertoire for Johann Sebastian Bach's Leipzig Collegium Musicum, also influencing his compositions. All this provides sufficient motivation for the Thuringian Bach Collegium to continue their exploration through the Middle German courts for their second recording and, with unbridled enthusiasm in their music-making, to bring these jewels of the early Thuringian orchestral music back to life. Bon Appetit!

Tracklist 30 tracks

  1. 1 I. Ouverture 04:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Ouverture
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  2. 2 II. Air 04:24
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Air
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  3. 3 III. Rondeau 01:39
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondeau
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  4. 4 IV. Loure 04:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Loure
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  5. 5 V. Fantasie 03:55
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Fantasie
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  6. 6 VI. Passepied 02:22
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Passepied
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  7. 7 I. Ouverture 03:11
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Ouverture
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  8. 8 II. Gavotte en rondeau 01:33
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Gavotte en rondeau
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  9. 9 III. Sarabande 02:12
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Sarabande
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  10. 10 IV. Bourrée: Gayement 01:19
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Bourrée: Gayement
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  11. 11 V. Air: Grave 04:02
    Track
    11
    Title
    V. Air: Grave
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  12. 12 VI. Menuet 01:01
    Track
    12
    Title
    VI. Menuet
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  13. 13 VII. Gigue 01:40
    Track
    13
    Title
    VII. Gigue
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  14. 14 VIII. La Tempête 02:27
    Track
    14
    Title
    VIII. La Tempête
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  15. 15 I. Ouverture 06:40
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Ouverture
    Duration
    06:40
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  16. 16 II. Air 02:12
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Air
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  17. 17 III. Les plaisirs 01:29
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Les plaisirs
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  18. 18 IV. Menuet I-II-I 03:05
    Track
    18
    Title
    IV. Menuet I-II-I
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  19. 19 V. Air 02:08
    Track
    19
    Title
    V. Air
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  20. 20 VI. Rigadon 02:41
    Track
    20
    Title
    VI. Rigadon
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  21. 21 VII. Courante 01:32
    Track
    21
    Title
    VII. Courante
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  22. 22 VIII. Gavotte en rondeaux 01:23
    Track
    22
    Title
    VIII. Gavotte en rondeaux
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  23. 23 I. Ouverture 05:56
    Track
    23
    Title
    I. Ouverture
    Duration
    05:56
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  24. 24 II. Caprice I 01:48
    Track
    24
    Title
    II. Caprice I
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  25. 25 III. Marche 01:21
    Track
    25
    Title
    III. Marche
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  26. 26 IV. Passepied I-II-I 02:59
    Track
    26
    Title
    IV. Passepied I-II-I
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  27. 27 V. Caprice II 02:36
    Track
    27
    Title
    V. Caprice II
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  28. 28 VI. Air: Lentement 03:10
    Track
    28
    Title
    VI. Air: Lentement
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  29. 29 VII. La Joye 01:02
    Track
    29
    Title
    VII. La Joye
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth
  30. 30 VIII. Caprice III 02:43
    Track
    30
    Title
    VIII. Caprice III
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Johann Bernhard Bach
    Ensemble
    Thüringer Bach Collegium
    Conductor
    Gernot Süssmuth