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Britain's Academy of Ancient Music, still going strong even in the face of now-commonplace competition in the historical-performance field, first recorded Bach's six orchestral suites in 1988. They return to them in 2014 with a recording characteristic of the group's history but still reflective of the efforts of new director Richard Egarr, who also plays a vigorous harpsichord continuo. Egarr explicitly rejects the blistering tempos of the contemporary Italian Bach style, and in the suites this is reasonable: the dances come out with the intended rough charm, and the slow movements, including the so-called Air on a G string from the Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (CD 2, track 2), have an attractive natural feel. The main factor determining the reaction of many listeners will be the Academy's one-instrument-per-part forces. Egarr's brasses are smooth, but there are still places where chords of them emerge baldly from the texture. Of course many groups have played the suites this way, but Bach probably had a larger group in Cöthen and might have known Italian or French orchestras with several dozen players. Recommended for one-instrument-per-part fans.
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Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
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Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
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Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
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Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
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Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
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Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
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Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
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Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music (P) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music
Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music (P) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music
Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music (P) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music
Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music (P) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music
Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music (P) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music
Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music (P) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music
Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music (P) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music
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Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music (P) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music
Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music (P) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music
Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music (P) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music
Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music (P) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music
Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music (P) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music (P) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music
Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music (P) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music
Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music (P) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music
Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music (P) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music
Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra - Richard Egarr, Performer - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(C) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music (P) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music
Album review
Britain's Academy of Ancient Music, still going strong even in the face of now-commonplace competition in the historical-performance field, first recorded Bach's six orchestral suites in 1988. They return to them in 2014 with a recording characteristic of the group's history but still reflective of the efforts of new director Richard Egarr, who also plays a vigorous harpsichord continuo. Egarr explicitly rejects the blistering tempos of the contemporary Italian Bach style, and in the suites this is reasonable: the dances come out with the intended rough charm, and the slow movements, including the so-called Air on a G string from the Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (CD 2, track 2), have an attractive natural feel. The main factor determining the reaction of many listeners will be the Academy's one-instrument-per-part forces. Egarr's brasses are smooth, but there are still places where chords of them emerge baldly from the texture. Of course many groups have played the suites this way, but Bach probably had a larger group in Cöthen and might have known Italian or French orchestras with several dozen players. Recommended for one-instrument-per-part fans.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:33:33
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Academy of Ancient Music Richard Egarr
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Label: Academy of Ancient Music
- Area: Allemagne
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
- Period: Baroque Music
(C) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music (P) 2014 Academy of Ancient Music
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