Shownotes
Several of these dances/movements from Bach's second English Suite have to put a big smile on your face. Stand out movements include the first Bourée and the Sarabande.
- Prelude
- Allemande
- Courante
- Sarabande
- Bourées I, II, I
- Gigue
This copy of the score writes out a da capo for the bourrees, asking the performer to return to the minor-keyed first dance to round off the pair.
Featured Performances:
- Blandine Rannou
- Anne-Marie McDermott
- Stefan Temmingh
- RedPriest - Johann, I'm Only Dancing
- Harpsichordist Pierre Hantaï via YouTube - Hantaï takes the liberty of offering his own "pre-prelude" which makes sense to me since the prelude by Bach dives right into a strict contrapuntal structure