Bach: Orchestral Suites for a Young Prince
Ensemble Sonnerie
Monica Huggett, violin and director
with Gonzalo X. Ruiz, baroque oboe
4th May 2009
AV2171
£12.99 (1CD Jewel Case | 24-page booklet)
Summary:
Grammy Nominee.
“Nothing lacks from Sonnerie’s playing … which is generously shaped, beautifully judged for pace and balance, and attractively recorded.” – Gramophone
“these performances of all four suites, in their imagined early incarnations, are brilliant and incisive. The Third and Fourth, shorn of their brass lines, are especially lithe, with so much more detail audible when there are no baroque trumpets played” – The Observer
“Directing from the violin, Monica Huggett’s intelligent decorations and sensual phrasing ensure an elegant performance from the strings…The jewel in the collection is Gonzalo X Ruiz’s reconstruction of the Second Suite, played in the warmer key of A minor, with oboe replacing the solo flute.” – The Independent on Sunday
Ensemble Sonnerie, under the direction of Monica Huggett, returns to AVIE Records with a new musical view on the Orchestral Suites by J.S.Bach, The recording includes a reconstruction of the ever-popular Second Suite by the leading oboist in the period instrument field, Gonzalo X. Ruiz. A Premiere Recording.
Tracklist:
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685–1750)
Four Orchestral Suites for Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066
1. I. Ouverture (5:42)
2. II. Courante (2:12)
3. III. Gavottes I & II (2:50)
4. IV. Forlane (1:18)
5. V. Menuettes I & II (3:07)
6. VI. Bourrées I & II (2:18)
7. VII. Passepieds I & II (3:06)
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1067
(reconstructed by Gonzalo Ruiz)
8. I. Ouverture (6:10)
9. II. Rondeau (1:36)
10. III. Sarabande (2:43)
11. IV. Bourrées I & II (1:37)
12. V. Polonaise (3:06)
13. VI. Menuet (1:07)
14. VII. Badinerie (1:26)
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068
15. I. Ouverture (6:17)
16. II. Air (4:01)
17. III. Gavotte (3:23)
18. IV. Bourrée (1:04)
19. V. Gigue (2:35)
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069
(reconstruction of original version)
20. I. Ouverture (7:08)
21. II. Bourrées I & II (2:28)
22. III. Gavotte (1:50)
23. IV. Menuettes I & II (3:34)
24. V. Réjouissance (2:31)
Total Duration: 73:45
Recorded 21–25 September 2007 at Saint Silas Church, Kentish Town, London
Produced, engineered and edited by Francois Eckert