[TR24][OF] J.S. Bach - Ouvertures-Suites - Ensemble Masques, Olivier Fortin - 2022 (Classical)

Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066
01. I. Ouverture (5:56)
02. II. Courante (2:27)
03. III. Gavottes I & II (2:54)
04. IV. Forlane (1:17)
05. V. Menuets I & II (2:59)
06. VI. Bourrées I & II (2:28)
07. VII. Passepieds I & II (2:49)
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067
08. I. Ouverture (6:52)
09. II. Rondeau (1:39)
10. III. Sarabande (2:55)
11. IV. Bourrées I & II (1:46)
12. V. Polonaise & Double (3:46)
13. VI. Menuett (1:05)
14. VII. Badinerie (1:38)
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068
15. I. Ouverture (6:40)
16. II. Air (3:58)
17. III. Gavottes I & II (3:24)
18. IV. Bourrée (1:03)
19. V. Gigue (2:47)
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069
20. I. Ouverture (7:48)
21. II. Bourrées I & II (2:23)
22. III. Gavotte (1:56)
23. IV. Menuets I & II (4:30)
24. V. Réjouissance (2:29)

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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR11      -1.03 dB   -15.03 dB      5:56 01-I. Ouverture
DR11      -2.39 dB   -17.72 dB      2:27 02-II. Courante
DR11      -0.78 dB   -16.06 dB      2:54 03-III. Gavottes I & II
DR11      -1.78 dB   -16.06 dB      1:17 04-IV. Forlane
DR12      -1.78 dB   -17.48 dB      2:59 05-V. Menuets I & II
DR12      -1.63 dB   -16.29 dB      2:28 06-VI. Bourrées I & II
DR11      -1.20 dB   -15.38 dB      2:49 07-VII. Passepieds I & II
DR12      -1.49 dB   -16.09 dB      6:52 08-I. Ouverture
DR11      -2.72 dB   -18.16 dB      1:39 09-II. Rondeau
DR10      -4.77 dB   -18.98 dB      2:55 10-III. Sarabande
DR12      -2.09 dB   -17.53 dB      1:46 11-IV. Bourrées I & II
DR12      -2.32 dB   -17.35 dB      3:46 12-V. Polonaise & Double
DR12      -1.97 dB   -16.71 dB      1:05 13-VI. Menuett
DR11      -2.91 dB   -16.72 dB      1:38 14-VII. Badinerie
DR11      -3.16 dB   -18.27 dB      6:40 15-I. Ouverture
DR12      -6.98 dB   -21.95 dB      3:58 16-II. Air
DR12      -4.14 dB   -19.63 dB      3:24 17-III. Gavottes I & II
DR12      -4.42 dB   -19.56 dB      1:03 18-IV. Bourrée
DR12      -3.13 dB   -18.37 dB      2:47 19-V. Gigue
DR11      -1.17 dB   -15.01 dB      7:48 20-I. Ouverture
DR12      -1.71 dB   -15.89 dB      2:23 21-II. Bourrées I & II
DR11      -1.20 dB   -15.62 dB      1:56 22-III. Gavotte
DR11      -0.91 dB   -16.31 dB      4:30 23-IV. Menuets I & II
DR12      -1.50 dB   -16.20 dB      2:29 24-V. Réjouissance
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Number of tracks:  24
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate:        192000 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           5449 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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The orchestral suite, sometimes simply called ‘overture’ because of the imposing dimensions of its opening movement, enjoyed great popularity in the early eighteenth century, especially in central Germany. Bach had discovered the genre in his youth and cultivated it until his late period in Leipzig. This recording assembles his four overture-suites, including the famous Suite no.2 BWV 1067, which belongs among the late works. Numerous copying errors in the instrumental parts suggest that this piece was originally written a tone lower – in A minor – and therefore probably for a solo instrument other than the transverse flute: in the present recording, this first version, reconstructed from the clues mentioned above, is performed with solo oboe.
‘This is a work of austere beauty, in which contrapuntal skill and melancholic expression are combined in a highly original way with the carefully calculated dance rhythms’, writes Peter Wollny in the accompanying booklet article.