Johann Sebastian Bach

Rudolf Steglich (Editor)

Hans-Martin Theopold (Fingering)

Although people might like to think that the English Suites were composed after the French Suites (HN 71), the temperamental and in part virtuoso flow of these Suites is more characteristic of the musical language of the young Bach (from our preface). The kaleidoscopic variety of the six English Suites is breathtaking. One lifetime is not enough to exhaustively comprehend and penetrate them. We provide the sustainable musical basis for this, in different formats: the complete paperbound volume (HN 100), clothbound (HN 101), divided into Nos. 13 (HN 102) and Nos. 46 (HN 103) and last but not least in a very good value study edition with the identical musical text (HN 9100).

English Suite no. 1 A major BWV 806
English Suite no. 2 a minor BWV 807
English Suite no. 3 g minor BWV 808
English Suite no. 4 F major BWV 809
English Suite no. 5 e minor BWV 810
English Suite no. 6 d minor BWV 811

This Wiener Urtext Edition of J.S. Bach’s English Suites addresses particularly the problematic question of extinct secondary sources. With Bach’s autograph no longer surviving, the edition attempts to extract the original text from a plethora of manuscript copies by means of detailed comparisons and deduction. The edition attempts to amend passages that appear to be corrupted in all available sources and by careful reasoning bring them closer to Bach’s probable intentions. All editorial decisions are documented in an extensive critical commentary, with the aim of enabling the readers to conduct their own critical evaluation of the musical text. Indispensable notes on authentic performance practice contain valuable information for the performer. Contains the following pieces: English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806 ; English Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 807 ; English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808 ; English Suite No. 4 in F Major, BWV 809 ; English Suite No. 5 in E Minor, BWV 810 ; English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811 * Manufacturer ID: UT50060 * Instrumentation: Piano * Urtext / Critical Edition