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English Suites BWV 806-811
Discography - Part 1

Complete Recordings 1900-1949


1

Violet Gordon Woodhouse: Great Virtuoso of the Harpsichord - Volume III [K-1]

English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: Prelude [3:33]

Violet Gordon Woodhouse (Harpsichord, Clavichord [4])

Pearl

Apr 10, 1922

CD / TT: 78:04

Recorded in Recording Room 1, Hayes, Middlesex, England.
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2

Wanda Landowska, The Early Recordings [K-1]
Landowska Plays Bach
[K-2]

1. English Suite No. 3 BWV 808: Gavotte [3:10]
2. English Suite No. 3 BWV 808: Gavotte [3:13]
3. English Suite No. 5 BWV 810: Passepieds [3:01]

Wanda Landowska (Piano, Harpsichord)

Biddulph Records
Pearl

Oct 1923 [1]; 1928 [2]; 1930 [3]

CD / TT: 59:41
CD / TT: 78:17

Recorded at Camden, NJ, USA.
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3

J.S. Bach Played by Harold Samuel [K-1]
The Art of Harold Samuel [K-3]

English Suite no 2 in A minor, BWV 807 [19:55 / 19:30]

Harold Samuel (Piano)

Symposium
Koch Legacy

Oct 10, 1926 or Nov 1926 & Oct 1923

CD / TT: 77:00
2-CD / TT: 147:33

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4

Bach: Suite Anglaise En Sol Mineur [K-1]

English Suite 3 in G minor, BWV 808 []

Alexander Borowsky (Piano)

Polydor 561134
Polydor 16011/3

Apr 10, 17, 1935; Jun 16, 1935; Dec 12, 1935

3 x 78 rpm / TT:

Recorded at Polydor Studio No. 2, Paris, France.


5

Landowska Plays Bach [K-2]
Wanda Landowska Plays Bach
[K-6]
Bach: Concerto for keyboard solo BWV 971; Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in Dm

English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807 [16:47]

Wanda Landowska (Harpsichord, Piano)

Pearl
Enterprise

Sep 1936

CD / TT: 78:17
CD / TT: 71:36

1st recording of English Suite No. 2 BWV 807 by W. Landowska.
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6

Bach: English Suites in E & D Minor [K-7]

English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810 []
English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811 []

Yella Pessl (Hapsichord)

Victor

c1938

10 sides X 78 rpm

 

7

J.S. Bach: Six Partitas and other Keyboard Works - Gieseking Plays J.S. Bach (1940-1950 recordings) [K-5]

English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811 []

Walter Gieseking (Piano)

Music & Arts 947

Jan 23, 1945

2-CD / TT:

1st recording of English Suite No. 6 BWV 811 by W. Gieseking.
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8

Landowska plays Bach [K-7]
Wanda Landowska in Performance, Vol. 2
[K-9]

English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807 [26:16]

Wanda Landowska (Harpsichord)

Pearl

Mar 1947

CD / TT: 72:57

Recorded at Frick Museum, New York, USA.
2nd recording of English Suite No. 2 BWV 807 by W. Landowska.
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9

The Early Recordings, 1948-1952
Bach: Italian Concerto; English Suite; Fantasia · Rimsky-Korsakov · Prokofiev: Piano Concertos
Russian Piano School: Sviatoslav Richter, Volume Six
[K-1]
Bach: English Suite, BWV 808; Piano Concerto, BWV 1052; Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra, BWV 1061
[K-3]

 

English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808 [17:25 / 17:24]

Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)

Urania
Melodyia

Dec 19, 1948

CD / TT: 63:46
CD / TT: 61:32

Recorded in Moscow, Russia.
1st recording of English Suite No. 3 BWV 808 by Sv. Richter.
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10

The Young Visionary: Bach Recital, New York, 1948 (The Rosalyn Tureck Collection Vol. 2) [K-2]

English Suite No. 3 BWV 808 [18:28]

Rosalyn Tureck (Piano)

VAI Audio

1948

CD / TT: 64:42

Recorded live in New York, USA. 1st recording of EngliSuite No. 3 BWV 808 by R. Tureck.
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11

Previously Unissued Public Performances and Broadcasts [K-6]

English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811 [18:21]

Walter Gieseking (Piano)

Music & Arts 1070

1949

4-CD / TT: 294:43

Recorded by German Broadcasts. 2nd recording of English Suite No. 6 BWV 811 by W. Gieseking.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (January 2004 - September 2010)
Thanks to contributors: Teddy Kaufman (February 2007, June 2007), Henri Nijsten (September 2010), Teri Noel Towe (February 2007)

English Suites BWV 806-811: Details
Complete Recordings: 1900-1949 | 1950-1959 | 1960-1969 | 1970-1979 | 1980-1989 | 1990-1999 | 2000-2009 | 2010-2019 | 2020-2029
Comparative Review: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
Recordings Reviews: English - A. Hewitt | English - M. Perahia Vol. 2 | English - P. Watchorn | W. Rübsam - Part 4
Discussions: General: Part 1


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