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English Suite No. 3, in G minor
Prelude — Allemande — Courante —
Sarabande-Gavottes 1 and 2-Gigue played by . Lucille Wallace (harpsichord)
Parry's summing-up of the qualities of Bach's English Suites can hardly be bettered: ' The immense scope of all the preludes and the wide range of resource which they display, the weight, variety, and unvarying high level of material of the allemandes and courantes, the supreme dignity, pathos, and warmth of colour and expression of the sarabandes, the sparkling vivacity of the bourrees and the gavottes, and the superb texture of the gigues combine to make this series of suites stand entirely alone as representing the very highest examples of the type in existence.'

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Lucille Wallace

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