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Record Review: Bach's Orchestral Suites in Building a Library with Nicholas Kenyon and Andrew McGregor

Bach's Orchestral Suites in Building a Library with Nicholas Kenyon and Andrew McGregor

BBC Radio 3 - Record Review, Bach's Orchestral Suites in Building a Library with Nicholas Kenyon and Andrew McGregor

Nicholas Kenyon chooses his favourite recording of Bach's 4 Orchestral Suites.

In Building a Library Nicholas Kenyon chooses his favourite recording of Bach's 4 Orchestral Suites, plus Katy Hamilton shares her selection of the best new releases.

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.

9.30 am
Katy Hamilton shares her selection of the best new releases and shares her On Repeat track, music which she has been listening to again and again.

10.30 am
In Building a Library Nicholas Kenyon chooses his favourite recording of Bach's 4 Orchestral Suites.

We know remarkably little about when these orchestral suites were originally written or why. They probably weren't written or compiled as a coherent set. But they are full of Bach's most joyful and festive music, especially the Third and Fourth Suites with their brilliant trumpet parts. Each suite starts with a French overture followed by various dance movements and other well known pieces like the Air (often known as the “Air on the G String”), the virtuosic Badinerie (“playfulness”) and the Réjouissance (“rejoicing”) that ends the Fourth Suite. 

Nicholas' choice:
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)
Accent ACC24279

11.20 am
Record of the Week: Andrew’s top pick.

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