Special offer. Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
There are few more persuasive Bachians than Butt, who always reconsiders everything afresh. Adroitly he judges the tense grandeur of BWV 1069’s opening, and is in his exuberant element as the...
Special offer. Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
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Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
There are few more persuasive Bachians than Butt, who always reconsiders everything afresh. Adroitly he judges the tense grandeur of BWV 1069’s opening, and is in his exuberant element as the...
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The magnificent Orchestral Suites, known as Ouvertüren in German, form the final instalment in Dunedin Consort’s long-running Bach Masterworks series for Linn, a series lauded as ‘nothing short of sensational’ by Gramophone. The intricate counterpoint and extraordinary technical demands present an opportunity, throughout these four sets of stately French-style overtures and dances, to demonstrate the virtuosic skill present in an ensemble of Dunedin’s calibre. The first two suites are scored for modest forces, yet the lightness and simplicity of touch conceals a complex musical language built on intimately interweaving parts. The third and fourth suites calls for trumpets, timpani, oboes, and a full complement of strings, thus making for a grand finale to Dunedin’s unrivalled Bach series. An insight into the ambition of this recording is offered in the title of the fourth suite’s final movement: for what better way to end the series than to fill listeners with immense ‘réjouissance’!
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Awards and reviews
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International Classical Music Awards2023Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
December 2022
There are few more persuasive Bachians than Butt, who always reconsiders everything afresh. Adroitly he judges the tense grandeur of BWV 1069’s opening, and is in his exuberant element as the gigue-like fugal section skips along with unconstrained glee – the pugnacious timpani determined not to miss out on the fun...a worthy conclusion to a series that includes some toweringly authoritative performances.
May/June 2023
There is a profundity and nobility, a stately elegance and regal grandeur, that far transcend superficial pleasure; wonder and solemn reverence are in order as well. Yet there is not a hint of stuffiness or pretentiousness; every note, every phrasal gesture, is as natural to these players as breathing, and the music also floats as lightly as a feather. The result as a totality is not just joy but exaltation.
December 2022
There are few more persuasive Bachians than Butt, who always reconsiders everything afresh...a worthy conclusion to a series that includes some toweringly authoritative performances.
