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English Suite no. 2 in A minor, BWV 807

c. 1720

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Total duration: 21'

1. Prélude
2. Allemande
3. Courante
4a. Sarabande
4b. Les agréments de la même Sarabande
5. Bourrée I – Bourrée II – Bourrée I
6. Gigue

Recommended editions

Neue Bach-Ausgabe (Bärenreiter) · V, 7 · BA 5052-01 · Die sechs Englischen Suiten · ed. Alfred Dürr
Associated Board · English Suites Nos. 1–3 · ed. Richard Jones
Bärenreiter · BA 5165 · Die sechs Englischen Suiten · ed. Alfred Dürr
Henle · HN 595 · Englische Suiten · ed. Ullrich Scheideler [including further version of mov. 4b]
Henle · HN 596 · Englische Suiten · ed. Ullrich Scheideler [including further version of mov. 4b]
Henle · HN 1595 · Englische Suiten · ed. Ullrich Scheideler [including further version of mov. 4b]
Wiener Urtext · UT 50060 · Englische Suiten · ed. Walter Dehnhard

1. Prélude

Duration: 4' 30"

Difficulty: 3

English Suite no. 2 in A minor, BWV 807; 1. Prélude

2. Allemande

Duration: 3' 30"

Difficulty: 2.5

English Suite no. 2 in A minor, BWV 807; 2. Allemande

3. Courante

Duration: 2'

Difficulty: 2.5

English Suite no. 2 in A minor, BWV 807; 3. Courante

4a. Sarabande

Bach gives two versions of the sarabande: one straightforward and one with more elaborate ornamentation. One of the two versions can be chosen in whole, or the two can be combined with the more richly ornamented version played for the repetitions.

Duration: 4'

Difficulty: 2.5

English Suite no. 2 in A minor, BWV 807; 4a. Sarabande

4b. Les agréments de la même Sarabande

Duration: 4'

Difficulty: 2.5

English Suite no. 2 in A minor, BWV 807; 4b. Les agréments de la même Sarabande

5. Bourrée I – Bourrée II – Bourrée I

Duration: 4'

Difficulty: 2

English Suite no. 2 in A minor, BWV 807; 5. Bourrée I – Bourrée II – Bourrée I

6. Gigue

Duration: 3'

Difficulty: 2.5

English Suite no. 2 in A minor, BWV 807; 6. Gigue