J.S. Bach – The Six French Suites (BWV 812 – 817)

They are a set of six keyboard suites Bach composed around the 1720s, the time when he was writing many important instrumental works, because along with the Inventions and Sinfonias and the 48 Preludes and Fugues that make up the Well-Tempered Clavier, the French Suites formed an important part of Bach’s education for his pupils.

Traditionally, they are distinguished from the six English Suites by not having a Prelude and being generally a ...