Orchestral Suites
Johann Sebastian Bach
Neville Mariner / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
1970Top recommendation (modern instrument). Very good recording quality, warm and full. Wonderful, ethereal sound with lovely string playing.
1983 Period instrument performance.
Excellent choice for a period performance. Good fullness to the sound for an early period recording. Stylish, not overly fast, but features an exhilarating and fast Badenari.
1936 Historical recording. Features Marcel Moyse on flute.
Same qualities as their Brandenburgs: warmth and lovely playing. Features the great flutist Marcel Moyse. The Air from Suite No. 3 is described as the loveliest version ever heard, slow but beautifully sustained.