J.S. Bach / Dunedin Consort/ Butt - Orchestral SuitesThe magnificent Orchestral Suites, known as Ouvertren 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

is a unique blend of the comic and devotional

Arguably the band's most complete album

While the album bears Latinen's hallmark sounds- chimey guitars

a connoisseur of Berne's music

which gives meaning to the whole ensemble

An outcast from a young age

they also have an identity all their own-Bridges calls it "more introspective

'Don't Disturb My Waking Dream'

Tommy McNamara is a New York comedian

and the shakuhachi

the four singers and their musical director and instrumentalist Michael Popp feel their way into the ancient sources

With an illustrated booklet