English suites and others no. 38

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We're in the German-speaking lands of Mozart and Brahms in the 18th and 19th century, so now it's time for some of those lesser - but pleasant! - German composers who specialized in suites. So how about Franz Lachner? A fairly well-known and respected name in his day, he was a prolific composer whose Suite No. 7 in D Minor (1881) - that's right, No. 7 - has the most striking compositional profile of any that I've heard.

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There's four movements: Overture (0.00), Scherzo (11.35), Intermezzo (18.40), Chaconne and Fugue (24.37).