Six Partitas

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & András Schiff

The Six Partitas is a collection of six keyboard partitas by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, first published collectively in 1731. The works are written in Baroque dance-suite form for harpsichord, featuring intricate counterpoint, varied dance movements and ornamented keyboard writing, and they were issued as the first instalment of Bach's Clavier-Übung series, placing them within his ongoing development of keyboard composition.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Partita V in G major, BWV 829: I. Praeambulum
    2:11
  2. 2.
    Partita V in G major, BWV 829: II. Allemande
    4:16
  3. 3.
    Partita V in G major, BWV 829: III. Corrente
    1:34
  4. 4.
    Partita V in G major, BWV 829: IV. Sarabande
    4:07
  5. 5.
    Partita V in G major, BWV 829: V. Tempo di Minuetta
    2:23
  6. 6.
    Partita V in G major, BWV 829: VI. Passepied
    1:30
  7. 7.
    Partita V in G major, BWV 829: VII. Gigue
    3:51
  8. 8.
    Partita III in A minor, BWV 827: I. Fantasia
    1:50
  9. 9.
    Partita III in A minor, BWV 827: II. Allemande
    2:47
  10. 10.
    Partita III in A minor, BWV 827: III. Corrente
    2:40
  11. 11.
    Partita III in A minor, BWV 827: IV. Sarabande
    3:14
  12. 12.
    Partita III in A minor, BWV 827: V. Burlesca
    2:00
  13. 13.
    Partita III in A minor, BWV 827: VI. Scherzo
    0:59
  14. 14.
    Partita III in A minor, BWV 827: VII. Gigue
    3:02
  15. 15.
    Partita I in B-flat major, BWV 825: I. Praeludium
    1:52
  16. 16.
    Partita I in B-flat major, BWV 825: II. Allemande
    3:09
  17. 17.
    Partita I in B-flat major, BWV 825: III. Corrente
    2:42
  18. 18.
    Partita I in B-flat major, BWV 825: IV. Sarabande
    4:25
  19. 19.
    Partita I in B-flat major, BWV 825: V. Menuet I
    1:15
  20. 20.
    Partita I in B-flat major, BWV 825: VI. Menuet II
    1:17
  21. 21.
    Partita I in B-flat major, BWV 825: VII. Gigue
    2:16
  22. 22.
    Partita II in C minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia
    4:17
  23. 23.
    Partita II in C minor, BWV 826: II. Allemande
    4:31
  24. 24.
    Partita II in C minor, BWV 826: III. Courante
    2:05
  25. 25.
    Partita II in C minor, BWV 826: IV. Sarabande
    3:01
  26. 26.
    Partita II in C minor, BWV 826: V. Rondeau
    1:27
  27. 27.
    Partita II in C minor, BWV 826: VI. Capriccio
    3:19

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Partita IV in D major, BWV 828: I. Ouverture
    5:50
  2. 3.
    Partita IV in D major, BWV 828: II. Allemande
    7:56
  3. 4.
    Partita IV in D major, BWV 828: III. Courante
    3:19
  4. 5.
    Partita IV in D major, BWV 828: IV. Aria
    2:04
  5. 6.
    Partita IV in D major, BWV 828: V. Sarabande
    5:55
  6. 7.
    Partita IV in D major, BWV 828: VI. Menuet
    1:20
  7. 8.
    Partita IV in D major, BWV 828: VII. Gigue
    3:41
  8. 9.
    Partita VI in E minor, BWV 830: I. Toccata
    7:19
  9. 10.
    Partita VI in E minor, BWV 830: II. Allemanda
    3:40
  10. 11.
    Partita VI in E minor, BWV 830: III. Corrente
    4:47
  11. 12.
    Partita VI in E minor, BWV 830: IV. Air
    1:41
  12. 13.
    Partita VI in E minor, BWV 830: V. Sarabande
    5:33
  13. 14.
    Partita VI in E minor, BWV 830: VI. Tempo di Gavotta
    1:57
  14. 15.
    Partita VI in E minor, BWV 830: VII. Gigue
    5:40

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