The Six Partitas, BWV 825-830

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Lucy Carolan

The Six Partitas, BWV 825–830, are a set of six keyboard partitas by Johann Sebastian Bach, first published in 1731 as part of his Clavier-Übung. They are Baroque keyboard suites that blend dance movements with virtuosic counterpoint and intricate keyboard figurations, and they occupy a central place in Bach's keyboard oeuvre as examples of his efforts to extend the technical and expressive range of the instrument.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: I. Praeludium
    2:09
  2. 2.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: II. Allemande
    3:59
  3. 3.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: III. Corrente
    2:45
  4. 4.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: IV. Sarabande
    4:48
  5. 5.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: V. & VI. Menuets I and II
    2:55
  6. 6.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: VII. Giga
    2:12
  7. 7.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: I. Präambulum
    2:29
  8. 8.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: II. Allemande
    4:52
  9. 9.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: III. Corrente
    1:58
  10. 10.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: IV. Sarabande
    4:19
  11. 11.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: V. Tempo di Minuetto
    1:51
  12. 12.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: VI.Passepied
    1:48
  13. 13.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: VII. Gigue
    4:18
  14. 14.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: I. Toccata
    6:15
  15. 15.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: II. Allemande
    3:21
  16. 16.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: III. Corrente
    4:55
  17. 17.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: V. Sarabande
    5:54
  18. 18.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: IV. Air
    1:32
  19. 19.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: VI. Tempo di Gavotta
    2:09
  20. 20.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: VII. Gigue
    6:48

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia
    4:41
  2. 3.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: II. Allemande
    5:45
  3. 4.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: III. Courante
    2:16
  4. 5.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: IV. Sarabande
    3:53
  5. 6.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: V. Rondeaux
    1:32
  6. 7.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: VI. Capriccio
    3:32
  7. 8.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: I. Fantasia
    3:03
  8. 9.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: II. Allemande
    3:07
  9. 10.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: III. Corrente
    3:11
  10. 11.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: IV. Sarabande
    3:45
  11. 12.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: V. Burlesca
    2:17
  12. 13.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: VI. Scherzo
    1:03
  13. 14.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: VII. Gigue
    3:48
  14. 15.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: I. Ouverture
    5:43
  15. 16.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: II. Allemande
    10:16
  16. 17.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: III. Courante
    3:29
  17. 18.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: V. Sarabande
    5:47
  18. 19.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: IV. Aria
    2:16
  19. 20.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: VI. Menuet
    1:28
  20. 21.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: VII. Gigue
    3:46

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