Partitas for Keyboard

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Robert Woolley

Partitas for Keyboard is a set of six keyboard partitas by Johann Sebastian Bach, published together in 1731 as Clavier-Übung I. They exemplify Baroque keyboard style through their use of dance forms, contrapuntal writing and demanding virtuosity, and form a key part of Bach's mature keyboard output and the broader development of keyboard literature.
First released: 1998

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: I. Praeludium
    1:55
  2. 2.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: I. Fantasia
    2:12
  3. 3.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: II. Allemande
    3:26
  4. 4.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: II. Allemande
    5:13
  5. 5.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: III. Corrente
    2:59
  6. 6.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: III. Corrente
    3:07
  7. 7.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: IV. Sarabande
    5:00
  8. 8.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: IV. Sarabande
    4:26
  9. 9.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: V. Menuets I & II
    3:09
  10. 10.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: V. Burlesca
    2:29
  11. 11.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: VI. Scherzo
    1:16
  12. 12.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: VI. Gigue
    2:48
  13. 13.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia
    4:56
  14. 14.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: VII. Gigue
    3:44
  15. 15.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: II. Allemande
    4:59
  16. 16.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: I. Ouverture
    5:58
  17. 17.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: II. Allemande
    7:00
  18. 18.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: III. Courante
    2:38
  19. 19.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: IV. Sarabande
    3:27
  20. 20.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: III. Courante
    3:52
  21. 21.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: V. Rondeaux
    1:54
  22. 22.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: IV. Aria
    4:08
  23. 23.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: VI. Capriccio
    3:37
  24. 24.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: V. Sarabande
    2:32
  25. 25.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: I. Toccata
    6:36
  26. 26.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: VI. Menuet
    1:32
  27. 27.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: VII. Gigue
    4:02
  28. 28.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: II. Allemande
    4:08
  29. 29.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: I. Praeambulum
    2:40
  30. 30.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: III. Corrente
    5:11
  31. 31.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: IV. Air
    6:42
  32. 32.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: II. Allemande
    5:44
  33. 33.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: III. Corrente
    2:04
  34. 34.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: V. Sarabande
    1:46
  35. 35.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: VI. Tempo di Gavotta
    2:26
  36. 36.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: IV. Sarabande
    5:01
  37. 37.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: VII. Gigue
    6:29
  38. 38.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: V. Tempo di Minuetto
    2:15
  39. 39.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: VI. Passepied
    1:39
  40. 40.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: VII. Gigue
    4:04

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