Partitas, BWV 825-830

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Igor Levit

Partitas, BWV 825-830 is a set of six keyboard partitas by Johann Sebastian Bach, published in 1731 as the first instalment of his Clavier-Übung. They are Baroque keyboard suites that mix dance movements, fugal passages, ornamented melodies and varied keyboard textures, and they were issued during Bach's mature period when he combined pedagogical intent with concert repertoire in a published collection.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825: I. Praeludium
    2:04
  2. 2.
    Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825: II. Allemande
    3:31
  3. 3.
    Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825: III. Corrente
    2:48
  4. 4.
    Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825: IV. Sarabande
    5:30
  5. 5.
    Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825: V. Menuet I & Menuet II
    2:56
  6. 6.
    Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825: VI. Gigue
    2:13
  7. 7.
    Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia
    5:00
  8. 8.
    Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: II. Allemande
    5:45
  9. 9.
    Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: III. Courante
    2:42
  10. 10.
    Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: IV. Sarabande
    3:59
  11. 11.
    Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: V. Rondeaux
    1:33
  12. 12.
    Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: VI. Capriccio
    3:40
  13. 13.
    Partita No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 828: I. Ouverture
    5:47
  14. 14.
    Partita No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 828: II. Allemande
    11:19
  15. 15.
    Partita No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 828: III. Courante
    3:36
  16. 16.
    Partita No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 828: IV. Aria
    2:13
  17. 17.
    Partita No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 828: V. Sarabande
    6:29
  18. 18.
    Partita No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 828: VI. Menuet
    1:36
  19. 19.
    Partita No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 828: VII. Gigue
    3:17

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: I. Fantasia
    2:55
  2. 3.
    Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: II. Allemande
    3:08
  3. 4.
    Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: III. Courante
    3:07
  4. 5.
    Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: IV. Sarabande
    3:49
  5. 6.
    Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: V. Burlesca
    2:06
  6. 7.
    Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: VI. Scherzo
    1:01
  7. 8.
    Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: VII. Gigue
    3:53
  8. 9.
    Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: I. Praeambulum
    2:19
  9. 10.
    Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: II. Allemande
    5:13
  10. 11.
    Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: III. Courante
    1:35
  11. 12.
    Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: IV. Sarabande
    4:29
  12. 13.
    Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: V. Tempo di Minuetto
    1:51
  13. 14.
    Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: VI. Passepied
    1:40
  14. 15.
    Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: VII. Gigue
    3:30
  15. 16.
    Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: I. Toccata
    8:31
  16. 17.
    Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: II. Allemanda
    3:18
  17. 18.
    Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: III. Courante
    5:16
  18. 19.
    Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: IV. Air
    1:49
  19. 20.
    Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: V. Sarabande
    6:33
  20. 21.
    Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: VI. Tempo di Gavotta
    2:14
  21. 22.
    Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: VII. Gigue
    6:00

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