Complete Partitas for Harpsichord

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Blandine Verlet

The Complete Partitas for Harpsichord are a set of six keyboard partitas composed by Johann Sebastian Bach and published as Clavier-Übung I in 1731. They exemplify Baroque keyboard style through sequences of dance movements, intricate counterpoint and idiomatic harpsichord writing, and they occupy a central place in Bach's keyboard oeuvre and the wider history of keyboard literature.
First released: 1994

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Partita No. 1 in B Flat Major, BWV 825: I. Praeludium
    1:41
  2. 2.
    Partita No. 5 in G, BWV 829: I. Praeambulum
    2:54
  3. 3.
    Partita No. 1 in B Flat Major, BWV 825: II. Allemande
    2:43
  4. 4.
    Partita No. 5 in G, BWV 829: II. Allemande
    3:05
  5. 5.
    Partita No. 1 in B Flat Major, BWV 825: III. Corrente
    3:12
  6. 6.
    Partita No. 5 in G, BWV 829: III. Corrente
    2:08
  7. 7.
    Partita No. 5 in G, BWV 829: IV. Sarabande
    2:48
  8. 8.
    Partita No. 1 in B Flat Major, BWV 825: IV. Sarabande
    4:04
  9. 9.
    Partita No. 5 in G, BWV 829: V. Tempo di minuetto
    2:15
  10. 10.
    Partita No. 1 in B Flat Major, BWV 825: V. Menuet I & II
    3:06
  11. 11.
    Partita No. 1 in B Flat Major, BWV 825: VI. Gigue
    3:30
  12. 12.
    Partita No. 5 in G, BWV 829: VI. Passepied
    1:54
  13. 13.
    Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia
    4:17
  14. 14.
    Partita No. 5 in G, BWV 829: VII. Gigue
    3:26
  15. 15.
    Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: I. Toccata
    6:11
  16. 16.
    Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: II. Allemande
    3:15
  17. 17.
    Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: III. Courante
    2:38
  18. 18.
    Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: II. Allemande
    2:54
  19. 19.
    Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: III. Corrente
    2:52
  20. 20.
    Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: IV. Sarabande
    3:10
  21. 21.
    Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: V. Rondeaux
    1:34
  22. 22.
    Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: IV. Air
    1:27
  23. 23.
    Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: V. Sarabande
    3:20
  24. 24.
    Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: VI. Capriccio
    2:09
  25. 25.
    Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: VI. Tempo di gavotta
    2:22
  26. 26.
    Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: I. Fantasia
    2:04
  27. 27.
    Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: VII. Gigue
    3:34
  28. 28.
    Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: II. Allemande
    2:57
  29. 29.
    Partita in B minor, BWV 831: I. Ouverture
    7:17
  30. 30.
    Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: III. Corrente
    3:19
  31. 31.
    Partita in B minor, BWV 831: II. Courante
    1:58
  32. 32.
    Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: IV. Sarabande
    2:40
  33. 33.
    Partita in B minor, BWV 831: III. Gavotte I-II
    3:25
  34. 34.
    Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: V. Burlesca
    1:38
  35. 35.
    Partita in B minor, BWV 831: IV. Passepied I-II
    2:56
  36. 36.
    Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: VI. Scherzo
    1:20
  37. 37.
    Partita in B minor, BWV 831: V. Sarabande
    2:44
  38. 38.
    Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: VII. Gigue
    3:41
  39. 39.
    Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: I. Overture
    6:14
  40. 40.
    Partita in B minor, BWV 831: VI. Bourree I-II
    2:52
  41. 41.
    Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: II. Allemande
    4:59
  42. 42.
    Partita in B minor, BWV 831: VII. Gigue
    2:45
  43. 43.
    Partita in B minor, BWV 831: VIII. Echo
    3:23
  44. 44.
    Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: III. Courante
    2:34
  45. 45.
    Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: IV. Sarabande
    1:49
  46. 46.
    Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: V. Aria
    3:01
  47. 47.
    Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: VI. Menuet
    1:36
  48. 48.
    Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: VII. Gigue
    3:23

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