Partitas for Harpsichord

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Masaaki Suzuki

Partitas for Harpsichord is a collection of six keyboard partitas by Johann Sebastian Bach, published in 1731 as Clavier-Übung I. They exemplify Baroque keyboard writing, combining dance-form movements, dense contrapuntal textures and ornamented figurations suited to the harpsichord, and their publication represents a culmination of Bach's keyboard compositional work in the early 1730s.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: I. Præludium
    2:04
  2. 2.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: II. Allemande
    4:58
  3. 3.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: III. Corrente
    3:05
  4. 4.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: IV. Sarabande
    5:59
  5. 5.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: V. Menuet I-II
    3:14
  6. 6.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: VI. Giga
    2:31
  7. 7.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: I. Fantasia
    2:18
  8. 8.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: II. Allemande
    4:03
  9. 9.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: III. Corrente
    3:31
  10. 10.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: IV. Sarabande
    4:42
  11. 11.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: V. Burlesca
    2:04
  12. 12.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: VI. Scherzo
    1:09
  13. 13.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: VII. Gigue
    4:12
  14. 14.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: I. Ouverture
    6:13
  15. 15.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: II. Allemande
    12:06
  16. 16.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: III. Courante
    3:40
  17. 17.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: IV. Aria
    2:34
  18. 18.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: V. Sarabande
    6:43
  19. 19.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: VI. Menuet
    1:35
  20. 20.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: VII. Gigue
    4:09

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia
    5:09
  2. 3.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: II. Allemande
    5:27
  3. 4.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: III. Courante
    2:26
  4. 5.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: IV. Sarabande
    3:44
  5. 6.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: V. Rondeaux
    1:37
  6. 7.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: VI. Capriccio
    4:06
  7. 8.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: I. Preambulum
    2:32
  8. 9.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: II. Allemande
    5:53
  9. 10.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: III. Corrente
    2:01
  10. 11.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: IV. Sarabande
    4:28
  11. 12.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: V. Tempo di minuetta
    2:22
  12. 13.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: VI. Passepied
    1:39
  13. 14.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: VII. Gigue
    4:39
  14. 15.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: I. Toccata
    7:25
  15. 16.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: II. Allemanda
    4:47
  16. 17.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: III. Corrente
    5:04
  17. 18.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: IV. Air
    1:33
  18. 19.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: V. Sarabande
    6:24
  19. 20.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: VI. Tempo di gavotta
    2:13
  20. 21.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: VII. Gigue
    6:36

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