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.Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: I. Præludium2:04
- 2.Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: II. Allemande4:58
- 3.Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: III. Corrente3:05
- 4.Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: IV. Sarabande5:59
- 5.Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: V. Menuet I-II3:14
- 6.Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: VI. Giga2:31
- 7.Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: I. Fantasia2:18
- 8.Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: II. Allemande4:03
- 9.Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: III. Corrente3:31
- 10.Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: IV. Sarabande4:42
- 11.Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: V. Burlesca2:04
- 12.Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: VI. Scherzo1:09
- 13.Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: VII. Gigue4:12
- 14.Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: I. Ouverture6:13
- 15.Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: II. Allemande12:06
- 16.Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: III. Courante3:40
- 17.Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: IV. Aria2:34
- 18.Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: V. Sarabande6:43
- 19.Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: VI. Menuet1:35
- 20.Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: VII. Gigue4:09
Disc 2
- 2.Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia5:09
- 3.Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: II. Allemande5:27
- 4.Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: III. Courante2:26
- 5.Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: IV. Sarabande3:44
- 6.Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: V. Rondeaux1:37
- 7.Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: VI. Capriccio4:06
- 8.Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: I. Preambulum2:32
- 9.Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: II. Allemande5:53
- 10.Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: III. Corrente2:01
- 11.Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: IV. Sarabande4:28
- 12.Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: V. Tempo di minuetta2:22
- 13.Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: VI. Passepied1:39
- 14.Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: VII. Gigue4:39
- 15.Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: I. Toccata7:25
- 16.Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: II. Allemanda4:47
- 17.Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: III. Corrente5:04
- 18.Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: IV. Air1:33
- 19.Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: V. Sarabande6:24
- 20.Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: VI. Tempo di gavotta2:13
- 21.Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: VII. Gigue6:36













