6 Partitas

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Vladimir Ashkenazy

The Six Partitas (BWV 825–830) are a set of six keyboard suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, published collectively as Clavier-Übung I in 1731. These Baroque keyboard works draw on dance forms and contrapuntal textures across varied movements, and they occupy a central place in Bach's keyboard repertoire as the first instalment of his Clavier-Übung series, marking the consolidation of his mature compositional style.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Partita no. 1 in B-Flat major, BWV 825: I. Praeludium
    1:56
  2. 2.
    Partita no. 1 in B-Flat major, BWV 825: II. Allemande
    2:40
  3. 3.
    Partita no. 1 in B-Flat major, BWV 825: III. Corrente
    2:29
  4. 4.
    Partita no. 1 in B-Flat major, BWV 825: IV. Sarabande
    5:39
  5. 5.
    Partita no. 1 in B-Flat major, BWV 825: V. Menuet I
    1:14
  6. 6.
    Partita no. 1 in B-Flat major, BWV 825: VI. Menuet II
    1:17
  7. 7.
    Partita no. 1 in B-Flat major, BWV 825: VII. Giga
    2:04
  8. 8.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia (Grave adagio: Andante)
    4:40
  9. 9.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: II. Allemande
    3:42
  10. 10.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: III. Courante
    2:37
  11. 11.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: IV. Sarabande
    3:35
  12. 12.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: V. Rondeaux
    1:31
  13. 13.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: VI. Capriccio
    3:28
  14. 14.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: I. Fantasia
    1:41
  15. 15.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: II. Allemande
    2:59
  16. 16.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: III. Corrente
    2:43
  17. 17.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: IV. Sarabande
    3:11
  18. 18.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: V. Burlesca
    2:01
  19. 19.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: VI. Scherzo
    1:05
  20. 20.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: VII. Gigue
    2:50

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: I. Overture
    5:49
  2. 3.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: II. Allemande
    7:27
  3. 4.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: III. Courante
    3:22
  4. 5.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: IV. Aria
    1:48
  5. 6.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: V. Sarabande
    5:35
  6. 7.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: VI. Menuet
    1:27
  7. 8.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: VII. Gigue
    3:23
  8. 9.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: I. Praeambulum
    2:06
  9. 10.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: II. Allemande
    4:01
  10. 11.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: III. Corrente
    1:32
  11. 12.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: IV. Sarabande
    4:08
  12. 13.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: V. Tempo di minuetto
    1:52
  13. 14.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: VI. Passepied
    2:03
  14. 15.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: VII. Gigue
    3:20
  15. 16.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: I. Toccata
    7:05
  16. 17.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: II. Allemande
    3:30
  17. 18.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: III. Corrente
    4:52
  18. 19.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: IV. Air
    1:26
  19. 20.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: V. Sarabande
    6:34
  20. 21.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: VI. Tempo di gavotta
    2:06
  21. 22.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: VII. Gigue
    5:33

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