The Six Partitas

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Angela Hewitt

The Six Partitas are a set of six keyboard partitas by Johann Sebastian Bach, published collectively as Clavier-Übung I in 1731. Rooted in the Baroque keyboard tradition, the works blend suite-form dance movements with virtuosic keyboard figuration and intricate contrapuntal writing, and their publication represents a major contribution to Bach's keyboard output and to the broader development of keyboard repertoire in the eighteenth century.
First released: April 1997

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: I. Praeludium
    1:49
  2. 2.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: I. Fantasia
    2:04
  3. 3.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: II. Allemande
    2:57
  4. 4.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: II. Allemande
    3:05
  5. 5.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: III. Corrente
    3:09
  6. 6.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: III. Corrente
    3:13
  7. 7.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: IV. Sarabande
    4:32
  8. 8.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: IV. Sarabande
    3:56
  9. 9.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: V. Menuet I - Menuet II - Menuet I da capo
    3:09
  10. 10.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: V. Burlesca
    2:17
  11. 11.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: VI. Scherzo
    1:10
  12. 12.
    Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825: VI. Giga
    2:19
  13. 13.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia: Grave adagio - Andante
    4:36
  14. 14.
    Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: VII. Gigue
    3:24
  15. 15.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: II. Allemande
    4:28
  16. 16.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: I. Praeambulum
    2:17
  17. 17.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: II. Allemande
    4:01
  18. 18.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: III. Courante
    2:28
  19. 19.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: IV. Sarabande
    3:17
  20. 20.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: III. Corrente
    1:54
  21. 21.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: V. Rondeaux
    1:40
  22. 22.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: IV. Sarabande
    4:58
  23. 23.
    Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: VI. Capriccio
    3:49
  24. 24.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: V. Tempo di Minuetta
    1:42
  25. 25.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: I. Overture - [Allegro]
    6:29
  26. 26.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: VI. Passepied
    1:53
  27. 27.
    Partita no. 5 in G major, BWV 829: VII. Gigue
    4:09
  28. 28.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: II. Allemande
    8:36
  29. 29.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: I. Toccata
    7:11
  30. 30.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: III. Courante
    3:42
  31. 31.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: IV. Aria
    2:18
  32. 32.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: II. Allemanda
    3:27
  33. 33.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: III. Corrente
    4:48
  34. 34.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: V. Sarabande
    5:48
  35. 35.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: VI. Menuet
    1:31
  36. 36.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: IV. Air
    1:34
  37. 37.
    Partita no. 4 in D major, BWV 828: VII. Gigue
    3:58
  38. 38.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: V. Sarabande
    7:24
  39. 39.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: VI. Tempo di Gavotta
    2:03
  40. 40.
    Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: VII. Gigue
    6:04

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