Clavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach (a selection)

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Nicholas McGegan & Lorraine Hunt Lieberson & David v.R Bowles

Clavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach (a selection) is a selection of keyboard pieces compiled by Johann Sebastian Bach in the 1720s. The pieces display Baroque keyboard styles — intimate domestic and pedagogical miniatures alongside contrapuntal and dance-based forms — and illustrate Bach's activity as a teacher and household musician during his Köthen/Leipzig years.
First released: 2001

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    French Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: I. Allemande
    3:28
  2. 2.
    French Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: II. Courante
    2:23
  3. 3.
    French Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: III. Sarabande
    2:31
  4. 4.
    French Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: IV. Minuet I & II
    3:14
  5. 5.
    French Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: V. Gigue
    2:25
  6. 6.
    Aria: “Bist du bei mir”, BWV 508
    2:49
  7. 7.
    Aria: “Wilst du mein Herz mir schenken”, BWV 518
    5:09
  8. 8.
    Solo per il cembalo
    3:09
  9. 9.
    Polonaise in G minor
    1:56
  10. 10.
    March in D major
    0:58
  11. 11.
    March in E‐flat major
    1:21
  12. 12.
    Rondeaud in B‐flat major
    4:04
  13. 13.
    Chorale: “Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten”, BWV 691
    1:39
  14. 14.
    Goldberg Variations: Aria, BWV 988
    3:50
  15. 15.
    Recitative: “Ich habe genug”, BWV 82
    1:05
  16. 16.
    Aria: “Schlummert ein”, BWV 82
    7:30
  17. 17.
    Aria: “Gedenke doch, mein Geist”, BWV 509
    1:08
  18. 18.
    French Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: I. Allemande
    3:04
  19. 19.
    French Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: II. Courante
    1:52
  20. 20.
    French Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: III. Sarabande
    3:22
  21. 21.
    Prelude no. 1 in C major, BWV 846 (from “The Well‐Tempered Clavier”, Book 1)
    1:45
  22. 22.
    Polonaise in G major
    2:43
  23. 23.
    Polonaise in D minor
    1:55
  24. 24.
    Polonaise in G minor
    1:30
  25. 25.
    Polonaise in F major
    1:36
  26. 26.
    Two Minuets
    3:40
  27. 27.
    Musette in A major
    1:07
  28. 28.
    “Menuet fait par M. Böhm”
    1:20
  29. 29.
    Minuet in G major
    1:51

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