Partitas for Violin Solo

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Viktoria Mullova

Partitas for Violin Solo is a set of partitas for solo violin by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed around 1720 and first published in 1731. They form part of Bach's mature Baroque output and, together with his sonatas for solo violin, exemplify his exploration of polyphonic writing and dance-derived movements on a single instrument, expanding the technical and expressive possibilities of the violin.

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  1. 1.
    Violin Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: I. Allemanda
    5:49
  2. 2.
    Violin Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: II. Double
    3:01
  3. 3.
    Violin Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: III. Corrente
    3:46
  4. 4.
    Violin Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: IV. Double (Presto)
    3:48
  5. 5.
    Violin Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: V. Sarabande
    3:21
  6. 6.
    Violin Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: VI. Double
    2:41
  7. 7.
    Violin Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: VII. Tempo di borea
    4:05
  8. 8.
    Violin Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: VIII. Double
    4:03
  9. 9.
    Violin Partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: I. Allemande
    4:12
  10. 10.
    Violin Partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: II. Corrente
    2:32
  11. 11.
    Violin Partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: III. Sarabande
    3:27
  12. 12.
    Violin Partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: IV. Giga
    4:25
  13. 13.
    Violin Partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: V. Ciaccona
    14:03
  14. 14.
    Violin Partita no. 3 in E, BWV 1006: I. Preludio
    3:48
  15. 15.
    Violin Partita no. 3 in E, BWV 1006: II. Loure
    3:36
  16. 16.
    Violin Partita no. 3 in E, BWV 1006: III. Gavotte en Rondeau
    2:55
  17. 17.
    Violin Partita no. 3 in E, BWV 1006: IV. Menuet I / Menuet II
    4:11
  18. 18.
    Violin Partita no. 3 in E, BWV 1006: VI. Bourrée
    1:38
  19. 19.
    Violin Partita no. 3 in E, BWV 1006: VII. Gigue
    1:58

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