2018 recording
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Angela Hewitt
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA68271-2
Release: 2019
Size: 2.7 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV825
01. I. Praeludium
02. II. Allemande
03. III. Corrente
04. IV. Sarabande
05. V. Menuet I – Menuet II – Menuet I da capo
06. VI. Giga
Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV826
07. I. Sinfonia: Grave adagio – Andante – [Allegro]
08. II. Allemande
09. III. Courante
10. IV. Sarabande
11. V. Rondeaux
12. VI. Capriccio
Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV828
13. I. Ouverture – [Allegro]
14. II. Allemande
15. III. Courante
16. IV. Aria
17. V. Sarabande
18. VI. Menuet
19. VII. Gigue
CD 02
Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV827
01. I. Fantasia
2. II. Allemande
03. III. Corrente
04. IV. Sarabande
05. V. Burlesca
06. VI. Scherzo
07. VII. Gigue
Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV829
08. I. Praeambulum
09. II. Allemande
10. III. Corrente
11. IV. Sarabande
12. V. Tempo di Minuetta
13. VI. Passepied
14. VII. Gigue
Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV830
15. I. Toccata – [Fugue]
16. II. Allemande
17. III. Corrente
18. IV. Air
19. V. Sarabande
20. VI. Tempo di Gavotta
21. VII. Gigue
‘Brilliant, well-sounding, expressive and always new’ was the verdict of Bach’s first biographer on the six Partitas, a description which applies equally to Angela Hewitt’s wonderful new recording of what Bach designated his ‘Opus 1’. Angela describes a lifetime of living with Bach’s music as ‘a great gift and a lifelong adventure’; an adventure in which we are fortunate to have such an authoritative companion and guide.