Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Lorenzo Ghielmi
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Passacaille
Catalogue: PAS1105
Release: 2021
Size: 3.39 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825
01. I. Praeludium
02. II. Allemande
03. III. Corrente
04. IV. Sarabande
05. V. Menuet I – Menuet II
06. VI. Gigue
Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827
07. I. Fantasia
08. II. Allemande
09. III. Corrente
10. IV. Sarabande
11. V. Burlesca
12. VI. Scherzo
13. VII. Gigue
Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828
14. I. Ouverture
15. II. Allemande
16. III. Courante
17. IV. Aria
18. V. Sarabande
19. VI. Menuet
20. VII. Gigue
Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826
21. I. Sinfonia (Grave adagio – Andante)
22. II. Allemande
23. III. Courante
24. IV. Sarabande
25. V. Rondeaux
26. VI. Capriccio
Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829
27. I. Praeambulum
28. II. Allemande
29. III. Corrente
30. IV. Sarabande
31. V. Tempo di Minuetta
32. VI. Passepied
33. VII. Gigue
Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830
34. I. Toccata
35. II. Allemanda
36. III. Corrente
37. IV. Air
38. V. Sarabande
39. VI. Tempo di Gavotta
40. VII. Gigue
The Partitas are the first work for harpsichord published by Johann Sebastian Bach. Between 1726 and 1730, the partitas were published separately, one per year, before being brought together in a single collection in 1731. Shortly after his appointment of Cantor of the Leipzig Thomaskirche, Bach decided to devote his Opus I to a fashionable genre: the harpsichord suite, a series of dances of contrasting character, united by the same key and preceded by a prelude. The Partitas are, to all intents and purposes, Bach’s last word on this musical form, the most mature, a sort of collection: each type of dance is explored, with a compositional virtuosity that requires from the performer, in addition to an undisputed technical ability, a depth of reading capable of grasping the mathematical relationships that trace the general architecture. Lorenzo Ghielmi, one of the most famous interpreters of Bach’s works, presents us with a recording in which elegance and measure allow the beauty and formal rigour of these pages to coexist.