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J. S. Bach: The Six Partitas
BWV 825-830

 

Lucy Carolan
Harpsichord

-  Two CD Set  -

“An excellent recording of Bach's partitas, ... deserves a place in the pantheon of the best available versions of these works.”

Kirk McElhearn, MusicWeb
   

"Carolan…consistently brings out the infinite expressive subtleties of the music"
(***** five star rating)

Nicholas Anderson, BBC Music Magazine
       

"….sets new standards for the new millennium"

Stephen Daw, Early Music Review

Performance Notes

— Disc 1  —
Partita no. 1 in B flat major BWV 825
1 Praeludium [2:11]
2 Allemande [3:59]
3 Corrente [2:45]
4 Sarabande [4:48]
5 Menuets I and II [2:55]
6 Giga [2:12]
Partita no. 5 in G major BWV 829
7 Praeambulum [2:29]
8 Allemande [4:52]
9 Corrente [1:58]
10 Sarabande [4:19]
11 Tempo di Minuetto [1:51]
12 Passepied  [1:48]
13 Gigue [4:18]
Partita no. 6 in E minor BWV 830 
14 Toccata [6:15]
15 Allemanda  [3:21]
16 Corrente  [1:58]
17 Sarabande  [5:54]
18 Air [1:32]
19 Tempo di Gavotta [2:09]
20 Gigue [6:48]
Total running time: [71:28]
— Disc 2 —
Partita no. 2 in C minor BWV 826
1 Sinfonia [4:43]
2 Allemande [5:44]
3 Courante [2:15]
4 Sarabande [3:52]
5 Rondeaux [1:31]
6 Capriccio [3:31]
Partita no. 3 in A minor BWV 827
7 Fantasia [3:03]
8 Allemande [3:06]
9 Corrente [3:11]
10 Sarabande [3:45]
11 Burlesca [2:16]
12 Scherzo [1:03]
13 Gigue [3:47]
Partita no. 4 in D major BWV 828
14 Oüverture [5:42]
15 Allemande [10:15]
16 Courante [3:29]
17 Sarabande [5:46]
18 Aria [2:16]
19 Menuet [1:28]
20 Gigue [3:45]
Total running time: [74:39]

 

Harpsichords:

Von Nagel (Paris) 1988, after Michael Mietke (Partitas 1, 3 and 6)

Michael Johnson 1996, after Goermans-Taskin (Partitas 2, 4 and 5)

Pitch: A=415

Tuner: Mark Ransom

Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the following:

Birmingham Conservatoire, for providing a research grant in aid of this project, and for the loan of the instruments

Dr Richard D.P.Jones for providing a pre-publication copy of the revised Kritischer Bericht of the Neue Bach Ausgabe edition of the partitas.

  
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Release date: September 1999
Order code: SIGCD012
Barcode: 635212001226
 
 
 
— Disc 1  —
Partita no. 1 in B flat major BWV 825
1 Praeludium [2:11]
2 Allemande [3:59]
3 Corrente [2:45]
4 Sarabande [4:48]
5 Menuets I and II [2:55]
6 Giga [2:12]
Partita no. 5 in G major BWV 829
7 Praeambulum [2:29]
8 Allemande [4:52]
9 Corrente [1:58]
10 Sarabande [4:19]
11 Tempo di Minuetto [1:51]
12 Passepied  [1:48]
13 Gigue [6:48]
Partita no. 6 in E minor BWV 830 
14 Toccata [6:15]
15 Allemanda  [3:21]
16 Corrente  [4:55]
17 Sarabande  [5:54]
18 Air [1:32]
19 Tempo di Gavotta [2:09]
20 Gigue [6:48]
Total running time: [71:28]
— Disc 2 —
Partita no. 2 in C minor BWV 826
21 Sinfonia [4:43]
22 Allemande [5:44]
23 Courante [2:15]
24 Sarabande [3:52]
25 Rondeaux [1:31]
26 Capriccio [3:31]
Partita no. 3 in A minor BWV 827
27 Fantasia [3:03]
28 Allemande [10:15]
29 Corrente [3:11]
30 Sarabande [3:45]
31 Burlesca [2:16]
32 Scherzo [1:03]
33 Gigue [3:47]
Partita no. 4 in D major BWV 828
34 Oüverture [5:42]
35 Allemande [10:15]
36 Courante [3:29]
37 Sarabande [5:46]
38 Aria [2:16]
39 Menuet [1:28]
40 Gigue [3:45]
Total running time: [74:39]