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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

Signum is delighted to announce the debut disc of Lucy Carolan on Signum Records.

This is a double CD release of the six partitas for harpsichord by J.S.Bach BWV 825-830 (1726 to 1731).

These works offer a variety in intellectual depth and technical difficulty - all of which is heard to great effect at the hands of Lucy Carolan on the two instruments used; Von Nagel (Paris) 1988, after Michael Mietke and Michael Johnson 1996, after Goermans-Taskin.

 

  
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Lucy Carolan
 
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]