Richard Egarr - Bach: Complete Partitas, BWV 825-830 (2017)

Johann Sebastian Bach waited until he was over forty before publishing any of his works. Even then, he staggered publication of his Partitas over the four years from 1726 to 1729. This new recording from Richard Egarr illuminates these multifaceted masterpieces, crowning his already extensive series of the composer's harpsichord works.

Bach’s Opus 1
Johann Sebastian Bach waited until he was over forty before publishing any of his works. Even then, he staggered publication of his Partitas over the four years from 1726 to 1729. But, to quote Richard Egarr, ‘these six offerings are immense in musical scope, and in compositional and technical virtuosity’. And his new recording of them, crowning his already extensive series of the composer’s harpsichord works, illuminates every one of their multiple facets.

L'Opus 1 de Bach
Jean-Sébastien Bach a plus de 40 ans lorsqu'il publie l'une de ses oeuvres pour la première fois. Il étalera même l'édition de ses Partitas sur quatre années, de 1726 à 1729 !
Mais selon Richard Egarr, "ces six oeuvres sont d'une importance musicale majeure, tant en termes de composition que de virtuosité." Son nouvel enregistrement, qui complète une série déjà conséquente dédiée aux oeuvres pour clavecin du Cantor, met en lumière chacune de leurs multiples facettes.

Bachs Opus 1
Johann Sebastian Bach war über vierzig Jahre alt, bevor auch nur eines seiner Werke im Druck erschien. Und auch dann war er noch zögerlich und verteilte die Veröffentlichung seiner Partiten über vier Jahre, von 1726 bis 1729. Aber, um Richard Egarr zu zitieren: „Diese sechs Partiten sind von einem gewaltigen musikalischen Gestaltenreichtum und bezwingend in ihrer kompositorischen und technischen Virtuosität.“ In dieser Neueinspielung der Partiten, Krönung seiner bereits vorliegenden zahlreichen Aufnahmen der Cembalowerke von Bach, lässt er jede von ihnen in ihrem ganzen Facettenreichtum erstrahlen.

TRACKLIST

CD1
01. Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: I. Praeludium
02. Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: II. Allemande
03. Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: III. Corrente
04. Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: IV. Sarabande
05. Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: V. Menuets I & II
06. Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: VI. Gigue
07. Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia
08. Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: II. Allemande
09. Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: III. Courante
10. Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: IV. Sarabande
11. Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: V. Rondeaux
12. Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: VI. Capriccio
13. Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: I. Ouverture
14. Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: II. Allemande
15. Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: III. Courante
16. Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: IV. Aria
17. Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: V. Sarabande
18. Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: VI. Menuet
19. Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: VII. Gigue

CD2
01. Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: I. Fantasia
02. Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: II. Allemande
03. Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: III. Corrente
04. Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: IV. Sarabande
05. Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: V. Burlesca
06. Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: VI. Scherzo
07. Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: VII. Gigue
08. Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: VIII. Gigue (alternative version)
09. Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: I. Praeambulum
10. Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: II. Allemande
11. Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: III. Corrente
12. Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: IV. Sarabande
13. Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: V. Tempo di Minuetta
14. Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: VI. Passepied
15. Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: VII. Gigue
16. I. Toccata
17. Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: II. Allemande
18. Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: III. Corrente
19. Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: IV. Air
20. Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: V. Sarabande
21. Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: VI. Tempo di Gavotta
22. Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: VII. Gigue