, but were published singly, beginning in 1726 with this B flat major effort. A new partita appeared each year thereafter until 1731, when the whole collection was issued. Each of the six is a suite containing allemandes, sarabandes, minuets, and various other dances and numbers. The B flat major Partita consists of seven short movements, the first being a praeludium, a moderately paced piece so typical of Bach's music in its stately confidence, serene joy, and deftly wrought contrapuntal writing. There follow an allemande, corrente (courante), sarabande, and gigue which comprise the standard sequence of dances that make up a partita. Actually, Bach inserted two brief minuets between the sarabande and gigue.
The allemande is lively and brimming with thematic activity, contrapuntal elements abounding in subtle detail, the music racing by breathlessly under beams of sunshine. The corrente is a bit shorter than the two previous movements. It, too, is lively, but lighter in mood and more carefree than the allemande. The ensuing sarabande is gentle in its serenity, graceful in its slow pace, and ultimately mesmerizing in the near-transparency of its subtly crafted textures. At nearly four minutes, this is the longest of the seven movements. The two lively minuets that ensue are light and playful, the second following the first without pause. They are imaginatively wrought pieces and serve as a kind of interlude before the arrival of the gigue. Each lasts a bit under a minute. The gigue is rhythmic and fast-paced, breathless in its graceful drive and bouncy manner. It is an eventful minute-and-a-half and the perfect crown to this suite. ~ Robert Cummings, All Music Guide
| A Cup of Tea |
2000 |
| Anne-Marie McDermott Plays Bach |
2001 |
| Bach 100 Best |
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| Bach 2000 Light: The Complete Bach Edition (without Sacred Cantatas) (includes Commemorative Book) (Box Set) |
1999 |
| Bach 2000: The Complete Bach Edition (Includes Commemorative Book) (Box Set) |
1999 |
| Bach Edition, Vol. 2 [Box Set] |
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| Bach Edition, Vol. 2: Keyboard Works [Box Set] |
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| Bach Edition: Complete Works [Box Set] |
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| Bach Edition: Complete Works [Box Set] |
2006 |
| Bach Edition: Six Partitas (Part 1) |
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| Bach the Virtuoso |
1992 |
| Bach à la Harpe |
1993 |
| Bach, Brahms, Beethoven, Chopin |
1994 |
| Bach: 6 Partitas |
1996 |
| Bach: 6 Partitas |
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| Bach: 6 Partitas (Clavier-Übung, Part 1) |
1995 |
| Bach: 6 Partitas BWV 825-830 |
2007 |
| Bach: 6 Partitas for Keyboard, BWV 825-830 |
2001 |
| Bach: 6 Partitas, BWV 825-830 |
2006 |
| Bach: 6 Partitas, BWV 825-830 |
1993 |
| Bach: 6 Partitas, BWV825-830 |
2000 |
| Bach: 6 Partitas; Goldberg Variations; French Overture; Italian Concerto |
2003 |
| Bach: 6 Partiten |
1995 |
| Bach: Chromatic Fantasy, etc. |
1996 |
| Bach: Clavier-Übung |
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| Bach: Clavier-Übung |
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| Bach: Clavier-Übung, Part 1 - Six Partitas |
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| Bach: Clavierübung I & II |
1994 |
| Bach: Clavierübung Part 1, Six Partitas |
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| Bach: Complete Partitas |
2001 |
| Bach: Complete Partitas For Harpsichord |
1994 |
| Bach: Concerto for keyboard solo BWV971; Partita No1 |
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| Bach: Englische Suite No. 3; Beethoven: Sonate, Op. 57; Schumann: Symphonische Etüden |
2008 |
| Bach: French Suite No. 5; English Suite No. 3; Partitas Nos. 1 & 2 |
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| Bach: Goldberg Variations; Italian Concerto; Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue |
1999 |
| Bach: Goldberg Variations; Partitas 1-6 |
1995 |
| Bach: Harpsichord Music [Box Set] |
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| Bach: Harpsichord Works |
1997 |
| Bach: Instrumental Works |
1995 |
| Bach: Italian Concerto; Partita 1, BWV 825; Toccata in D, BWV 912; Orchestra Suite, BWV 1069 |
1994 |
| Bach: Italian Concerto; Partita BWV 825; Toccata BWV 912 |
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| Bach: Italian Concerto; Partita No. 1; Partita No. 2 |
1999 |
| Bach: Italian Concerto; Partitas Nos. 1 & 2 [SACD] |
1999 |
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2006 |
| Bach: Keyboard Partitas |
2008 |
| Bach: Keyboard Works 1 |
1999 |
| Bach: Le Partitas |
2001 |
| Bach: Partita No. 1; English Suite No. 3; French Suite No. 2 |
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| Bach: Partita No1; Partita No2 |
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| Bach: Partita No4; Partita No1 |
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| Bach: Partita No4; Partita No1 |
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| Bach: Partita No4; Partita No1 |
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| Bach: Partitas 1 & 2 / English Suites 2 & 3 |
2001 |
| Bach: Partitas 1-2-6 |
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| Bach: Partitas BWV 825-830 |
1994 |
| Bach: Partitas BWV 825-830; Preludes and Fugues |
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| Bach: Partitas No. 1, 5 & 6 |
2009 |
| Bach: Partitas Nos. 1, 2, 3 |
2001 |
| Bach: Partitas Nos. 1, 2, 6 |
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| Bach: Partitas Nos. 1, 3 & 6 |
2003 |
| Bach: Partitas Nos. 1, 3, 6 |
2002 |
| Bach: Partitas Nos. 1-3 |
2001 |
| Bach: Partitas for Keyboard |
2000 |
| Bach: Partitas for Keyboard |
1998 |
| Bach: Partitas, BWV 825-830 |
1999 |
| Bach: Piano Partitas & Toccatas |
2006 |
| Bach: Sechs Partiten, BWV 825-830; Klavierübung Teil I |
1994 |
| Bach: Six Partitas |
1994 |
| Bach: Six Partitas |
1999 |
| Bach: Six Partitas (1) |
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| Bach: Six Partitas (Clavierübung I) BWV 825-830 |
2000 |
| Bach: Six Partitas; Two-Part Inventions |
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| Bach: Soli Deo Gloria - Meisterwerken in bedeutenden Aufnahmen (Box Set) |
2000 |
| Bach: Solo Keyboard Works [Box Set] |
1996 |
| Bach: Solo Partitas Nos. 1, 2, 4 |
2000 |
| Bach: The Complete Clavier Suites, Vol. 1 |
2008 |
| Bach: The Complete Partitas |
1997 |
| Bach: The Masterworks [Box Set] |
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| Bach: The Masterworks [Box Set] |
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| Bach: The Partitas (Preludes, Fugues & Fughettas) |
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| Bach: The Six Keyboard Partitas, Vol. 1 |
1996 |
| Bach: The Six Partitas |
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| Bach: The Six Partitas |
1997 |
| Bach: The Six Partitas |
1992 |
| Bach: The Six Partitas |
2000 |
| Bach: The Six Partitas for Clavier |
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| Bach: The Six Partitas, BWV 825-830 |
1996 |
| Bach: Three Partitas, Vol. 2 |
1995 |
| Bach: Toccata and Fugue/Partita No.1/Italian Concerto/French Suite |
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| Bach: Well Tempered Clavier, Book 2 (Continued); Clavier Works |
2000 |
| Bach:Partitas BWV 825/BWV 826/BWV 830 |
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| Badura-Skoda: The Sydney Opera House Recital, May 31, 1982 |
2005 |
| Best Bach 100 |
2006 |
| Best of the Classics [Box Set] |
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| Café Classics (Box Set) |
2000 |
| Carl Seeman Plays Bach |
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| Chopin: Waltzes |
2004 |
| Chopin: Waltzes |
2004 |
| Classical Masterpieces |
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| Classical Piano Music |
2005 |
| Classical Treasures |
2000 |
| Claudio Arrau Performs Bach |
2003 |
| Debussy: 15 Preludes |
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| Dinu Lipatti |
1998 |
| Dinu Lipatti Plays Bach |
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| Dinu Lipatti Plays Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Scarlatti |
1988 |
| Dinu Lipatti, CD 1 |
1990 |
| Essential Bach |
2000 |
| Four Great French Pianists |
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| Gabriela Imreh Plays Bach |
2009 |
| Gieseking Plays J.S. Bach (1940-1950 recordings) |
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| Gieseking-A Retrospective, Vol. 1 |
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| Glenn Gould Plays Bach |
1999 |
| Glenn Gould Plays Bach [Box Set] |
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| Glenn Gould joue Bach [Box Set] |
2004 |
| Great Pianists of the 20th Century: The Complete Edition (Box 2) (Box Set) |
1999 |
| Great Pianists of the 20th Century: The Complete Edition (Box 2) (Box Set) |
1999 |
| Harping on Bach |
1993 |
| Icon: Dinu Lipatti [Box Set] |
2008 |
| Icon: Dinu Lipatti [Box Set] |
2008 |
| Images |
1995 |
| Itzhak Solsky Plays Piano |
2005 |
| J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Italian Concerto, BWV 971; etc. |
2005 |
| J. S. Bach: Partitas |
1985 |
| J. S. Bach: The Six Partitas |
1999 |
| J. S. Bach: The Six Partitas |
1999 |
| J.S. Bach Played by Harold Samuel |
2002 |
| J.S. Bach: English Suites; Partitas |
2004 |
| J.S. Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-flat major; Partita No. 2 in E minor; Sonata No. 1 in G minor |
2006 |
| J.S. Bach: Partitas Nos. 1 and 2 |
1993 |
| J.S. Bach: Partitas for Harpsichord |
2002 |
| J.S. Bach: The Six Keyboard Partitas |
2005 |
| Jacques Loussier / Play Bach |
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| Jacques Loussier Plays Bach |
2007 |
| Jeanne Bovet Plays Bach, Scarlatti, Haendel |
1993 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach Premium Edition [Box Set] |
2006 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach Premium Edition, Vol. 26 |
2006 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Partitas |
2009 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach: The Six Partitas for Clavier |
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| Juwelen Der Klassik |
2009 |
| Landowska plays Bach |
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| Little Pieces By Great Composers, Vol.III |
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| Living History: The Piano Music of Bach, Schumann, Scriabin & Franck |
2005 |
| Loretta Mento |
2007 |
| Marimbach |
1989 |
| Nightmoods: Solo Journey |
1997 |
| Now Playing - James Thatcher, Horn |
1997 |
| Panorama: Johann Sebastian Bach, Vol. 3 |
2001 |
| Piano works in Transcription for Guitar |
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| Play Bach |
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| Play Bach! |
1996 |
| Play Bach, Vol. 2 |
1960 |
| Previously Unissued Public Performances and Broadcasts |
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| Recital |
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| Rosalyn Tureck |
1998 |
| Rosalyn Tureck plays Bach |
1989 |
| Rosita Renard at Carnegie Hall |
1993 |
| Récital de Besançon |
1994 |
| Scarlatti: Piano Sonatas; Bach: Partita No. 1, BWV 825; Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 58 |
2003 |
| Schumann: Piano Concerto Op. 54; Bach: Partita No. 1 BWV 825; Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 8 KV 310 |
2003 |
| The Bach Collection [Box Set] |
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| The Best of Johann Sebastian Bach |
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| The Best of Johann Sebastian Bach (Box Set) |
1992 |
| The Best of Johann Sebastian Bach (Box Set) |
1992 |
| The Best of Johann Sebastian Bach, Vol. 2 |
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| The Best of Johann Sebastian Bach, Vol. 3 |
1992 |
| The Complete 1950s Bach Recordings on Archiv [Box Set] |
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| The Complete Keyboard Works of J. S. Bach on Concord Concerto - The Sampler |
1996 |
| The Final Sessions [Box Set] |
2006 |
| The Fiorentino Edition 4: J. S. Bach, Volume 1 |
1998 |
| The Great Classical Composers |
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| The Legacy: Michael Studer [Box Set] |
2007 |
| The Sydney Recital |
2007 |
| Tureck: Live At The Teatro Colón |
1993 |
| Veritas Portraits: Gustav Leonhardt |
1997 |
| Walter Gieseking Plays Bach, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Ravel |
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| Wanda Landowska plays Bach |
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| Yvonne Lefébure joue J.S. Bach |
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