J.S. Bach: Solo Keyboard Music

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Label
Idil Biret Archive
Release Date
May 30, 2025
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Bach published during his lifetime four volumes of keyboard pieces under the title Clavierubung which began with a set of six Partitas, published between 1726 and 1731. The first of the set was the Partita No. 1 in B flat major. The Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, was apparently written during Bach's time at Cothen, probably about 1720, and revised in Leipzig about 1730. The six English Suites, the 3rd being included here, have nothing particularly English about them, except their title. They were written perhaps in Weimar in about 1715 or possibly during Bach's period at Cothen. Bach brought together a set of five French Suites, of which the 5th is Biret's favourite, later augmented to six and forming part of the Clavierbuchlein for Anna Magdalena, his second wife. The Italian Concerto in F major was published in 1735 in the second volume of the Clavierubungen, with the original title Concerto nach Italienischen Gusto. It reflects the style of the Venetian solo concertos by Vivaldi.


Product Description:


  • Release Date: May 30, 2025


  • UPC: 747313260928


  • Catalog Number: IBA-LP003-04


  • Label: Idil Biret Archive


  • Number of Discs: 2


  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach


  • Performer: Idil Biret