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J.S. Bach: Partitas, BWV 825-830 on Lute-Harpsichord / Rübsam
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J.S. Bach: Partitas, BWV 825-830 on Lute-Harpsichord / Rübsam

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Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist
Wolfgang Rubsam
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Nov 18, 2022
Catalog #
BRI96464
UPC
5028421964645

About

Playwright Luise Gottsched, née Kulmus, in 1732 wrote a letter to her future husband, the writer Johann Christoph Gottsched: ‘The keyboard pieces sent over by Bach… are as difficult as they are beautiful. Even after playing them ten times, they still seem new to me.’ A few years later polymath and Bach’s former pupil Lorenz Christoph Mizler offered the following advice regarding these Clavier-Übung I partitas: ‘Anyone who has difficulties with keyboard fingering will find it difficult to learn the keyboard pieces written by the famous Mr. Bach in Leipzig’.

The name Sinfonia for the first movement in the Partita in C minor is redolent of opening cantata movements and the dotted rhythm of a French overture. The Grave adagio however, is not followed by the fugal fast section you would expect here. This approach was carried out more consistently and stylistically in the Partita in D major, although there the fast section approaches the form of a concerto. Instead, the Grave adagio of the Partita in C minor is followed by a sonata-like movement with an arabesque effect in the upper voice, followed by a lively fugato. As a result, the piece appears in three parts. In contrast, the opening Fantasia in the Partita in A minor is more akin to an invention, showing similarities with the opening section of the second English Suite of the same key. Moreover, since the 17th century, the distinction between the terms ‘Praeludium’ and ‘Praeambulum’ was insignificant. Yet Bach’s delicately sculpted Praeludium in the B flat major Partita, is stylistically very different from the concerto-like Praeambulum of the Partita in G major. Lastly, the Toccata in the Partita in E minor offers rhapsodic-improvisatory sections framing a fugue after the style of Froberg, whose works for keyboard instruments must have been known to Bach.

Tracklist 40 tracks

  1. 1 I. Prelude 02:28
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Prelude
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  2. 2 II. Allemande 04:58
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  3. 3 III. Corrente 04:00
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Corrente
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  4. 4 IV. Sarabande 04:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  5. 5 V. Minuet I-II 03:33
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Minuet I-II
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  6. 6 VI. Gigue 03:08
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Gigue
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  7. 7 I. Sinfonia 06:49
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Sinfonia
    Duration
    06:49
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  8. 8 II. Allemande 05:49
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    05:49
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  9. 9 III. Courante 03:51
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  10. 10 IV. Sarabande 03:32
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  11. 11 V. Rondeaux 04:42
    Track
    11
    Title
    V. Rondeaux
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  12. 12 VI. Capriccio 06:00
    Track
    12
    Title
    VI. Capriccio
    Duration
    06:00
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  13. 13 I. Fantasia 03:55
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Fantasia
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  14. 14 II. Allemande 03:16
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  15. 15 III. Corrente 03:09
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Corrente
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  16. 16 IV. Sarabande 03:22
    Track
    16
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  17. 17 V. Burlesca 02:13
    Track
    17
    Title
    V. Burlesca
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  18. 18 VI. Scherzo 01:42
    Track
    18
    Title
    VI. Scherzo
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  19. 19 VII. Gigue 04:58
    Track
    19
    Title
    VII. Gigue
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  20. 20 I. Ouverture 08:32
    Track
    20
    Title
    I. Ouverture
    Duration
    08:32
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  21. 21 II. Allemande 05:50
    Track
    21
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  22. 22 III. Courante 03:37
    Track
    22
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  23. 23 IV. Aria 02:30
    Track
    23
    Title
    IV. Aria
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  24. 24 V. Sarabande 04:31
    Track
    24
    Title
    V. Sarabande
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  25. 25 VI. Menuet 01:19
    Track
    25
    Title
    VI. Menuet
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  26. 26 VII. Gigue 02:59
    Track
    26
    Title
    VII. Gigue
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  27. 27 I. Praeambulum 04:12
    Track
    27
    Title
    I. Praeambulum
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  28. 28 II. Allemande 02:53
    Track
    28
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  29. 29 III. Corrente 01:35
    Track
    29
    Title
    III. Corrente
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  30. 30 IV. Sarabande 02:29
    Track
    30
    Title
    IV. Sarabande
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  31. 31 V. Tempo di minuetto 01:47
    Track
    31
    Title
    V. Tempo di minuetto
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  32. 32 VI. Passepied 01:41
    Track
    32
    Title
    VI. Passepied
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  33. 33 VII. Gigue 03:24
    Track
    33
    Title
    VII. Gigue
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  34. 34 I. Toccata 09:07
    Track
    34
    Title
    I. Toccata
    Duration
    09:07
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  35. 35 II. Allemande 02:24
    Track
    35
    Title
    II. Allemande
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  36. 36 III. Corrente 04:06
    Track
    36
    Title
    III. Corrente
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  37. 37 IV. Air 02:05
    Track
    37
    Title
    IV. Air
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  38. 38 V. Sarabande 03:41
    Track
    38
    Title
    V. Sarabande
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  39. 39 VI. Tempo di Gavotta 01:38
    Track
    39
    Title
    VI. Tempo di Gavotta
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  40. 40 VII. Gigue 04:13
    Track
    40
    Title
    VII. Gigue
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam