‘A comprehensive overview of every style available to Bach, from the archaic to the modern’: Mahan Esfahani rises confidently to the challenge of his own brilliant appraisal of the Partitas in performances brimming with intellectual and emotional energy.
performed on harpsichord.
Partita No 1 in B flat major BWV825[19’07]CD1
1 Praeludium[1’53]2 Allemande[3’20]3 Corrente[3’01]4 Sarabande[5’44]5 Menuet I – Menuet II – Menuet I da capo[2’51]6 Giga[2’18]
Partita No 2 in C minor BWV826[22’15]7 Sinfonia[5’12]8 Allemande[5’27]9 Courante[2’19]10 Sarabande[3’58]11 Rondeaux[1’34]12 Capriccio[3’45]
Partita No 6 in E minor BWV830[32’32]13 Toccata[8’36]14 Allemande[4’18]15 Corrente[4’49]16 Air[1’07]17 Sarabande[4’56]18 Tempo di Gavotta[2’46]19 Gigue[6’00]
Partita No 3 in A minor BWV827[20’52]CD2
20 Fantasia[2’33]21 Allemande[3’46]22 Corrente[3’02]23 Sarabande[4’28]24 Burlesca[2’15]25 Scherzo[1’26]26 Gigue[3’22]
Partita No 4 in D major BWV828[31’53]27 Ouverture[6’24]28 Allemande[10’18]29 Courante[3’31]30 Aria[2’18]31 Sarabande[4’04]32 Menuet[1’18]33 Gigue[4’00]
Partita No 5 in G major BWV829[21’47]34 Praeambulum[2’24]35 Allemande[4’20]36 Corrente[2’07]37 Sarabande[4’52]38 Tempo di Minuetta[1’53]39 Passepied[1’53]40 Gigue[4’18]