J.S. Bach: Six Partitas, BWV 825-830 Robert Levin

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Partita in B-Flat Major, BWV 825:
• 1 Partita in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: I. Praeludium 01:46
• 2 Partita in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: II. Allemande 03:11
• 3 Partita in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: III. Corrente 02:49
• 4 Partita in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: IV. Sarabande 04:16
• 5 Partita in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: V. Menuet 1 01:19
• 6 Partita in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: VI. Menuet 2 01:59
• 7 Partita in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: VII. Giga 02:12
• Partita in C Minor, BWV 826:
• 8 Partita in C Minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia 04:05
• 9 Partita in C Minor, BWV 826: II. Allemande 04:06
• 10 Partita in C Minor, BWV 826: III. Courante 02:07
• 11 Partita in C Minor, BWV 826: IV. Sarabande 02:58
• 12 Partita in C Minor, BWV 826: V. Rondo 01:32
• 13 Partita in C Minor, BWV 826: VI. Capriccio 03:41
• Partita in A Minor, BWV 827:
• 14 Partita in A Minor, BWV 827: I. Fantasia 01:51
• 15 Partita in A Minor, BWV 827: II. Allemande 02:28
• 16 Partita in A Minor, BWV 827: III. Corrente 02:47
• 17 Partita in A Minor, BWV 827: IV. Sarabande 02:55
• 18 Partita in A Minor, BWV 827: V. Burlesca 02:07
• 19 Partita in A Minor, BWV 827: VI. Scherzo 01:16
• 20 Partita in A Minor, BWV 827: VII. Gigue 03:12
• 21 Partita in A Minor, BWV 827: VII. Gigue (2nd part with F) 03:11
• Partita in D Major, BWV 828:
• 22 Partita in D Major, BWV 828: I. Ouverture 05:34
• 23 Partita in D Major, BWV 828: II. Allemande 07:24
• 24 Partita in D Major, BWV 828: III. Courante 03:28
• 25 Partita in D Major, BWV 828: IV. Aria 02:10
• 26 Partita in D Major, BWV 828: V. Sarabande 05:06
• 27 Partita in D Major, BWV 828: VI. Menuet 01:18
• 28 Partita in D Major, BWV 828: VII. Gigue 03:54
• Partita in G Major, BWV 829:
• 29 Partita in G Major, BWV 829: I. Praeambulum 02:23
• 30 Partita in G Major, BWV 829: II. Allemande 03:35
• 31 Partita in G Major, BWV 829: III. Corrente 01:44
• 32 Partita in G Major, BWV 829: IV. Sarabande 03:23
• 33 Partita in G Major, BWV 829: V. Tempo di minuetto 02:06
• 34 Partita in G Major, BWV 829: VI. Passepied 01:39
• 35 Partita in G Major, BWV 829: VII. Gigue 03:47
• Partita in E Minor, BWV 830:
• 36 Partita in E Minor, BWV 830: I. Toccata 06:33
• 37 Partita in E Minor, BWV 830: II. Allemanda 02:49
• 38 Partita in E Minor, BWV 830: III. Corrente 04:57
• 39 Partita in E Minor, BWV 830: IV. Air 01:26
• 40 Partita in E Minor, BWV 830: V. Sarabande 05:02
• 41 Partita in E Minor, BWV 830: VI. Tempo di gavotta 01:58
• 42 Partita in E Minor, BWV 830: VII. Gigue 05:26
• 43 Partita in E Minor, BWV 830: VI. Tempo di Gavotta alio modo (triplet execution) 01:55
• 44 Partita in E Minor, BWV 830: VII. Gigue alio modo (triplet execution) 05:21
• Total Runtime 02:18:46

Info for J.S. Bach: Six Partitas, BWV 825-830

Der grundlegende Geist meiner Interpretation spiegelt sich im Ausdruck des Glaubens wider, der aus jeder von Bachs Noten klar spricht. Bachs Partituren tragen Signaturen wie »JJ« (Jesus Juva – Jesus, hilf), »In nomine Jesu« (Im Namen Jesu) oder »SDG« (Soli Deo Gloria – Gott allein die Ehre). Um die Wahrheit zu sagen, ich versuche nicht, Bachs Werk in eine »schöne« Musik zu verwandeln. Es bleibt virtuos, eine technische Herausforderung. Die Aufgabe des Interpreten ist es, das richtige Gleichgewicht zwischen intellektueller Disziplin und musikalischem Ausdruck zu finden. Er muss überzeugen und bewegen. (Robert Levin)

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Robert Levin
Pianist and Conductor Robert Levin has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Australia and Asia. His solo engagements include the orchestras of Atlanta, Berlin, Birmingham, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, Montreal, Utah and Vienna on the Steinway with such conductors as Semyon Bychkov, James Conlon, Bernard Haitink, Sir Neville Marriner, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Simon Rattle and Esa-Pekka Salonen. On period pianos he has appeared with the Academy of Ancient Music, English Baroque Soloists, Handel & Haydn Society, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Christopher Hogwood, Sir Charles Mackerras, Nicholas McGegan, and Sir Roger Norrington.

Renowned for his improvised embellishments and cadenzas in Classical period repertoire, Robert Levin has made recordings for DG Archiv, CRI, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, ECM, New York Philomusica, Nonesuch, Philips and SONY Classical. These include a Mozart concerto cycle for Decca; a Beethoven concerto cycle for DG Archiv (including the world premiere recording of Beethoven’s arrangement of the Fourth Concerto for piano and string quintet); and the complete Bach harpsichord concertos with Helmuth Rilling, as well as the six English Suites (on piano) and both books of the Well-Tempered Clavier (on five keyboard instruments) as part of Hänssler’s 172-CD Edition Bachakademie. ECM will be releasing his traversal of the Mozart piano sonatas on Mozart’s piano. He is a regular partner of cellist Steven Isserlis, with whom he recorded the complete piano and cello music of Beethoven, and pianist Ya-Fei Chuang, with whom he appears in recital and with orchestra. Earlier this year he toured Europe and the United States with violinist Hilary Hahn.

A passionate advocate of new music, Robert Levin has commissioned and premiered a large number of works. He has recorded the complete piano music of Dutilleux for ECM and joined pianist Ursula Oppens in a CD of Bernard Rands’ piano music for Bridge. A renowned chamber musician, his completions of Mozart fragments are published by Bärenreiter, Breitkopf & Härtel, Carus, Peters, and Wiener Urtext Edition, and recorded and performed throughout the world.

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