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Partitas BWV 825-830
Discography - Part 1

Complete Recordings 1900-1949

 

Complete Recordings 1950-1959 >


1

Violet Gordon Woodhouse: Great Virtuoso of the Harpsichord - Volume III [K-1]

Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825: Allemande [2:44]

Violet Gordon Woodhouse (Harpsichord, Clavichord [4])

Pearl

Apr 10, 1922

CD / TT: 78:04

Recorded in Recording Room 1, Hayes, Middlesex, England.
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2

? [K-2]

Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 []
Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830 []

Walter Gieseking (Piano)

Toshiba TOCE-11511

1923-1925

CD / TT:

1st recording of Partita No. 1 BWV 825 by W. Gieseking. 1st recording of Partita No. 6 BWV 830 by W. Gieseking.


3

Grand Piano - Bach: Bauer, Friedman, Grainger, Hess, Samuel [K-2]

Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825: Gigue [2:50]

Harold Samuel (Piano) [from piano rolls]

Nimbus

Jan 1925

CD / TT: 73:00

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4

J.S. Bach Played by Harold Samuel [K-1]
The Art of Harold Samuel [K-3]

Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 [16:34 / 16:01]
Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 [16:07 / 15:33]

Harold Samuel (Piano)

Symposium
Koch Legacy

1925-1926 or Sep 1926 [825]; Sep 6, 1931 or Nov 1931 [826]

CD / TT: 77:00
2-CD / TT: 147:33

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5

Blanche Selva, Juan Massia: Bach, Beethoven, Frank, De Severac [K-1]
Blanche Selva: The Columbia Recordings 1929-30
[K-1]

 

Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 [12:29; 13:31]

Blanche Selva (Piano) 

Malibran CDRG-177
Solstice SOCD-351-52

May 4, 1929

CD / TT: 78:14
2-CD / TT: 112:26

Recorded in France. Producer: Chown.
Original releases:
J.S. Bach BWV 825: Columbia D-15234 (Matrix Numbers: WLX.1020, 1021); D-15235 (Matrix Numbers: WLX.1022, 1023)
Listen on YouTube:
Partita No. 1 BWV 825: Complete Work [12:45]
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6

Gieseking: A Retrospective, Vol. 1 [K-3]

Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 (only Prelude, Sarabande, Menuet 1/2, Gigue) [8:26]

Walter Gieseking (Piano)

Pearl GEMM 9930

Sep 10, 1934

CD / TT: 78:05

2nd recording of Partita No. 1 BWV 825 by W. Gieseking.
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7

Landowska Plays Bach [K-2]
Wanda Landowska plays Bach [K-5]

Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 []

Wanda Landowska (Harpsichord, Piano)

Pearl
Pearl

Jul 1935

CD / TT: 78:17
CD / TT: 73:02

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8

Bartók: Recordings from Private Collections, Vol. 2 [K-1]
Bartók: Recordings from Private Collections, Vols. 1-2
[K-1]

 

Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829: I. Praeambulum [2:51], VI. Passepied [1:22], VII. Gigue (incomplete) [2:15]

Béla Bartók (Piano)

Hungaroton Classic HCD-12334
Hungaroton Classic
HCD-12334-37

Oct 14, 1936

2-CD / TT:
4-CD / TT: 240:57

Recorded in Budapest, Hungary.
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9

Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor [K-6]

Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 []

Yella Pessl (Hapsichord)

Columbia 68917-18-D in X-74

Dec 2, 1936

?

Recorded in New York, NY, USA.


10

Great Virtuosi of the Harpsichord, Vol. II [E-1]

Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829 [13:40]

Ralph Kirkpatrick (Harpsichord)

Pearl

1936

CD / TT: 79:35

1st recording of Partita No. 5 BWV 829 by R. Kirkpatrick.
Discussions: Partitas BWV 825-830 - played by Ralph Kirkpatrick
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11

Bach: Partita in B flat [K-1]

Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 []

Kathleen Long (Piano)

Decca

Early 1940's ?

78 rpm

 

12

Les Introuvables de Marcelle Meyer, Vol. 3 [K-1]
J.S. Bach: The Great Post-War Piano Recordings [K-2]

Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 []
Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 []
Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827 []
Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830 []

Marcelle Meyer (Piano)

EMI Classics
Andromede

1946-1947

5-CD / TT: 349:48
2-CD / TT:

Recorded at Salle Adyar, Paris, France.
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13

Previously Unissued Public Performances and Broadcasts [K-6]

Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 [12:01]
Partita No. 2 BWV 826 [10:31]
Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829 [10:07]

Walter Gieseking (Piano)

Music & Arts 1070

Apr 9, 1947 [1]; Sep 13, 1947 [2]; Sep 12, 1947 [5]

4-CD / TT: 294:43

Recorded by German Broadcasts. 3rd recording of Partita No. 1 BWV 825 by W. Gieseking. 1st recording of Partita No. 2 BWV 826 by W. Gieseking. 1st recording of Partita No. 5 BWV 829 by W. Gieseking.
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14

? [K-1]

Partita No.1 in B flat major, BWV 825 (Menuet I & II only)

Friedrich Gulda (Piano)

Decca

Oct 1947

CD / TT:

Recorded in London, England.


15

Rosita Renard at Carnegie Hall [K-1]

Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 [12:42]

Rosita Renard (Piano)

VAI Audio IPA-1028-2

Jan 19, 1949

2-CD / TT: 129:43

Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, New York, USA.
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16

Dame Myra Hess: Live recordings from the University of Illinois, 1949 - Vol. 3 [K-6]

Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828 [28:09]

Myra Hess (Piano)

APR (Appian)

Mar 17-18, 1949

CD / TT: 69:39

Recorded live at Krannert Center, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA.
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17

Liselotte Selbiger plays Purcell, Couperin, Bach, Scarlatti & Rameau on harpsichord & clavichord [K-1]

Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825: Sarabande [4:28]

Liselotte Selbiger (Harpsichord)

Danacord

1949

2-CD / TT: 105:00

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18

J.S. Bach: The Six Partitas (Rosalyn Tureck, Vol. 1) [K-22]

Partitas BWV 825-830 [21:00, 20:39, 21:59, 33:00, 24:53, 29:47]

Rosalyn Tureck (Piano)

Do-Re-Mi (from Allegro)

1949-1950

2-CD / TT: 151:18

1st recording of Partitas BWV 825-830 by R. Tureck.


 

Complete Recordings 1950-1959 >

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (January 2007 - April 2018)
Thanks to contributors: Farhan Malik (October 2011), Teri Noel Towe (February 2007)

Partitas BWV 825-830: Details
Complete Recordings: 1900-1949 | 1950-1959 | 1960-1969 | 1970-1979 | 1980-1989 | 1990-1999 | 2000-2009 | 2010-2019 | 2020-2029
Comparative Review: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
Reviews of Individual Recordings: Partitas - P. Anderszewski [McElhearn] | Partitas - P. Anderszewski [Satz] | Partitas - L. Corolan & I. Kipnis | Partitas - F. Kempf | Partitas - E. Feller 1 | Partitas - E. Parmentier | Partitas - A. Rangell | GV & Partitas - K. Richter | Partitas - B. Roberts | Partitas - S. Ross | Partitas - C. Rousset | Partitas - S. Sager | Partitas - C. Sheppard [Morrison] | Partitas - C. Sheppard [Satz] | Partitas - J.L. Steuerman | Partitas - M. Suzuki [McElhearn] | Partitas - M. Suzuki [Henderson] | Partitas - C. Tiberghien | Partitas - R. Troeger | Partitas - B. Verlet | Partitas - K. Weiss | Rübsam - Part 2 | Rübsam - Part 3
Discussions: General: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | MD: Partita No. 1 in B flat major BWV 825
Discussions of Individual Recordings: Partitas - P. Anderszewski | Partitas - V. Dondysh | Partitas - R. Goode | Partitas - R. Kirkpatrick | Partitas - A. Rangell | Partitas - S. Ross | Partitas - A. Schiff | Partitas - M. Suzuki | Partitas - B. Verlet | Partitas - K. Weiss | Partitas - R. Woolley | Partitas - Z. Xiao-Mei


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