Partitas BWV 825-830

German Title

Partiten

English Title

Partitas

French Title

Partitas

Spanish Title

Works

Partitas (6), for keyboard, BWV 825-830 (Clavier-Ubung I)
Partita for keyboard No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825
Partita for keyboard No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Partita for keyboard No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827
Partita for keyboard No. 4 in D major, BWV 828
Partita for keyboard No. 5 in G major, BWV 829
Partita for keyboard No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830

Scoring

Harpsichord

Score

References

Composed

BGA

NBA

BC

First Published

BWV 825

Shortly before being published (1726)

III

V/1

L1

Leipzig, 1726

BWV 826

Shortly before being published (1727)

III

V/1

L2

Leipzig, 1727

BWV 827

Early version in 1725 [Klavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach 1725]

III

V/1

L3

Leipzig, 1727

BWV 828

Shortly before being published (1728)

III

V/1

L4

Leipzig, 1728

BWV 829

Shortly before being published (1730)

III

V/1

L5

Leipzig, 1730

BWV 830

Early version of BWV 830/1,2,4,7 in 1725 [Klavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach 1725]; BWV 830/3,6 are taken over from the latest version of BWV 1019/3,5 (1717-1723 - Köthen)

III

V/1

L6

Leipzig, 1730

Music

Music Examples

Contents

Recordings | Reviews | Discussions | Articles | Links

Recordings

Reviews

Comparative Review: Bach’s Partitas for Harpsichord from Pinnock: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
Review: Bach Partitas Anderszewski
Review: Bach’s keyboard Partitas from Piotr Anderszewski
Review: Bach’s Partitas from Kipnis and Carolan
Review: Bach’s Partitas for Clavier
Review: Freddy Kempf Performs Bach Partitas
Review: Elena Kuschnerova’s Bach
Review: Bach's Partitas for Harpsichord from Edward Parmentier
Review: Bach’s Partitas for Keynoard from Andrew Rangell
Review: Karl Richter Performs Bach’s Partitas & Goldbergs
Review: Bach’s Partitas for Harpsichord from Bernard Roberts
Review: Five Hours of Bach
Review: Bach Keyboard Recordings from Wolfgang Rübsam, Part 2
Review: Bach Keyboard Recordings from Wolfgang Rübsam, Part 3
Review: Partitas by Sager
Review: Craig Sheppard plays Bach Keyboard Partitas
Review: An Outstanding Recording of Bach's Keyboard Partitas
Review: Bach Keyboard Works from Jean Louis Steuerman
Review: Partitas by Suzuki
Review: Cedric Tiberghien Plays Bach Keyboard Partitas
Review: Bach’s Partitas for Harpsichord from Richard Troeger
Review: Partitas by Blandine Verlet
Review: Partitas by Kenneth Weiss

Discussions

General Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Part 4
MD: Partita No. 1 in B flat major BWV 825
Discussions: Partitas BWV 825-830 - played by Piotr Anderszewski
Discussions: Partitas BWV 825-830 - played by Victoria Dondysh
Discussions: Partitas BWV 825-830 - played by Richard Goode
Discussions: Partitas BWV 825-830 - played by Ralph Kirkpatrick
Discussions: Partitas BWV 825-830 - played by Andrew Rangell
Discussions: Partitas BWV 825-830 - played by Scott Ross
Discussions: Partitas BWV 825-830 - played by András Schiff
Discussions: Partitas BWV 825-830 - played by Masaaki Suzuki
Discussions: Partitas BWV 825-830 - played by Blandine Verlet
Discussions: Partitas BWV 825-830 - played by Kenneth Weiss
Discussions: Partitas BWV 825-830 - played by Robert Woolley
Discussions: Partitas BWV 825-830 - played by Zhu Xiao-Mei

Articles

Links 

Partitas for keyboard (825–830)
History; The six Partitas for keyboard; Links (Wikipedia)

Partitas
Musical scores & MIDI files (Mutopia Project)

Partita for keyboard No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825
Commentary (AMG / Robert Cummings)

Partita for keyboard No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Commentary (AMG / Robert Cummings)

Partita for keyboard No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827
Commentary (AMG / John Keillo)

Partita for keyboard No. 4 in D major, BWV 828
Commentary (AMG / Robert Cummings)

Partita for keyboard No. 5 in G major, BWV 829
Commentary (AMG / Robert Cummings)

Partita for keyboard No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830
Commentary (AMG / Robert Cummings)

Prepared by Aryeh Oron (November 2006 - November 2022)
Thanks to contributors: Thomas Braatz (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