Bach, J S: Partitas Nos. 1-6, BWV825-830

These are very compelling and cultivated performances...Those who are dubious about the effectiveness of the harpsichord as opposed to the piano in these works, should give these recordings a... — MusicWeb International, 11th September 2013 More…

Release Date: 22nd Apr 2013
Catalogue No: MCD1301
Label: Maya Recordings
Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

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Bach, J S: Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV825

Work length21:23

Malcolm Proud
Recorded: 10-12 December 2012
Recording Venue: Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe, United Kingdom

Praeludium

Track length2:16

Allemande

Track length5:14

Corrente

Track length3:19

Sarabande

Track length4:37

Menuet I & Menuet II

Track length3:10

Giga

Track length2:47

Bach, J S: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV826

Work length22:39

Malcolm Proud
Recorded: 10-12 December 2012
Recording Venue: Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe, United Kingdom

Sinfonia

Track length4:59

Allemande

Track length5:34

Courante

Track length2:35

Sarabande

Track length3:28

Rondeaux

Track length1:42

Capriccio

Track length4:21

Bach, J S: Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV828

Work length34:38

Malcolm Proud
Recorded: 10-12 December 2012
Recording Venue: Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe, United Kingdom

Ouverture

Track length6:28

Allemande

Track length9:51

Courante

Track length3:55

Sarabande

Track length5:44

Aria

Track length2:20

Menuet

Track length1:37

Gigue

Track length4:43

Bach, J S: Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV827

Work length21:54

Malcolm Proud
Recorded: 10-12 December 2012
Recording Venue: Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe, United Kingdom

Fantasia

Track length2:24

Allemande

Track length3:57

Corrente

Track length3:37

Sarabande

Track length4:01

Burlesca

Track length2:24

Scherzo

Track length1:19

Gigue

Track length4:12

Bach, J S: Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV829

Work length23:26

Malcolm Proud
Recorded: 10-12 December 2012
Recording Venue: Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe, United Kingdom

Praeambulum

Track length2:43

Allemande

Track length5:55

Corrente

Track length2:09

Sarabande

Track length4:35

Tempo di Minuetta

Track length1:36

Passepied

Track length1:47

Gigue

Track length4:41

Bach, J S: Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV830

Work length32:31

Malcolm Proud
Recorded: 10-12 December 2012
Recording Venue: Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe, United Kingdom

Toccata

Track length7:02

Allemanda

Track length4:05

Corrente

Track length5:13

Sarabande

Track length6:03

Air

Track length1:39

Tempo di Gavotta

Track length2:16

Gigue

Track length6:13

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Irish keyboard player Malcolm Proud, one of the world's leading performers of the hapsichord, presents a recording of one of J. S. Bach’s major works, the Six Partitas BWV 825-830 - full of passion and poetry but also fantastically virtuosic. Although modestly titled Clavier Übung (Keyboard Practice), the six Partitas, consisting of Preludes, Allemandes, Courantes, Sarabandes, Gigues, Menuets, and other galanteries offered by their composer "to music lovers as refreshment of their spirits", are works of astonishing richness and complexity.

The cycle, which in 1731 was the first group of works to be published by Bach himself, represents a unique stylistic synthesis of the suite form with a particular emphasis on most varied and imaginative opening movements. In his 1802 biography of Bach, Nikolaus Forkel famously wrote that “such splendid compositions for the clavier had not been seen or heard before… so brilliant, harmonious, expressive and constantly novel are they.”

Born in Dublin, Malcolm Proud studied with Gustav Leonhardt in Amsterdam and won first prize at the Edinburgh International Harpsichord Competition in 1982. Since then, he has established an international career as an organist and harpsichordist, performing with such groups as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the English Baroque Soloists, the Gabrieli Consort and the Academy of Ancient Music, and touring throughout Europe, North America and Japan. He is a member of the Irish Baroque Orchestra and a founder member of Camerata Kilkenny.

Malcolm Proud’s other Bach discs include four more on Maya Recordings: a selection of pieces from Clavierübung III played on the organ (MCD0803); the Goldberg Variations performed on the harpsichord (MCD0102), the six Sonatas for violin and harpsichord with Maya Homburger (MCD9503); and The Musical Offering with Camerata Kilkenny (MCD1003). He has also recorded for EMI, Virgin, Deutsche Grammophon, CRD, RCA and Hyperion amongst other labels.

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11th September 2013

These are very compelling and cultivated performances...Those who are dubious about the effectiveness of the harpsichord as opposed to the piano in these works, should give these recordings a try. They have certainly won me over and I shall be revisiting them often.

Bach, J S: Partitas Nos. 1-6, BWV825-830

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