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The Fifth Partita was “the worst Bach recording I’ve ever made. It was also the most pianistic. It was perhaps the one that the connoisseur of the piano would like best. It’s the one I like least because it’s least Bach, it’s least me vis-à-vis Bach in any case; it’s full of all sorts of dynamic hang-ups, it’s full of crescendi and diminuendi that have no part in the structure, in the skeleton of that music.” Serious or tongue-in-cheek, who can tell?

Bach: Partitas Nos. 5 & 6; Fugues in F-Sharp Minor and E Major

Released: 1957

Disc 1

Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: I. Praeambulum
Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: II. Allemande
Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: III. Courante
Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: IV. Sarabande
Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: V. Tempo di Minuetto
Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: VI. Passepied
Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: VII. Gigue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue in F-sharp minor, BWV 883
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue in E Major, BWV 878
Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: I. Toccata
Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: II. Allemande
Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: III. Courante
Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: IV. Air
Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: V. Sarabande
Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: VI. Tempo di Gavotta
Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: VII. Gigue

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