The world-renown keyboard player Picht-Axenfeld reaches the unparalleled hight J.S.BACH:THE COMPLETE PARTITAS Edith Picht-Axenfeld, harpsichord HQMA-00011( Camerata ) Classical

The world-renown pianist and harpsichordist Edith Picht-Axenfeld also played an important role as an educator, leaving her mark on the 20th century music-world. This album contains all 6 Partitas superbly performed by her, who has been particularly noted for playing Bach. Picht-Axenfeld, who personifies the tradition of European music, fully expresses herself in the authentic and lively performance, and gently enfolds listeners. The recording in an aristocrat's old castle located between Freiburg and Basel, where she took her favourite harpsichord, re-enact the whole atmosphere of the manor to this day.

Johann Sebastian Bach:
1. Partita No.1 in B-flat Major BWV825
[1] Praeludium
[2] Allemande
[3] Corrente
[4] Sarabande
[5] Menuet I-II
[6] Giga

2. Partita No.2 in C Minor BWV826
[7] Sinfonia
[8] Allemande
[9] Courante
[10] Sarabande
[11] Rondeaux
[12] Capriccio

3. Partita No.3 in A Minor BWV827
[13] Fantasia
[14] Allemande
[15] Corrente
[16] Sarabande
[17] Burlesca
[18] Scherzo
[19] Gigue

4. Partita No.4 in D Major BWV828
[20] Ouverture
[21] Allemande
[22] Courante
[23] Aria
[24] Sarabande
[25] Menuet
[26] Gigue

5. Partita No.5 in G Major BWV829
[27] Praeambulum
[28] Allemande
[29] Corrente
[30] Sarabande
[31] Tempo di Minuetta
[32] Passepied
[33] Gigue

6. Partita No.6 in E Minor BWV 830
[34] Toccata
[35] Allemanda
[36] Corrente
[37] Air
[38] Sarabande
[39] Tempo di Gavotta
[40] Gigue

Edith Picht-Axenfeld, harpsichord (William Dowd, PARIS 1976 after "N. et François Blanchet, 1720")

Recorded: June 1980
Castle "Neuershausen", Germany

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