J.S. Bach: Partitas, BWV 825-830 Schaghajegh Nosrati

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828:
• 1 Bach: Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: I. Ouverture 06:13
• 2 Bach: Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: II. Allemande 09:02
• 3 Bach: Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: III. Courante 03:41
• 4 Bach: Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: IV. Aria 02:10
• 5 Bach: Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: V. Sarabande 06:29
• 6 Bach: Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: VI. Menuet 01:35
• 7 Bach: Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: VIII. Gigue 03:48
• Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827:
• 8 Bach: Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: I. Fantasia 02:05
• 9 Bach: Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: II. Allemande 03:07
• 10 Bach: Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: III. Corrente 02:56
• 11 Bach: Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: IV. Sarabande 03:49
• 12 Bach: Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: V. Burlesca 02:21
• 13 Bach: Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: VI. Scherzo 01:06
• 14 Bach: Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827: VII. Gigue 03:17
• Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825:
• 15 Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: I. Praeludium 02:03
• 16 Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: II. Allemande 03:24
• 17 Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: III. Corrente 02:56
• 18 Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: IV. Sarabande 04:46
• 19 Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: V. Menuet I & II 02:59
• 20 Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: VI. Gigue 02:17
• Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826:
• 21 Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia 04:27
• 22 Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: II. Allemande 04:29
• 23 Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: III. Courante 02:31
• 24 Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: IV. Sarabande 03:13
• 25 Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: V. Rondeaux 01:47
• 26 Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: VI. Capriccio 03:41
• Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829:
• 27 Bach: Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: I. Praeambulum 02:14
• 28 Bach: Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: II. Allemande 04:47
• 29 Bach: Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: III. Corrente 01:46
• 30 Bach: Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: IV. Sarabande 04:07
• 31 Bach: Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: V. Tempo di Menuetto 02:18
• 32 Bach: Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: VI. Passepied 01:32
• 33 Bach: Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829: VII. Gigue 04:15
• Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830:
• 34 Bach: Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: I. Toccata 07:22
• 35 Bach: Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: II. Allemande 03:30
• 36 Bach: Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: III. Corrente 04:52
• 37 Bach: Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: IV. Air 01:26
• 38 Bach: Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: V. Sarabande 05:37
• 39 Bach: Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: VI. Tempo di Gavotta 02:04
• 40 Bach: Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: VII. Gigue 06:09
• Total Runtime 02:22:11

Info for J.S. Bach: Partitas, BWV 825-830

„There are countless reasons for loving Bach’s music“. Schaghajegh Nosrati on her relationship to Johann Sebastian Bach

There are countless reasons for loving Bach’s music. Certain musicians and music-lovers are fascinated by its complexity, its flawless craftmanship. Others treasure it for its emotional, spiritual significance with total absence of sentimentality. Others, still, are seduced by Bach’s appealing mixture of transparency and warmth.

I also love Bach for all the above reasons, and many more. For me there is no question that he is the greatest composer of all time. It is all the more surprising and heart-warming to note the modesty he displayed in rare testimonials referring to his own work and vocation as a composer.

When I learn that a composer of Bach’s stature published his impressive collection of partitas under the modest title Clavierübung (“Exercise for Keyboard”), and when I read his statement that music’s only purpose should be “the glory of God and the recreation of the human spirit”, I see that he was manifestly excluding his own person – a gesture that stands in stark contrast with my own generation’s chronic hubris and boundless egocentricity…..

The order of the partitas on this recording does not follow the printed version – for several reasons. For one, from a purely technical point of view, a chronological order would be difficult to put into practice. Partitas Nos. 4 and 6 last half an hour each and would fit on one CD, but combined with No. 5 they would surpass the total length of 80 minutes per CD.

Apart from this, however, I do not find it obligatory to listen to the partitas in the order in which they were printed, since the composer himself certainly did not have a live performance of the entire collection in mind, but viewed each one as a self-contained work. I have thus chosen to introduce each CD with an overture-like movement (CD 1 sets in with the Ouverture of the 4th Partita, and CD 2 begins with the Sinfonia of the 2nd), while, at the same time, proposing a succession of suites in major and minor modes.

I also found it appropriate to place the two longest and most diametrically opposed works, Partitas 4 and 6, at the beginning and at the end of the recorded collection, thereby achieving a certain degree of symmetry..

Schaghajegh Nosrati, piano

Schaghajegh Nosrati
was born in Bochum in 1989. She has become known as an extremely versatile musician; that she could establish herself as a concert pianist in early years is due to her excellent reputation as an interpreter of Bach´s music. Her International breakthrough came in 2014 as an award winner at the International Bach Competition in Leipzig and particularly through her increasing musical collaboration with Sir András Schiff who praised the "astonishing clarity, purity and maturity" as well as the musical comprehension associated with it when she plays Bach.

After many years of working with Rainer M. Klaas, Schaghajegh Nosrati was admitted to the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media as a young student of Einar Steen-Nökleberg. She completed her master´s degree under Christopher Oakden in 2015 and her artist diploma under Ewa Kupiec in 2017. Robert Levin, Murray Perahia and Daniel Barenboim gave her further artistic inspiration.

Between 1998 and 2016, she performed as a guest at international music festivals such as the Festival International Echternach, the Schumannfest Düsseldorf and the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad. Further performances followed at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, the NDR Kleine Sendesaal in Hannover, the Gewandhaus Leipzig, the Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr in Bochum, the Beethovenhaus Bonn, the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, Tonhalle Zurich, 92nd Street Y in New York as well as at the Berliner Philharmonie (with the Mitteldeutsches Kammerorchester, the Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin and the Bochumer Symphoniker). In 2017, she had her first concert tour in China including debut performances in Shanghai and Beijing.

Furthermore she was invited to play a concert tour with Sir András Schiff and Capella Andrea Barca in 2018 with performances in Dortmund (Konzerthaus), Düsseldorf (Tonhalle), Luxembourg (Philharmonie), Brussels (Palais des Beaux Arts), Vienna (Musikverein), Baden-Baden (Festspielhaus), Salzburg (Stiftung Mozarteum), Bratislawa (Philharmonic Concert Hall), Lucerne (KKL) and Hamburg (Elbphilharmonie).

In 2015 she recorded her first album with Genuin classics (J.S. Bach: "The Art of Fugue"). Her second album (released in autumn 2017 with Genuin classics and Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin) is a recording of Bach´s piano concertos BWV 1052-1054.

Since october 2015, Schaghajegh Nosrati has been teaching at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media.

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