Schaghajegh Nosrati - Bach: Partitas BWV 825 - 830 [CD]

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Following her album of virtuosi pieces by Alkan, pianist Schaghajegh Nosrati presents her recording of Bach Partitas, her second album on the CAvi label.rr

'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 Clavierxfcbung ('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 u2013 a gesture that stands in stark contrast with my own generation's chronic hubris and boundless egocentricityu2026.. rr

The order of the partitas on this recording does not follow the printed version u2013 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. rr

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. The chosen order and the regular alternation between major and minor (as opposed to the chronological order, which would have C Minor followed by A Minor, and D Major followed by G Major) serve to highlight the variety among these works.' (excerpt from the Booklet text by Schaghajegh Nosrati)rr

CRITICAL ACCLAIMr'With a lot of cantabile and an expressiveness which is just controlled enough not to detract from the spontaneity of her playing, she presents (on a Steinway D) a very poetic, very elegant Bach, in which one feels all her love for this music.' - Pizzicato

Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828 - Ouverture

Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 - Sinfonia

Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828 - Allemande

Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 - Allemande

Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828 - Courante

Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 - Courante

Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828 - Aria

Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 - Sarabande

Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828 - Sarabande

Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 - Rondeaux

Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828 - Menuet

Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 - Capriccio

Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828 - Gigue

Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829 - Praeambulum

Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827 - Fantasia

Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829 - Allemande

Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827 - Allemande

Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829 - Corrente

Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827 - Corrente

Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829 - Sarabande

Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827 - Sarabande

Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829 - Tempo di Menuetto

Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827 - Burlesca

Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829 - Passepied

Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827 - Scherzo

Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829 - Gigue

Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827 - Gigue

Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830 - Toccata

Partita No. 1 in B flat Major, BWV 825 - Praeludium

Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830 - Allemande

Partita No. 1 in B flat Major, BWV 825 - Allemande

Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830 - Corrente

Partita No. 1 in B flat Major, BWV 825 - Corrente

Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830 - Air

Partita No. 1 in B flat Major, BWV 825 - Sarabande

Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830 - Sarabande

Partita No. 1 in B flat Major, BWV 825 - Menuet I & II

Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830 - Tempo di Gavotta

Partita No. 1 in B flat Major, BWV 825 u2013 Giga

Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830 - Gigue

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