Recorded in the inspirational surroundings of The Cobbe Collection of early keyboard instruments in England's Hatchlands Park, the celebrated early keyboardist Menno van Delft makes his Resonus solo debut with Johann Sebastian Bach's six keyboard Partitas - the first part of Bach's Clavier-Ãœbung series of keyboard works. Using an original 1784 instrument by Christian Gotthelf Hoffmann (one of only two remaining clavichords from this maker), van Delft makes the case for performing these works on Bach's most favored keyboard instrument. Born in 1963 in Amsterdam, Menno van Delft studied harpsichord, organ, and musicology at the Sweelinck Conservatory in The Hague and the University of Utrecht. Amongst his professors were Anneke Uittenbosch and Gustav Leonhardt. In 1988 Menno van Delft won the clavichord prize at the C. Ph. E. Bach Competition in Hamburg and subsequently made his debut at the Holland Festival Early Music Utrecht. He teaches harpsichord, clavichord and basso continuo at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater in Hamburg.

Tracklist:

Partita No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 825: I. Praeludium
Partita No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 825: II. Allemande
Partita No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 825: III. Corrente
Partita No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 825: IV. Sarabande
Partita No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 825: V. Menuet I & II
Partita No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Bwv 825: VI. Giga
Partita No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 826: I. Sinfonia
Partita No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 826: II. Allemande
Partita No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 826: III. Courante
Partita No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 826: IV. Sarabande
Partita No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 826: V. Rondeaux
Partita No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 826: VI. Capriccio
Partita No. 3 In A Minor, Bwv 827: I. Fantasia
Partita No. 3 In A Minor, Bwv 827: II. Allemande
Partita No. 3 In A Minor, Bwv 827: III. Corrente
Partita No. 3 In A Minor, Bwv 827: IV. Sarabande
Partita No. 3 In A Minor, Bwv 827: V. Burlesca
Partita No. 3 In A Minor, Bwv 827: VI. Scherzo
Partita No. 3 In A Minor, Bwv 827: VII. Gigue
Partita No. 4 In D Major, Bwv 828: I. Ouverture
Partita No. 4 In D Major, Bwv 828: II. Allemande
Partita No. 4 In D Major, Bwv 828: III. Courante
Partita No. 4 In D Major, Bwv 828: IV. Aria
Partita No. 4 In D Major, Bwv 828: V. Sarabande
Partita No. 4 In D Major, Bwv 828: VI. Menuet
Partita No. 4 In D Major, Bwv 828: VII. Gigue
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. Corrente
Partita No. 5 In G Major, Bwv 829: IV. Sarabande
Partita No. 5 In G Major, Bwv 829: V. Tempo Di Menuetto
Partita No. 5 In G Major, Bwv 829: VI. Passepied
Partita No. 5 In G Major, Bwv 829: VII. Gigue
Partita No. 6 In E Minor, Bwv 830: I. Toccata
Partita No. 6 In E Minor, Bwv 830: II. Allemanda
Partita No. 6 In E Minor, Bwv 830: III. Corrente
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

UPC: 5060262791172
Label: Resonus Classics
Release Date: 5.4.18
Format: CD

J Bach S / Delft - Partitas (2 CD)