Tracks
1.1 Partita V in G, BWV 829: Praeambulum 1.2 Partita V in G, BWV 829: Allemande 1.3 Partita V in G, BWV 829: Corrente 1.4 Partita V in G, BWV 829: Sarabande 1.5 Partita V in G, BWV 829: Tempo Di Minuetto 1.6 Partita V in G, BWV 829: Passepied 1.7 Partita V in G, BWV 829: Gigue 1.8 Partita VI in E, BWV 830: Toccata 1.9 Partita VI in E, BWV 830: Allemanda 1.10 Partita VI in E, BWV 830: Corrente 1.11 Partita VI in E, BWV 830: Air 1.12 Partita VI in E, BWV 830: Sarbande 1.13 Partita VI in E, BWV 830: Tempo Di Gavotta 1.14 Partita VI in E, BWV 830: Gigue 1.15 Clavierubung III: Four Duets: Duetto I in E, BWV 802 1.16 Clavierubung III: Four Duets: Duetto II in F, BWV 803 1.17 Clavierubung III: Four Duets: Duetto III in G, BWV 804 1.18 Clavierubung III: Four Duets: Duetto IV in a, BWV 805 1.19 Clavierubung II: Ov in the French Style (Partita in B), BWV 831: (Ov) 1.20 Clavierubung II: Ov in the French Style (Partita in B), BWV 831: Courante 1.21 Clavierubung II: Ov in the French Style (Partita in B), BWV 831: Gavotte I 1.22 Clavierubung II: Ov in the French Style (Partita in B), BWV 831: Gavotte II 1.23 Clavierubung II: Ov in the French Style (Partita in B), BWV 831: Gavotte I Da Capo 1.24 Clavierubung II: Ov in the French Style (Partita in B), BWV 831: Passepied I 1.25 Clavierubung II: Ov in the French Style (Partita in B), BWV 831: Passepied II 1.26 Clavierubung II: Ov in the French Style (Partita in B), BWV 831: Passepied I Da Capo 1.27 Clavierubung II: Ov in the French Style (Partita in B), BWV 831: Sarabande 1.28 Clavierubung II: Ov in the French Style (Partita in B), BWV 831: Bourree I 1.29 Clavierubung II: Ov in the French Style (Partita in B), BWV 831: Bourree II 1.30 Clavierubung II: Ov in the French Style (Partita in B), BWV 831: Bourree I Da Capo 1.31 Clavierubung II: Ov in the French Style (Partita in B), BWV 831: Gigue 1.32 Clavierubung II: Ov in the French Style (Partita in B), BWV 831: Echo
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Johann Sebastian Bach Partita No. 5 in G Major, BWV 829 Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830 Four Duets (Clavierübung III): ....Duet I in E Minor, BWV 802 ....Duet II in F Major, BWV 803 ....Duet III in G Major, BWV 804 ....Duet IV in A Minor, BWV 805 Overture in the French Style (Partita in B Minor), BWV 831 REVIEWS INDIE Award Nominee 'Every bit as engaging as in the first four... Schepkin plans to record all of Bach's keyboard music, and I will want to own very volume.' --American Record Guide 'Schepkin is a very special phenomenon... What I miss in almost anyone else's Bach, and find time and again in Schepkin's, is the overwhelming sense of polyphonic lines propelling each other in lively and organic rhythmic play, as well as the feeling...that under his hands melodic line moves unerringly with harmonic pulse.' --Fanfare Magazine BIO The Russian-American pianist Sergey Schepkin has performed, to great acclaim, in many countries of the world in such venues and on such series as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Great Performers Series at Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Bank of America Celebrity Series in Boston, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, the Grand Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia, and the Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo, among many others. He has won particular praise for his performances and recordings of J.S. Bach, and was hailed by The New York Times as 'a formidable Bach pianist . . . [who] plays with the passion and drama of a young Glenn Gould.' 'No one who loves Bach can afford not to listen to these performances,' Fanfare magazine wrote about Schepkin's recording of Bach's Partitas. International Piano judged his recording of the First Book of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier as one of the best ever made, along with those of Edwin Fischer and Sviatoslav Richter, and Amazon.com proclaimed: 'For Bach Partitas, he is it.' The Essential Listening Companion catalog considered Schepkin's recording of Bach's 'Goldberg' Variations as one of the top three recordings of that work on the piano along with the one by András Schiff and the 1981 version by Glenn Gould. The American Record Guide deemed Schepkin 'the major Bach interpreter of his generation.' Schepkin's repertoire is immense: it includes most important works of keyboard and chamber literature written over the past four hundred years. The pianist is particularly fond of Romantic and Russian works. The New York Times deemed him 'a Romantic firebrand' and 'an estimable Brahmsian,' while the New York Sun proclaimed his performance of Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' at New York's Bargemusic one of the best performances of 2004. The Boston Globe defined Schepkin as 'an artist of uncommon, almost singular capability and integrity... [who] synthesizes the most diverse approaches and insights.' Schepkin has performed with the St.Petersburg and Oslo Philharmonics, the Norwegian Broadcasting Symphony, and the Boston Pops, as well as the Borromeo, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, New Zealand, and Vilnius string quartets. He has collaborated with and commissioned works from such composers as Alan Fletcher, Michael Gandolfi, and the late Daniel Pinkham. He also earned Sofia Gubaidulina's praise for his interpretation of her 'Chaconne.' Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Schepkin studied piano at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with Alexandra Zhukovsky, Grigory Sokolov, and Alexander Ikharev, graduating summa cum laude in 1985; there, he also was Prof. Ekaterina Murina's assistant in 1987-89, and taught on the piano faculty in 1988-90. After his permanent move to the United States in 1990, he studied with Russell Sherman at New England Conservatory in Boston, where he earned an Artist Diploma in 1992 and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 1999. In 1994-98, Schepkin coached with the late legendary French-American pianist Paul Doguereau. Boston was Schepkin's home from 1990 until early 2007; the Boston Phoeni
