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Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier I

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Catalogue numberBIS-2621 SACD
Release date2024-03-15
Discs2
Orig. sample rate96000Hz
Total time110:09

Described as the ‘Pianists’ Old Testament’, The Well-Tempered Clavier is a collection of pieces of exceptional artistic quality. No other work from the baroque period has been as valued, performed and studied as this collection whose objectives were musical, theoretical and didactic.

Both books of The Well-Tempered Clavier feature a prelude and fugue in each of the 12 semitones of the chromatic scale, covering each of the 24 major and minor modes – a unique body of works. No two preludes or fugues are alike; they display the full range of contrapuntal devices, while the preludes offer an infinite variety of melodic, rhythmic and constructional possibilities. Each of these pieces demonstrates a mastery of counterpoint that never takes precedence over emotion, beauty and aesthetics. With the two books of The Well-Tempered Clavier, Bach established himself as the unrivalled master of the fugue genre.

Following his recordings of Bach’s concertos for one and two harpsichords (BIS-2041, BIS 2051 and BIS-2481), which reviewers have praised for his unaffected playing and acute musicianship, Masato Suzuki now offers us his take on this Bach monument.
 
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Disc 1
 
  Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian
  Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Buch I 109:49
01 Praeludium Nr. 1 C-Dur, BWV 846 02:10 $ 0.26 USD
02 Fuge Nr. 1 C-Dur, BWV 846 01:54 $ 0.23 USD
03 Praeludium Nr. 2 c-moll, BWV 847 01:30 $ 0.18 USD
04 Fuge Nr. 2 c-moll, BWV 847 01:43 $ 0.21 USD
05 Praeludium Nr. 3 Cis-Dur, BWV 848 01:31 $ 0.18 USD
06 Fuge Nr. 3 Cis-Dur, BWV 848 02:38 $ 0.32 USD
07 Praeludium Nr. 4 cis-moll, BWV 849 02:56 $ 0.35 USD
08 Fuge Nr. 4 cis-moll, BWV 849 03:19 $ 0.40 USD
09 Praeludium Nr. 5 D-Dur, BWV 850 01:20 $ 0.16 USD
10 Fuge Nr. 5 D-Dur, BWV 850 01:57 $ 0.23 USD
11 Praeludium Nr. 6 d-moll, BWV 851 01:48 $ 0.22 USD
12 Fuge Nr. 6 d-moll, BWV 851 02:08 $ 0.26 USD
13 Praeludium Nr. 7 Es-Dur, BWV 852 03:40 $ 0.44 USD
14 Fuge Nr. 7 Es-Dur, BWV 852 01:53 $ 0.23 USD
15 Praeludium Nr. 8 es/dis-moll, BWV 853 03:23 $ 0.41 USD
16 Fuge Nr. 8 es/dis-moll, BWV 853 04:33 $ 0.55 USD
17 Praeludium Nr. 9 E-Dur, BWV 854 01:23 $ 0.17 USD
18 Fuge Nr. 9 E-Dur, BWV 854 01:20 $ 0.16 USD
19 Praeludium Nr. 10 e-moll, BWV 855 02:14 $ 0.27 USD
20 Fuge Nr. 10 e-moll, BWV 855 01:20 $ 0.16 USD
21 Praeludium Nr. 11 F-Dur, BWV 856 01:15 $ 0.15 USD
22 Fuge Nr. 11 F-Dur, BWV 856 01:29 $ 0.18 USD
23 Praeludium Nr. 12 f-moll, BWV 857 02:00 $ 0.24 USD
24 Fuge Nr. 12 f-moll, BWV 857 04:04 $ 0.49 USD
 
 
Disc 2
01 Praeludium Nr. 13 Fis-Dur, BWV 858 01:43 $ 0.21 USD
02 Fuge Nr. 13 Fis-Dur, BWV 858 01:59 $ 0.24 USD
03 Praeludium Nr. 14 fis-moll, BWV 859 01:24 $ 0.17 USD
04 Fuge Nr. 14 fis-moll, BWV 859 02:46 $ 0.33 USD
05 Praeludium Nr. 15 G-Dur, BWV 860 00:57 $ 0.11 USD
06 Fuge Nr. 15 G-Dur, BWV 860 03:03 $ 0.37 USD
07 Praeludium Nr. 16 g-moll, BWV 861 02:04 $ 0.25 USD
08 Fuge Nr. 16 g-moll, BWV 861 01:48 $ 0.22 USD
09 Praeludium Nr. 17 As-Dur, BWV 862 01:23 $ 0.17 USD
10 Fuge Nr. 17 As-Dur, BWV 862 02:10 $ 0.26 USD
11 Praeludium Nr. 18 gis-moll, BWV 863 01:39 $ 0.20 USD
12 Fuge Nr. 18 gis-moll, BWV 863 02:16 $ 0.27 USD
13 Praeludium Nr. 19 A-Dur, BWV 864 01:27 $ 0.17 USD
14 Fuge Nr. 19 A-Dur, BWV 864 02:37 $ 0.31 USD
15 Praeludium Nr. 20 a-moll, BWV 865 01:32 $ 0.18 USD
16 Fuge Nr. 20 a-moll, BWV 865 04:46 $ 0.57 USD
17 Praeludium Nr. 21 B-Dur, BWV 866 01:18 $ 0.16 USD
18 Fuge Nr. 21 B-Dur, BWV 866 01:47 $ 0.21 USD
19 Praeludium Nr. 22 b-moll, BWV 867 02:01 $ 0.24 USD
20 Fuge Nr. 22 b-moll, BWV 867 02:27 $ 0.29 USD
21 Praeludium Nr. 23 H-Dur, BWV 868 01:10 $ 0.14 USD
22 Fuge Nr. 23 H-Dur, BWV 868 02:02 $ 0.24 USD
23 Praeludium Nr. 24 h-moll, BWV 869 05:57 $ 0.71 USD
24 Fuge Nr. 24 h-moll, BWV 869 06:05 $ 0.73 USD
 
  Album total 110:09
ComposerBach, Johann Sebastian
HarpsichordSuzuki, Masato

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