Utwory na płycie:

• No. 5 in D major, BWV 850 - Fuge / Fugue V à 4
• No. 6 in D minor, BWV 851 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 6 in D minor, BWV 851 - Fuge / Fugue VI à 3
• No. 7 in E flat major, BWV 852 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 7 in E flat major, BWV 852 - Fuge / Fugue VII à 3
• No. 8 in E flat minor, BWV 853 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 8 in E flat minor, BWV 853 - Fuge / Fugue VIII à 3
• No. 9 in E major, BWV 854 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 9 in E major, BWV 854 - Fuge / Fugue IX à 3
• No. 10 in E minor, BWV 855 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 1 in C major, BWV 846 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 10 in E minor, BWV 855 - Fuge / Fugue X à 2
• No. 11 in F major, BWV 856 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 11 in F major, BWV 856 - Fuge / Fugue XI à 3
• No. 12 in F minor, BWV 857 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 12 in F minor, BWV 857 - Fuge / Fugue XII à 4
• No. 1 in C major, BWV 846 - Fuge / Fugue I à 4
• No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847 - Fuge / Fugue II à 3
• No. 3 in C sharp major, BWV 848 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 3 in C sharp major, BWV 848 - Fuge / Fugue III à 3
• No. 4 in C sharp minor, BWV 849 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 4 in C sharp minor, BWV 849 - Fuge / Fugue IV à 5
• No. 5 in D major, BWV 850 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 17 in A flat major, BWV 862 - Fuge / Fugue XVII à 4
• No. 18 in G sharp minor, BWV 863 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 18 in G sharp minor, BWV 863 - Fuge / Fugue XVIII à 4
• No. 19 in A major, BWV 864 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 19 in A major, BWV 864 - Fuge / Fugue XIV à 3
• No. 20 in A minor, BWV 865 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 20 in A minor, BWV 865 - Fuge / Fugue XX à 4
• No. 21 in B flat major, BWV 866 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 21 in B flat major, BWV 866 - Fuge / Fugue XXI à 3
• No. 22 in B flat minor, BWV 867 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 13 in F sharp major, BWV 858 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 22 in B flat minor, BWV 867 - Fuge / Fugue XXII à 5
• No. 23 in B major, BWV 868 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 23 in B major, BWV 868 - Fuge / Fugue XXIII à 4
• No. 24 in B minor, BWV 869 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 24 in B minor, BWV 869 - Fuge / Fugue XXIV
• No. 13 in F sharp major, BWV 858 - Fuge / Fugue XIII à 3
• No. 14 in F sharp minor, BWV 859 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 14 in F sharp minor, BWV 859 - Fuge / Fugue XIV à 4
• No. 15 in G major, BWV 860 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 15 in G major, BWV 860 - Fuge / Fugue XV à 3
• No. 16 in G minor, BWV 861 - Präludium / Prelude
• No. 16 in G minor, BWV 861 - Fuge / Fugue XVI à 4
• No. 17 in A flat major, BWV 862 - Präludium / Prelude

CD 1:
Preludium and Fugue in C major, BWV 846
Preludium and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847
Preludium and Fugue in C sharp major, BWV 848
Preludium and Fugue in C sharp minor, BWV 849
Preludium and Fugue in D major, BWV 850
Preludium and Fugue in D minor, BWV 851
Preludium and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 852
Preludium and Fugue in E flat minor, BWV 853
Preludium and Fugue in E major, BWV 854
Preludium and Fugue in E minor, BWV 855
Preludium and Fugue in F major, BWV 856
Preludium and Fugue in F minor, BWV 857

CD 2:
Preludium and Fugue in F sharp major, BWV 858
Preludium and Fugue in F sharp minor, BWV 859
Preludium and Fugue in G major, BWV 860
Preludium and Fugue in G minor, BWV 861
Preludium and Fugue in A flat major, BWV 862
Preludium and Fugue in in G sharp minor, BWV 863
Preludium and Fugue in in A major, BWV 864
Preludium and Fugue in A minor, BWV 865
Preludium and Fugue in B flat major, BWV 866
Preludium and Fugue in in B flat minor, BWV 867
Preludium and Fugue in B major, BWV 868
Preludium and Fugue in B minor, BWV 869

Hailed by Hans von Bülow as the “Old Testament” of music history, the Well-Tempered Clavier has been the object of a substantial amount of publications and research over the past three centuries. A detailed analysis would surpass the limits of a CD booklet and could not do justice to the work’s complexity: readers will thus excuse me for limiting myself to a few personal remarks.

The Well-Tempered Clavier from a current perspective

We are now in the year 2022: as chance would have it, this CD’s release coincides with the 300th anniversary of the first volume of the Well-Tempered Clavier. Our lifestyle has changed in many ways over the past three centuries. We travel at much greater speed; we develop an increasing number of technologies and digital means of communication. Trained specialists are responsible for every area of our lives. But have we truly made progress?

Excessive global travel, as we know, has an alarming impact on climate. While many areas of our life become digital, communication is made simpler but ultimately only leads to mental lethargy, social isolation, and emotional impoverishment.

Specialists turn out to be one-track minds who accumulate isolated bits of knowledge – indeed, as ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus remarked, “knowing many things doesn’t teach insight.” Insight thus not only requires for us to have knowledge, but also for us to broaden our horizons. And that is exactly what is so fascinating about the Well-Tempered Clavier.

(from the booklet notes by Schaghajegh Nosrati)

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Recording: IV 2021, Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin / Germany. Piano: C. Bechstein Konzertflügel D 282.