THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER II
DESCRIPTION
The Well-Tempered Clavier II BWV 870-893 - 48 Preludes & Fugues.
Harpsichord, Piano.
Johann Sebastian Bach's idea of composing a collection of preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys was new andrevolutionary in the second decade of the 18th century, particularly when considering that the tuning in use up top then distributed pure and impure intervals irregularly throughout the keys. The result was that one could playvery well in many keys, but not at all in others. Bach was the first composer to conquer the entire breadth pf tonality in his Das Wohltemperirte Clavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier), thus providing the musical world withamasterpiece of keyboard literature.
The Well-Tempered Clavier is the Old Testament, Beethoven's sonatas the New. We must believe in both. Hans von Bülow
The preludes and fugues of The Well-Tempered Clavier embrace an entire cosmos of compositional devices and musical characters the ne plus ultra of unity through diversity. Here Bach not only presented the sum total of keyboard artistry in his day but foresaw itsfuture evolution. His treatment of the keys marked a turning point in music history.
SPECIFICATIONS
Subtitle BWV 870-893
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
Instrumentation Piano
Product Type Book [Softcover]
Instrument Group Piano or Keyboard
Publisher Bärenreiter-Verlag
Style Baroque
ISMN 9790006498727
No. BA5192
SONGLIST
1. Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 870 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
2. Prelude and Fugue in C minor BWV 871 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
3. Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major BWV 872 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
4. Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor BWV 873 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
5. Prelude and Fugue in D major BWV 874 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
6. Prelude And Fugue In D Minor BWV 875 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
7. Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major BWV 876 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
8. Prelude and Fugue in D sharp minor BWV 877 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
9. Prelude and Fugue in E major BWV 878 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
10. Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV 879 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
11. Prelude and Fugue in F major BWV 880 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
12. Prelude and Fugue in F minor BWV 881 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
13. Prelude and Fugue in F sharp major BWV 882 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
14. Prelude and Fugue in F sharp minor BWV 883 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
15. Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 884 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
16. Prelude and Fugue in G minor BWV 885 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
17. Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major BWV 886 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
18. Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor BWV 887 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
19. Prelude and Fugue in A major BWV 888 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
20. Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 889 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
21. Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major BWV 890 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
22. Prelude and Fugue B-flat minor BWV 891 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
23. Prelude and Fugue B major BWV 892 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
24. Prelude and Fugue B minor BWV 893 [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
25. Appendix: Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 870b Vertsion A [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
26. Prelude in C major BWV 870b Variant of Version A [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
27. Prelude in C sharp minor BWV 873 Version A [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
28. Fugue in A-flat major BWV 886
29. 2 Variant [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
