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Johann Sebastian Bach - Bach: The Well-tempered Clavier

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Number of Discs
2

Release Date
29/08/2025

Artist
Johann Sebastian Bach

format
CD / Album

Label / Studio
Hyperion

Description

Mahan Esfahani's hugely ambitious complete Bach keyboard project reaches its summit with 'Book 1' of 'The Well-Tempered Clavier'. Bach wrote his seminal '48 Preludes & Fugues' with a harpsichord in mind; this is a rare chance to hear the music as intended. Recorded on a German double-manual harpsichord built by Huw Saunders and based on an instrument thought to have belonged to Bach. Mahan's discography has thus far garnered a Gramophone Award, two BBC Music Magazine Awards, a Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Opus Klassik Recording of the Year, Diapason d'Or, Choc de Classica and an ICMA, among many other awards.

Disc 1:
1) Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV846 ()
2) Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV846 ()
3) Prelude No. 2 in C Minor, BWV847 ()
4) Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV847 ()
5) Prelude No. 3 in C-sharp Major, BWV848 ()
6) Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp Major, BWV848 ()
7) Prelude No. 4 in C-sharp Minor, BWV849 ()
8) Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp Minor, BWV849 ()
9) Prelude No. 5 in D Major, BWV850 ()
10) Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV850 ()
11) Prelude No. 6 in D Minor, BWV851 ()
12) Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV851 ()
13) Prelude No. 7 in E-flat Major, BWV852 ()
14) Fugue No. 7 in E-flat Major, BWV852 ()
15) Prelude No. 8 in E-flat Minor, BWV853 ()
16) Fugue No. 8 in E-flat Minor, BWV853 ()
17) Prelude No. 9 in E Major, BWV854 ()
18) Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV854 ()
19) Prelude No. 10 in E Minor, BWV855 ()
20) Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV855 ()
21) Prelude No. 11 in F Major, BWV856 ()
22) Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV856 ()
23) Prelude No. 12 in F Minor, BWV857 ()
24) Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV857 ()

Disc 2:
1) Prelude No. 13 in F-sharp Major, BWV858 ()
2) Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp Major, BWV858 ()
3) Prelude No. 14 in F-sharp Minor, BWV859 ()
4) Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp Minor, BWV859 ()
5) Prelude No. 15 in G Major, BWV860 ()
6) Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV860 ()
7) Prelude No. 16 in G Minor, BWV861 ()
8) Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV861 ()
9) Prelude No. 17 in A-flat Major, BWV862 ()
10) Fugue No. 17 in A-flat Major, BWV862 ()
11) Prelude No. 18 in G-sharp Minor, BWV863 ()
12) Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp Minor, BWV863 ()
13) Prelude No. 19 in a Major, BWV864 ()
14) Fugue No. 19 in a Major, BWV864 ()
15) Prelude No. 20 in a Minor, BWV865 ()
16) Fugue No. 20 in a Minor, BWV865 ()
17) Prelude No. 21 in B-flat Major, BWV866 ()
18) Fugue No. 21 in B-flat Major, BWV866 ()
19) Prelude No. 22 in B-flat Minor, BWV867 ()
20) Fugue No. 22 in B-flat Minor, BWV867 ()
21) Prelude No. 23 in B Major, BWV868 ()
22) Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV868 ()
23) Prelude No. 24 in B Minor, BWV869 ()
24) Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV869 ()
25) Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV846 (Reprise) ()

Album
Bach: The Well-tempered Clavier

Publisher
Universal Music

Main Format
CD

Explicit Lyrics
No

Keyword Index
Bach: The Well-tempered Clavier | Johann Sebastian Bach

Catalogue Number
CDA684512

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