Bach: The Well-tempered Clavier, Vol. 2

CDA67303/4

Recording details: Various dates
Beethovensaal, Hannover, Germany
Produced by Ludger Böckenhoff
Engineered by Ludger Böckenhoff
Release date: June 1999
Total duration: 147 minutes 5 seconds

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE
PREIS DER DEUTSCHEN SCHALLPLATTENKRITIK
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE BEST OF THE YEAR
PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE

'Since she won the 1985 Toronto Bach competition, Angela Hewitt has established herself as the Bach pianist par excellence of her generation. Here she crowns her enthralling set of Book 1 of the "48" with a performance of Book 2 that no lover of Bach's keyboard works will want to be without. It is impossible to catalogue the manifold felicities of her playing in a short review, but the variety of colour and mood she brings to this music is irresistible throughout.' (The Sunday Times)

'A delight to both ear and mind. I have nothing but enthusiasm for Angela Hewitt's musicianly and imaginative performances' (Gramophone)

'Hewitt has set a new benchmark. Her touch is admirably clear and light, her choices of tempo make perfect musical sense and, a trained dancer, she is uniquely attuned to Bach's supple, sprightly rhyhms. A '48' of exceptional grace and beauty' (BBC Music Magazine)

'I know of no musician whose Bach playing on any instrument is of greater subtlety, beauty of tone, persuasiveness of judgement or instrumental command than Hewitt's is here' (BBC Music Magazine)

'It ranks with the best ever set down. Subtle, daring (yet never idiosyncratic), continually alive to the two most enrapturing features of Bach's music (dance and song), she exhibits a rhythmic vitality and sophistication matched by very few' (The Piano)

'Her [Angela Hewitt's] sound and articulation seem ideally suited to the music ... highly recommended.' (International Record Review)

'I know of no musician whose Bach playing on any instrument is of greater subtlety, beauty of tone, persuasiveness of judgement or instrumental command than Hewitt’s is here' (BBC Music Magazine)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

The Well-tempered Clavier, Vol. 2

		Das wohltemperirte Klavier 'The well-tempered Clavier' Book 2 BWV870-893 English Français Deutsch
CD1	1	No 1 in C major, BWV870. Movement 1: Prelude [2'34] English Français Deutsch
	2	No 1 in C major, BWV870. Movement 2: Fugue [1'36]
	3	No 2 in C minor, BWV871. Movement 1: Prelude [2'29] English Français Deutsch
	4	No 2 in C minor, BWV871. Movement 2: Fugue [2'48]
	5	No 3 in C sharp major, BWV872. Movement 1: Prelude [1'56] English Français Deutsch
	6	No 3 in C sharp major, BWV872. Movement 2: Fugue [1'52]
	7	No 4 in C sharp minor, BWV873. Movement 1: Prelude [4'48] English Français Deutsch
	8	No 4 in C sharp minor, BWV873. Movement 2: Fugue [2'14]
	9	No 5 in D major, BWV874. Movement 1: Prelude [5'34] English Français Deutsch
	10	No 5 in D major, BWV874. Movement 2: Fugue [2'57]
	11	No 6 in D minor, BWV875. Movement 1: Prelude [1'30] English Français Deutsch
	12	No 6 in D minor, BWV875. Movement 2: Fugue [2'10]
	13	No 7 in E flat major, BWV876. Movement 1: Prelude [2'30] English Français Deutsch
	14	No 7 in E flat major, BWV876. Movement 2: Fugue [1'48]
	15	No 8 in D sharp minor, BWV877. Movement 1: Prelude [4'03] English Français Deutsch
	16	No 8 in D sharp minor, BWV877. Movement 2: Fugue [4'32]
	17	No 9 in E major, BWV878. Movement 1: Prelude [4'53] English Français Deutsch
	18	No 9 in E major, BWV878. Movement 2: Fugue [3'28]
	19	No 10 in E minor, BWV879. Movement 1: Prelude [4'13] English Français Deutsch
	20	No 10 in E minor, BWV879. Movement 2: Fugue [2'47]
	21	No 11 in F major, BWV880. Movement 1: Prelude [3'22] English Français Deutsch
	22	No 11 in F major, BWV880. Movement 2: Fugue [1'39]
	23	No 12 in F minor, BWV881. Movement 1: Prelude [4'44] English Français Deutsch
	24	No 12 in F minor, BWV881. Movement 2: Fugue [1'52]
CD2	1	No 13 in F sharp major, BWV882. Movement 1: Prelude [3'28] English Français Deutsch
	2	No 13 in F sharp major, BWV882. Movement 2: Fugue [2'32]
	3	No 14 in F sharp minor, BWV883. Movement 1: Prelude [3'06] English Français Deutsch
	4	No 14 in F sharp minor, BWV883. Movement 2: Fugue [3'42]
	5	No 15 in G major, BWV884. Movement 1: Prelude [2'40] English Français Deutsch
	6	No 15 in G major, BWV884. Movement 2: Fugue [1'13]
	7	No 16 in G minor, BWV885. Movement 1: Prelude [3'39] English Français Deutsch
	8	No 16 in G minor, BWV885. Movement 2: Fugue [2'37]
	9	No 17 in A flat major, BWV886. Movement 1: Prelude [4'08] English Français Deutsch
	10	No 17 in A flat major, BWV886. Movement 2: Fugue [3'39]
	11	No 18 in G sharp minor, BWV887. Movement 1: Prelude [4'11] English Français Deutsch
	12	No 18 in G sharp minor, BWV887. Movement 2: Fugue [3'20]
	13	No 19 in A major, BWV888. Movement 1: Prelude [2'10] English Français Deutsch
	14	No 19 in A major, BWV888. Movement 2: Fugue [1'13]
	15	No 20 in A minor, BWV889. Movement 1: Prelude [4'27] English Français Deutsch
	16	No 20 in A minor, BWV889. Movement 2: Fugue [1'29]
	17	No 21 in B flat major, BWV890. Movement 1: Prelude [7'22] English Français Deutsch
	18	No 21 in B flat major, BWV890. Movement 2: Fugue [2'36]
	19	No 22 in B flat minor, BWV891. Movement 1: Prelude [3'09] English Français Deutsch
	20	No 22 in B flat minor, BWV891. Movement 2: Fugue [4'36]
	21	No 23 in B major, BWV892. Movement 1: Prelude [2'05] English Français Deutsch
	22	No 23 in B major, BWV892. Movement 2: Fugue [3'27]
	23	No 24 in B minor, BWV893. Movement 1: Prelude [2'13] English Français Deutsch
	24	No 24 in B minor, BWV893. Movement 2: Fugue [1'44]

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