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

Angela Hewitt (piano)

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					Das wohltemperirte Klavier 'The well-tempered Clavier' Book 2 BWV870-893 English Français Deutsch
CD1	1	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	No 1 in C major, BWV870. Movement 1: Prelude [2'34] English Français Deutsch
	2	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	No 1 in C major, BWV870. Movement 2: Fugue [1'36]
	3	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	No 2 in C minor, BWV871. Movement 1: Prelude [2'29] English Français Deutsch
	4	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	No 2 in C minor, BWV871. Movement 2: Fugue [2'48]
	5	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	No 3 in C sharp major, BWV872. Movement 1: Prelude [1'56] English Français Deutsch
	6	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	No 3 in C sharp major, BWV872. Movement 2: Fugue [1'52]
	7	£0.60	£0.60	£0.60	No 4 in C sharp minor, BWV873. Movement 1: Prelude [4'48] English Français Deutsch
	8	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	No 4 in C sharp minor, BWV873. Movement 2: Fugue [2'14]
	9	£0.70	£0.70	£0.70	No 5 in D major, BWV874. Movement 1: Prelude [5'34] English Français Deutsch
	10	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	No 5 in D major, BWV874. Movement 2: Fugue [2'57]
	11	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	No 6 in D minor, BWV875. Movement 1: Prelude [1'30] English Français Deutsch
	12	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	No 6 in D minor, BWV875. Movement 2: Fugue [2'10]
	13	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	No 7 in E flat major, BWV876. Movement 1: Prelude [2'30] English Français Deutsch
	14	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	No 7 in E flat major, BWV876. Movement 2: Fugue [1'48]
	15	£0.50	£0.50	£0.50	No 8 in D sharp minor, BWV877. Movement 1: Prelude [4'03] English Français Deutsch
	16	£0.55	£0.55	£0.55	No 8 in D sharp minor, BWV877. Movement 2: Fugue [4'32]
	17	£0.60	£0.60	£0.60	No 9 in E major, BWV878. Movement 1: Prelude [4'53] English Français Deutsch
	18	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	No 9 in E major, BWV878. Movement 2: Fugue [3'28]
	19	£0.55	£0.55	£0.55	No 10 in E minor, BWV879. Movement 1: Prelude [4'13] English Français Deutsch
	20	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	No 10 in E minor, BWV879. Movement 2: Fugue [2'47]
	21	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	No 11 in F major, BWV880. Movement 1: Prelude [3'22] English Français Deutsch
	22	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	No 11 in F major, BWV880. Movement 2: Fugue [1'39]
	23	£0.60	£0.60	£0.60	No 12 in F minor, BWV881. Movement 1: Prelude [4'44] English Français Deutsch
	24	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	No 12 in F minor, BWV881. Movement 2: Fugue [1'52]
CD2	25	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	No 13 in F sharp major, BWV882. Movement 1: Prelude [3'28] English Français Deutsch
	26	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	No 13 in F sharp major, BWV882. Movement 2: Fugue [2'32]
	27	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	No 14 in F sharp minor, BWV883. Movement 1: Prelude [3'06] English Français Deutsch
	28	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	No 14 in F sharp minor, BWV883. Movement 2: Fugue [3'42]
	29	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	No 15 in G major, BWV884. Movement 1: Prelude [2'40] English Français Deutsch
	30	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	No 15 in G major, BWV884. Movement 2: Fugue [1'13]
	31	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	No 16 in G minor, BWV885. Movement 1: Prelude [3'39] English Français Deutsch
	32	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	No 16 in G minor, BWV885. Movement 2: Fugue [2'37]
	33	£0.50	£0.50	£0.50	No 17 in A flat major, BWV886. Movement 1: Prelude [4'08] English Français Deutsch
	34	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	No 17 in A flat major, BWV886. Movement 2: Fugue [3'39]
	35	£0.55	£0.55	£0.55	No 18 in G sharp minor, BWV887. Movement 1: Prelude [4'11] English Français Deutsch
	36	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	No 18 in G sharp minor, BWV887. Movement 2: Fugue [3'20]
	37	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	No 19 in A major, BWV888. Movement 1: Prelude [2'10] English Français Deutsch
	38	£0.15	£0.15	£0.15	No 19 in A major, BWV888. Movement 2: Fugue [1'13]
	39	£0.55	£0.55	£0.55	No 20 in A minor, BWV889. Movement 1: Prelude [4'27] English Français Deutsch
	40	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	No 20 in A minor, BWV889. Movement 2: Fugue [1'29]
	41	£0.95	£0.95	£0.95	No 21 in B flat major, BWV890. Movement 1: Prelude [7'22] English Français Deutsch
	42	£0.35	£0.35	£0.35	No 21 in B flat major, BWV890. Movement 2: Fugue [2'36]
	43	£0.40	£0.40	£0.40	No 22 in B flat minor, BWV891. Movement 1: Prelude [3'09] English Français Deutsch
	44	£0.60	£0.60	£0.60	No 22 in B flat minor, BWV891. Movement 2: Fugue [4'36]
	45	£0.25	£0.25	£0.25	No 23 in B major, BWV892. Movement 1: Prelude [2'05] English Français Deutsch
	46	£0.45	£0.45	£0.45	No 23 in B major, BWV892. Movement 2: Fugue [3'27]
	47	£0.30	£0.30	£0.30	No 24 in B minor, BWV893. Movement 1: Prelude [2'13] English Français Deutsch
	48	£0.20	£0.20	£0.20	No 24 in B minor, BWV893. Movement 2: Fugue [1'44]

This is the fifth release in Angela Hewitt's universally acclaimed series of Bach's keyboard music which is fast being seen as the definitive modern recording of this repertoire on the piano.

Bach's Well-tempered Clavier ('The 48') consists of two books of 24 Preludes and Fugues in all the major and minor keys, and has been described as the pianist's 'Old Testament'. For over two hundred years these pieces have been the foundation of every pianist's repertoire.

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