Bach: Das wohltemperirte Clavier

Contents:

The Well-Tempered Clavier

Book 2: 24 Preludes and Fugues, BWV870-893

COMPACT DISC 1 - 72'36

No 1 in C major BWV870 [4'10]

Prelude [2'34]
Fugue [1'36]
No 2 in C minor BWV871 [5'17]
Prelude [2'29]
Fugue [2'48]
No 3 in C sharp major BWV872 [3'48]
Prelude [1'56]
Fugue [1'52]
No 4 in C sharp minor BWV873 [7'02]
Prelude [4'48]
Fugue [2'14]
No 5 in D major BWV874 [8'31]
Prelude [5'34]
Fugue [2'57]
No 6 in D minor BWV875 [3'40]
Prelude [1'30]
Fugue [2'10]
No 7 in E flat major BWV876 [4'18]
Prelude [2'30]
Fugue [1'48]
No 8 in E flat minor BWV877 [8'35]
Prelude [4'03]
Fugue [4'32]
No 9 in E major BWV878 [8'21]
Prelude [4'53]
Fugue [3'28]
No 10 in E minor BWV879 [7'00]
Prelude [4'13]
Fugue [2'47]
No 11 in F major BWV880 [5'01]
Prelude [3'22]
Fugue [1'39]
No 12 in F minor BWV881 [6'36]
Prelude [4'44]
Fugue [1'52]

COMPACT DISC 2 - 74'58

No 13 in F sharp major BWV882

Prelude [3'28]
Fugue [2'32]
No 14 in F sharp minor BWV883 [6'48]
Prelude [3'06]
Fugue [3'42]
No 15 in G major BWV884 [3'53]
Prelude [2'40]
Fugue [1'13]
No 16 in G minor BWV885 [6'16]
Prelude [3'39]
Fugue [2'37]
No 17 in A flat major BWV886 [7'47]
Prelude [4'08]
Fugue [3'39]
No 18 in G sharp minor BWV887 [7'31]
Prelude [4'11]
Fugue [3'20]
No 19 in A major BWV888 [3'23]
Prelude [2'10]
Fugue [1'13]
No 20 in A minor BWV889 [5'56]
Prelude [4'27]
Fugue [1'29]
No 21 in B flat major BWV890 [9'58]
Prelude [7'22]
Fugue [2'36]
No 22 in B flat minor BWV891 [7'45]
Prelude [3'09]
Fugue [4'36]
No 23 in B major BWV892 [5'32]
Prelude [2'05]
Fugue [3'27]
No 24 in B minor BWV893 [3'57]
Prelude [2'13]
Fugue [1'44]

'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)

Das wohltemperirte Clavier - Book 2