It explores the intricacies of each of the 12 major and 12 minor keys and constitutes the largestscale and mostinfluential undertaking for solo keyboard of the baroque era. Ranking of difficulty of well tempered clavier preludes. The well tempered clavier, book i, bwv 846869 prelude in fugue no. Which one is your favorite prelude and fugue from bachs. Prelude eb major the prelude in eb major is special in the sense that it hosts a fugue itself, with a more complex architecture than many of the actual fugues of the wtc.
Trevor pinnock is a true pioneer of the early music movement as founder and former leader of the english concert he enjoys a longstanding relationship with archiv produktion and deutsche grammophon among his celebrated recordings are bachs brandenburg concertos handels messiah and concerti. The well tempered clavier, book 1, bwv 846869 1722 page 1. The p has a straightforward structure, which can be simplified as follows minim crotchet. Baroque keyboard pieces book iii intermediat piano solo abrsm publishing. This is a later version of the fughetta in g major bwv 902 2 duration. Get access to pro version of the welltempered clavier book 1 no 1 prelude and fugue in c major bwv 846. The welltempered clavier, book i preludes and fugues 1 24 a1. Friedrich gulda the welltempered clavier, book 1 2 cd. See all 7 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
From all the works written in the baroque era, no other work has been so well cherished, frequently performed and thoroughly studied than this work of bachs. The fugue has practically no episodes, and, as scholars have pointed out, the subject enters 24 times as a reference to the number of pf in book 1, which seems not. The well tempered clavier, book 1, bwv 846869 bluray disc version prelude and fugue no. The welltempered clavier book 2, preludes and fugues 18. Bach, the welltempered clavier, book i, fugue no 2 in c. It is written in stylo antico, following the, in 1722, already rather old fashioned ricercare type, and has some more or less obvious parallels in.
Philips classics 446 548 2,philips classics 446 548 2 10 series. The well tempered clavier i, fuga ix piano solo the well tempered clavier i, fuga viii piano solo the well tempered clavier i, fuga x piano. The well tempered clavier, book 1 2 cd 2 cd johann sebastian bach artist format. The prelude in c minor bwv 847 1 in the stage of development transmitted by anonymous 5. The welltempered clavier, book 1 bwv 846869 the welltempered clavier 1 is a collection of educational pieces with exceptionally high artistic contents. Johann sebastian bach the welltempered clavier, book 1, bwv 846 869. Js bach, the welltempered clavier book 1, detailed. Prelude and fugue in eflat minor and dsharp minor, bwv 853.
The welltempered clavier, complete schirmer library of classics volume 2057. Fugue no 1 in c major, bwv 846 the welltempered clavier. Bach friedrich gulda the welltempered clavier, book. A4 pages, 600 dpi scan with stamp added showing the printed source and a digital table of contents built by the uploader.
The release while it has virtues, which i will get to below is being oversold. The welltempered clavier wikipedia republished wiki 2. Bach, feltsman, vladimir welltempered clavier, book 1. The welltempered clavier, bwv 846893, collection of 48 preludes and fugues by johann sebastian bach, published in two books 1722 and 1742. Prelude and fugue eb major, bwv 852 well tempered clavier book i. The welltempered clavier, book i by david korevaar.
More richly notated version of the fugue in d minor bwv 851 2. The subject is used in the fugue both in its original form and in its inversion. Fugue d minor the fugue in d minor thrives on its interesting and contrastrich subject, and on its regular form. Well tempered clavier book i, fugue c major the fugue c maj is a beautifully flowing piece of music, which is seemingly the perfect choice to be the introductory fugue to book 1. Prelude e major the p book 1 emaj is a very gratifying piece of music. The neue bachausgabe gives an earlier version of this prelude duration. In bachs time clavier was a generic name indicating a variety of keyboard instruments, most typically a harpsichord or clavichord but not excluding an organ either the modern german spelling for the collection is. Bach, welltempered clavier book 1, fugue 2, c minor, bwv.
There are many recordings of the wtk but most are marred by affectation, inappropriate style, dull routine playing or poor recording. Intercord nb this wtk was issued on 4 individual cds so check the listing for which subset of 12 preludes and fugues of the total 48 is being sold. I would appreciate any info on ranking of the difficulty of the preludes in the well tempered clavier. C major, bwv 846, prelude prelude in c major, bwv 846a 1 1. The welltempered clavier, bwv 846893, is a collection of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, composed for solo keyboard by johann sebastian bach. The welltempered clavier, book 1, bwv 846869 johann. Bach the well tempered clavier, book i, bwv 846869. The welltempered clavier, complete schirmer library of. The welltempered clavier, book 2, bwv 870893 johann. In this recording i used the 4th harmonic pedal in resonance position only.
The well tempered clavier book 2, preludes and fugues 1 8 on spine. I know there have been discussions of ranking the difficulty of the well tempered clavier for example, bartok, but it is my understanding that those take into account the fugues as well. Bach loved numbers, symbolism, and symmetry, so this is very likely his way of showing that he intended to write 24 fugues altogether. Well tempered clavier book 1 schirmer library of classics volume piano solo. In the german of bachs time clavier was a generic name indicating a variety of keyboard instruments, most typically a harpsichord or clavichord but not excluding an organ either. It is accompanied by a eight 16th note countersubject, which enters the first time in bar three in the left hand. Its pastoral character is similar to various other works of jsb, such as the p book 2 amaj, or the sinfonia nr 6 emaj.