Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 - Andreas Staier (2 CDs)

With the two books of The Well-Tempered Clavier, Johann Sebastian Bach left posterity one of the most dazzling masterpieces in the history of music. Formal rigour and musical emotion meet in perfect communion. Following several outstanding recordings of other works by Bach, Andreas Staier invites us to climb this Everest once again, but starting, as it were, with the north face, the second book, and revealing its poetry, its sensibility and its daunting architecture with the utmost naturalness.

Bach: Prelude in C Major BWV 870
2 Bach: Fugue in C Major BWV 870
3 Bach: Prelude in C minor BWV 871
4 Bach: Fugue in C minor BWV 871
5 Bach: Prelude in C-Sharp Major BWV 872
6 Bach: Fugue in C-Sharp Major BWV 872
7 Bach: Prelude in C-Sharp minor BWV 873
8 Bach: Fugue in C-Sharp minor BWV 873
9 Bach: Prelude in D Major BWV 874
10 Bach: Fugue in D Major BWV 874
11 Bach: Prelude in D minor BWV 875
12 Bach: Fugue in D minor BWV 875
13 Bach: Prelude in E-Flat Major BWV 876
14 Bach: Fugue in E-Flat Major BWV 876
15 Bach: Prelude in D-Sharp minor BWV 877
16 Bach: Fugue in D-Sharp minor BWV 877
17 Bach: Prelude in E Major BWV 878
18 Bach: Fugue in E Major BWV 878
19 Bach: Prelude in E minor BWV 879
20 Bach: Fugue in E minor BWV 879
21 Bach: Prelude in F Major 880
22 Bach: Fugue in F Major BWV 880
23 Bach: Prelude in F minor BWV 881
24 Bach: Fugue in F minor BWV 881
25 Bach: Prelude in F-Sharp Major BWV 882
26 Bach: Fugue in F-Sharp Major BWV 882
27 Bach: Prelude in F-Sharp minor BWV 883
28 Bach: Fugue in F-Sharp minor BWV 883
29 Bach: Prelude in G Major BWV 884
30 Bach: Fugue in G Major BWV 884
31 Bach: Prelude in G minor BWV 885
32 Bach: Fugue in G minor BWV 885
33 Bach: Prelude in A-Flat Major BWV 886
34 Bach: Fugue in A-Flat Major BWV 886
35 Bach: Prelude in G-Sharp minor BWV 887
36 Bach: Fugue in G-Sharp minor BWV 887
37 Bach: Prelude in a Major BWV 888
38 Bach: Fugue in a Major BWV 888
39 Bach: Prelude in a Minor BWV 889
40 Bach: Fugue in a Minor BWV 889
41 Bach: Prelude in B-Flat Major 890
42 Bach: Fugue in B-Flat Major BWV 890
43 Bach: Prelude in B-Flat minor BWV 891
44 Bach: Fugue in B-Flat minor BWV 891
45 Bach: Prelude in B Major BWV 892
46 Bach: Fugue in B Major BWV 892
47 Bach: Prelude in B minor BWV 893
48 Bach: Fugue in B minor BWV 893