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BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier - Angela Hewitt (2008 Recording - 4 CDs)

BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier - Angela Hewitt (2008 Recording - 4 CDs)

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The well-tempered Clavier Book 1 BWV846-869[117'48]
CD1
1
No 1 in C major, BWV846. Movement 1: Prelude[2'20]
2
No 1 in C major, BWV846. Movement 2: Fugue[2'08]
3
No 2 in C minor, BWV847. Movement 1: Prelude[1'35]
4
No 2 in C minor, BWV847. Movement 2: Fugue[1'52]
5
No 3 in C sharp major, BWV848. Movement 1: Prelude[1'23]
6
No 3 in C sharp major, BWV848. Movement 2: Fugue[2'19]
7
No 4 in C sharp minor, BWV849. Movement 1: Prelude[3'04]
8
No 4 in C sharp minor, BWV849. Movement 2: Fugue[5'24]
9
No 5 in D major, BWV850. Movement 1: Prelude[1'24]
10
No 5 in D major, BWV850. Movement 2: Fugue[2'13]
11
No 6 in D minor, BWV851. Movement 1: Prelude[1'40]
12
No 6 in D minor, BWV851. Movement 2: Fugue[2'59]
13
No 7 in E flat major, BWV852. Movement 1: Prelude[3'44]
14
No 7 in E flat major, BWV852. Movement 2: Fugue[1'40]
15
No 8 in E flat minor, BWV853. Movement 1: Prelude[3'58]
16
No 8 in E flat minor, BWV853. Movement 2: Fugue[5'16]
17
No 9 in E major, BWV854. Movement 1: Prelude[1'24]
18
No 9 in E major, BWV854. Movement 2: Fugue[1'06]
19
No 10 in E minor, BWV855. Movement 1: Prelude[2'19]
20
No 10 in E minor, BWV855. Movement 2: Fugue[1'10]
21
No 11 in F major, BWV856. Movement 1: Prelude[1'02]
22
No 11 in F major, BWV856. Movement 2: Fugue[1'38]
23
No 12 in F minor, BWV857. Movement 1: Prelude[2'12]
24
No 12 in F minor, BWV857. Movement 2: Fugue[4'55]
CD2
25
No 13 in F sharp major, BWV858. Movement 1: Prelude[1'31]
26
No 13 in F sharp major, BWV858. Movement 2: Fugue[2'19]
27
No 14 in F sharp minor, BWV859. Movement 1: Prelude[1'01]
28
No 14 in F sharp minor, BWV859. Movement 2: Fugue[3'16]
29
No 15 in G major, BWV860. Movement 1: Prelude[0'54]
30
No 15 in G major, BWV860. Movement 2: Fugue[2'50]
31
No 16 in G minor, BWV861. Movement 1: Prelude[2'15]
32
No 16 in G minor, BWV861. Movement 2: Fugue[1'41]
33
No 17 in A flat major, BWV862. Movement 1: Prelude[1'22]
34
No 17 in A flat major, BWV862. Movement 2: Fugue[3'10]
35
No 18 in G sharp minor, BWV863. Movement 1: Prelude[1'30]
36
No 18 in G sharp minor, BWV863. Movement 2: Fugue[2'07]
37
No 19 in A major, BWV864. Movement 1: Prelude[1'28]
38
No 19 in A major, BWV864. Movement 2: Fugue[2'00]
39
No 20 in A minor, BWV865. Movement 1: Prelude[0'59]
40
No 20 in A minor, BWV865. Movement 2: Fugue[5'33]
41
No 21 in B flat major, BWV866. Movement 1: Prelude[1'25]
42
No 21 in B flat major, BWV866. Movement 2: Fugue[1'45]
43
No 22 in B flat minor, BWV867. Movement 1: Prelude[3'51]
44
No 22 in B flat minor, BWV867. Movement 2: Fugue[3'08]
45
No 23 in B major, BWV868. Movement 1: Prelude[0'57]
46
No 23 in B major, BWV868. Movement 2: Fugue[2'24]
47
No 24 in B minor, BWV869. Movement 1: Prelude[4'40]
48
No 24 in B minor, BWV869. Movement 2: Fugue[6'57]
The well-tempered Clavier Book 2 BWV870-893[152'36]
CD3
49
No 1 in C major, BWV870. Movement 1: Prelude[3'04]
50
No 1 in C major, BWV870. Movement 2: Fugue[1'39]
51
No 2 in C minor, BWV871. Movement 1: Prelude[2'27]
52
No 2 in C minor, BWV871. Movement 2: Fugue[2'53]
53
No 3 in C sharp major, BWV872. Movement 1: Prelude[1'41]
54
No 3 in C sharp major, BWV872. Movement 2: Fugue[2'08]
55
No 4 in C sharp minor, BWV873. Movement 1: Prelude[4'47]
56
No 4 in C sharp minor, BWV873. Movement 2: Fugue[2'22]
57
No 5 in D major, BWV874. Movement 1: Prelude[5'49]
58
No 5 in D major, BWV874. Movement 2: Fugue[2'59]
59
No 6 in D minor, BWV875. Movement 1: Prelude[1'34]
60
No 6 in D minor, BWV875. Movement 2: Fugue[2'22]
61
No 7 in E flat major, BWV876. Movement 1: Prelude[2'47]
62
No 7 in E flat major, BWV876. Movement 2: Fugue[1'55]
63
No 8 in D sharp minor, BWV877. Movement 1: Prelude[4'18]
64
No 8 in D sharp minor, BWV877. Movement 2: Fugue[5'00]
65
No 9 in E major, BWV878. Movement 1: Prelude[4'41]
66
No 9 in E major, BWV878. Movement 2: Fugue[4'17]
67
No 10 in E minor, BWV879. Movement 1: Prelude[3'40]
68
No 10 in E minor, BWV879. Movement 2: Fugue[2'51]
69
No 11 in F major, BWV880. Movement 1: Prelude[3'31]
70
No 11 in F major, BWV880. Movement 2: Fugue[1'46]
71
No 12 in F minor, BWV881. Movement 1: Prelude[5'06]
72
No 12 in F minor, BWV881. Movement 2: Fugue[1'49]
CD4
73
No 13 in F sharp major, BWV882. Movement 1: Prelude[3'35]
74
No 13 in F sharp major, BWV882. Movement 2: Fugue[2'35]
75
No 14 in F sharp minor, BWV883. Movement 1: Prelude[3'21]
76
No 14 in F sharp minor, BWV883. Movement 2: Fugue[3'38]
77
No 15 in G major, BWV884. Movement 1: Prelude[2'32]
78
No 15 in G major, BWV884. Movement 2: Fugue[1'14]
79
No 16 in G minor, BWV885. Movement 1: Prelude[4'03]
80
No 16 in G minor, BWV885. Movement 2: Fugue[2'45]
81
No 17 in A flat major, BWV886. Movement 1: Prelude[4'17]
82
No 17 in A flat major, BWV886. Movement 2: Fugue[3'47]
83
No 18 in G sharp minor, BWV887. Movement 1: Prelude[4'06]
84
No 18 in G sharp minor, BWV887. Movement 2: Fugue[3'21]
85
No 19 in A major, BWV888. Movement 1: Prelude[2'21]
86
No 19 in A major, BWV888. Movement 2: Fugue[1'13]
87
No 20 in A minor, BWV889. Movement 1: Prelude[4'15]
88
No 20 in A minor, BWV889. Movement 2: Fugue[1'42]
89
No 21 in B flat major, BWV890. Movement 1: Prelude[7'19]
90
No 21 in B flat major, BWV890. Movement 2: Fugue[2'39]
91
No 22 in B flat minor, BWV891. Movement 1: Prelude[3'29]
92
No 22 in B flat minor, BWV891. Movement 2: Fugue[4'54]
93
No 23 in B major, BWV892. Movement 1: Prelude[1'52]
94
No 23 in B major, BWV892. Movement 2: Fugue[3'50]
95
No 24 in B minor, BWV893. Movement 1: Prelude[2'29]
96
No 24 in B minor, BWV893. Movement 2: Fugue[1'53]


Ten years ago Angela Hewitt recorded a version of The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I which dazzled the critical world and record-buying public. It was followed shortly afterwards by Book II which was similarly received. Now, fresh from her Bach World Tour—in which she performed the complete Well-Tempered Clavier from August 2007 until the end of October 2008 in 58 cities in 21 countries on six continents—Angela has made an entirely new recording of this most iconic of keyboard works.

In a revealing and personal programme note, Angela explains her reasons, both artistic and emotional, for this momentous creative decision. She speaks of the ‘new-found freedom’ that she discovered in her later performances, and especially her use of Fazioli pianos, ‘whose luminous, powerful, and also ever so delicate sounds opened new worlds to me and allowed my imagination to take flight’.

This is an unmissable new release.

All of the music on this album is also available as part of the specially priced box set Angela Hewitt plays Bach: 'A magnificent retrospective of Angela Hewitt’s achievement as a pianist in the keyboard works of J S Bach … this remarkable set of recordings marks something of a milestone for everyone involved with classical music, as well as for Hyperion' (MusicWeb International).

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