The Well-Tempered Clavier

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Vladimir Ashkenazy

The Well-Tempered Clavier is a collection of keyboard preludes and fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in two books in 1722 and 1742. The works exemplify Baroque keyboard style and explore all 24 major and minor keys to demonstrate the possibilities of well temperament, serving both pedagogical and compositional purposes and influencing subsequent developments in harmony and keyboard technique.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No.1 in C major BWV 846: Prelude
    2:41
  2. 2.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No.1 in C major BWV 846 : Fugue
    2:12
  3. 3.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.2 in C minor BWV 847 - Prelude
    1:34
  4. 4.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.2 in C minor BWV 847 - Fugue
    1:35
  5. 5.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.3 in C sharp major BWV 848 - Prelude
    1:09
  6. 6.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.3 in C sharp major BWV 848 - Fugue
    2:12
  7. 7.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.4 in C sharp minor BWV 849 - Prelude
    3:16
  8. 8.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.4 in C sharp minor BWV 849 - Fugue
    4:40
  9. 9.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.5 in D major BWV 850 - Prelude
    1:06
  10. 10.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.5 in D major BWV 850 - Fugue
    1:52
  11. 11.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.6 in D minor BWV 851 - Prelude
    1:17
  12. 12.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.6 in D minor BWV 851 - Fugue
    2:13
  13. 13.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.7 in E flat major BWV 852 - Prelude
    3:40
  14. 14.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.7 in E flat major BWV 852 - Fugue
    1:44
  15. 15.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.8 in E flat minor D sharp minor BWV 853 - Prelude (E flat minor)
    4:32
  16. 16.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.8 in E flat minor D sharp minor BWV 853 - Fugue (D sharp minor)
    5:38
  17. 17.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.9 in E major BWV 854 - Prelude
    1:38
  18. 18.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.9 in E major BWV 854 - Fugue
    1:06
  19. 19.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.10 in E minor BWV 855 - Prelude
    2:27
  20. 20.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.10 in E minor BWV 855 - Fugue
    1:06
  21. 21.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.11 in F major BWV 856 - Prelude
    0:58
  22. 22.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.11 in F major BWV 856 - Fugue
    1:03
  23. 23.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.12 in F minor BWV 857 - Prelude
    2:50
  24. 24.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.12 in F minor BWV 857 - Fugue
    4:10
  25. 25.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.13 in F sharp major BWV 858 - Prelude
    1:25
  26. 26.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.13 in F sharp major BWV 858 - Fugue
    2:13
  27. 27.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.14 in F sharp minor BWV 859 - Prelude
    1:04
  28. 28.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.14 in F sharp minor BWV 859 - Fugue
    3:23
  29. 29.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.15 in G major BWV 860 - Prelude
    0:50
  30. 30.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.15 in G major BWV 860 - Fugue
    2:23
  31. 31.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.16 in G minor BWV 861 - Prelude
    2:13
  32. 32.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.16 in G minor BWV 861 - Fugue
    1:57
  33. 33.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.17 in A flat major BWV 862 - Prelude
    1:11
  34. 34.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.17 in A flat major BWV 862 - Fugue
    1:56
  35. 35.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.18 in G sharp minor BWV 863 - Prelude
    1:53
  36. 36.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - No.18 in G sharp minor BWV 863 - Fugue
    2:49

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude No. 19 in A major, BWV 864
    1:21
  2. 3.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Fugue No. 19 in A major, BWV 864
    1:50
  3. 4.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude No. 20 in A minor, BWV 865
    1:03
  4. 5.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Fugue No. 20 in A minor, BWV 865
    4:02
  5. 6.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude No. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 866
    1:10
  6. 7.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Fugue No. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 866
    1:22
  7. 8.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 867
    2:48
  8. 9.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Fugue No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 867
    2:56
  9. 10.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude No. 23 in B major, BWV 868
    0:47
  10. 11.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Fugue No. 23 in B major, BWV 868
    1:59
  11. 12.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude No. 24 in B minor, BWV 869
    6:20
  12. 13.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 869
    5:58
  13. 14.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 870
    2:02
  14. 15.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 870
    1:32
  15. 16.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 2 in C minor, BWV 871
    2:06
  16. 17.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 871
    2:07
  17. 18.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 872
    1:39
  18. 19.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 872
    1:53
  19. 20.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 873
    3:43
  20. 21.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 873
    2:14
  21. 22.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 5 in D major, BWV 874
    3:19
  22. 23.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 5 in D major, BWV 874
    3:16
  23. 24.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 6 in D minor, BWV 875
    1:39
  24. 25.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 6 in D minor, BWV 875
    1:51
  25. 26.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 876
    2:21
  26. 27.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 876
    2:25
  27. 28.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 8 in D-sharp minor, BWV 877
    3:42
  28. 29.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 8 in D-sharp minor, BWV 877
    4:20
  29. 30.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 9 in E major, BWV 878
    3:55
  30. 31.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 9 in E major, BWV 878
    2:37

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 10 in E minor, BWV 879
    3:43
  2. 4.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 10 in E minor, BWV 879
    3:08
  3. 5.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 11 in F major, BWV 880
    2:49
  4. 6.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 11 in F major, BWV 880
    1:36
  5. 7.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881
    4:17
  6. 8.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881
    1:42
  7. 9.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 882
    3:05
  8. 10.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 882
    2:28
  9. 11.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 883
    3:02
  10. 12.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 883
    4:51
  11. 13.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 15 in G major, BWV 884
    2:07
  12. 14.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 15 in G major, BWV 884
    1:10
  13. 15.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 16 in G minor, BWV 885
    2:38
  14. 16.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 16 in G minor, BWV 885
    2:32
  15. 17.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 886
    3:03
  16. 18.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 886
    1:56
  17. 19.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 887
    4:03
  18. 20.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 887
    3:12
  19. 21.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 19 in A major, BWV 888
    1:42
  20. 22.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 19 in A major, BWV 888
    1:17
  21. 23.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 20 in A minor, BWV 889
    4:31
  22. 24.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 20 in A minor, BWV 889
    2:01
  23. 25.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 890
    2:47
  24. 26.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 890
    1:52
  25. 27.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 891
    1:48
  26. 28.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 891
    3:48
  27. 29.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 23 in B major, BWV 892
    1:50
  28. 30.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 23 in B major, BWV 892
    2:45
  29. 31.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893
    2:02
  30. 32.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893
    1:36

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