The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I Preludes and Fugues 1-8
Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Glenn Gould
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (1722) is a collection of keyboard compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. Written in the Baroque idiom, the set pairs preludes and fugues in each key to explore well-tempered tuning and contrapuntal technique, presenting a wide range of textures and formal approaches that shaped later keyboard repertoire and compositional practice.
First released: 1963

Tracklist
- 1.Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude2:24
- 2.Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Fugue1:56
- 3.Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847: Prelude2:09
- 4.Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847: Fugue1:35
- 5.Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 3 in C sharp major, BWV 848: Prelude1:05
- 6.Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 3 in C sharp major, BWV 848: Fugue2:04
- 7.Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 4 in C sharp minor, BWV 849: Prelude2:41
- 8.Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 4 in C sharp minor, BWV 849: Fugue3:06
- 9.Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 5 in D major, BWV 850: Prelude1:07
- 10.Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 5 in D major, BWV 850: Fugue1:42
- 11.Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 6 in D minor, BWV 851: Prelude1:20
- 12.Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 6 in D minor, BWV 851: Fugue1:44
- 13.Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 7 in E flat major, BWV 852: Prelude4:13
- 14.Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 7 in E flat major, BWV 852: Fugue1:45
- 15.Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 8 in E flat minor, BWV 853: Prelude3:40
- 16.Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 8 in E flat minor, BWV 853: Fugue5:13