The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Daniel-Ben Pienaar

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I is a collection of 24 preludes and fugues for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in 1722. The set systematically explores all major and minor keys through contrapuntal preludes and fugues, demonstrating Baroque counterpoint and keyboard technique and contributing to developments in tuning and pedagogical repertoire.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Prelude no. 1 in C major, BWV 846
    1:29
  2. 2.
    Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846
    2:01
  3. 3.
    Prelude no. 2 in C minor, BWV 847
    1:33
  4. 4.
    Fugue no. 2 in C minor, BWV 847
    1:25
  5. 5.
    Prelude no. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 848
    1:03
  6. 6.
    Fugue no. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 848
    1:58
  7. 7.
    Prelude no. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 849
    3:11
  8. 8.
    Fugue no. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 849
    5:33
  9. 9.
    Prelude no. 5 in D major, BWV 850
    0:58
  10. 10.
    Fugue no. 5 in D major, BWV 850
    1:34
  11. 11.
    Prelude no. 6 in D minor, BWV 851
    1:27
  12. 12.
    Fugue no. 6 in D minor, BWV 851
    1:10
  13. 13.
    Prelude no. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 852
    4:06
  14. 14.
    Fugue no. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 852
    1:29
  15. 15.
    Prelude no. 8 in E-flat minor, BWV 853
    3:25
  16. 16.
    Fugue no. 8 in D-sharp minor, BWV 853
    4:13
  17. 17.
    Prelude no. 9 in E major, BWV 854
    1:09
  18. 18.
    Fugue no. 9 in E major, BWV 854
    0:54
  19. 19.
    Prelude no. 10 in E minor, BWV 855
    1:49
  20. 20.
    Fugue no. 10 in E minor, BWV 855
    1:02
  21. 21.
    Prelude no. 11 in F major, BWV 856
    0:50
  22. 22.
    Fugue no. 11 in F major, BWV 856
    1:04
  23. 23.
    Prelude no. 12 in F minor, BWV 857
    3:36
  24. 24.
    Fugue no. 12 in F minor, BWV 857
    2:58

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Prelude no. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 858
    2:24
  2. 3.
    Fugue no. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 858
    1:33
  3. 4.
    Prelude no. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 859
    0:48
  4. 5.
    Fugue no. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 859
    3:55
  5. 6.
    Prelude no. 15 in G major, BWV 860
    0:45
  6. 7.
    Fugue no. 15 in G major, BWV 860
    2:34
  7. 8.
    Prelude no. 16 in G minor, BWV 861
    2:30
  8. 9.
    Fugue no. 16 in G minor, BWV 861
    2:05
  9. 10.
    Prelude no. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 862
    1:04
  10. 11.
    Fugue no. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 862
    2:21
  11. 12.
    Prelude no. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 863
    1:02
  12. 13.
    Fugue no. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 863
    1:54
  13. 14.
    Prelude no. 19 in A major, BWV 864
    1:09
  14. 15.
    Fugue no. 19 in A major, BWV 864
    1:45
  15. 16.
    Prelude no. 20 in A minor, BWV 865
    0:58
  16. 17.
    Fugue no. 20 in A minor, BWV 865
    4:25
  17. 18.
    Prelude no. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 866
    1:10
  18. 19.
    Fugue no. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 866
    1:36
  19. 20.
    Prelude no. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 867
    3:31
  20. 21.
    Fugue no. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 867
    5:53
  21. 22.
    Prelude no. 23 in B major, BWV 868
    0:52
  22. 23.
    Fugue no. 23 in B major, BWV 868
    1:59
  23. 24.
    Prelude no. 24 in B minor, BWV 869
    5:09
  24. 25.
    Fugue no. 24 in B minor, BWV 869
    7:42

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