The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Edward Aldwell

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II is a collection of 24 preludes and fugues for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, completed in 1742. Composed in Bach's mature Baroque period as a follow-up to Book I, the work systematically explores all major and minor keys and functions as both a technical and theoretical study of temperament and contrapuntal practice, informing subsequent developments in keyboard technique and harmony.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Prelude no. 1 in C major, BWV 870
    3:03
  2. 2.
    Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 870
    1:49
  3. 3.
    Prelude no. 2 in C minor, BWV 871
    1:28
  4. 4.
    Fugue no. 2 in C minor, BWV 871
    2:57
  5. 5.
    Prelude no. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 872
    2:48
  6. 6.
    Fugue no. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 872
    2:03
  7. 7.
    Prelude no. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 873
    4:02
  8. 8.
    Fugue no. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 873
    2:34
  9. 9.
    Prelude no. 5 in D major, BWV 874
    3:45
  10. 10.
    Fugue no. 5 in D major, BWV 874
    4:02
  11. 11.
    Prelude no. 6 in D minor, BWV 875
    1:34
  12. 12.
    Fugue no. 6 in D minor, BWV 875
    2:16
  13. 13.
    Prelude no. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 876
    3:06
  14. 14.
    Fugue no. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 876
    2:02
  15. 15.
    Prelude no. 8 in D-sharp minor, BWV 877
    2:15
  16. 16.
    Fugue no. 8 in D-sharp minor, BWV 877
    4:45
  17. 17.
    Prelude no. 9 in E major, BWV 878
    2:32
  18. 18.
    Fugue no. 9 in E major, BWV 878
    2:58
  19. 19.
    Prelude no. 10 in E minor, BWV 879
    2:19
  20. 20.
    Fugue no. 10 in E minor, BWV 879
    3:23
  21. 21.
    Prelude no. 11 in F major, BWV 880
    4:35
  22. 22.
    Fugue no. 11 in F major, BWV 880
    1:52
  23. 23.
    Prelude no. 12 in F minor, BWV 881
    4:36
  24. 24.
    Fugue no. 12 in F minor, BWV 881
    2:05
  25. 25.
    Prelude no. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 882
    3:26
  26. 26.
    Fugue no. 13 in F-sharp minor, BWV 882
    2:23

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Prelude no. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 883
    3:06
  2. 3.
    Fugue no. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 883
    5:04
  3. 4.
    Prelude no. 15 in G major, BWV 884
    2:02
  4. 5.
    Fugue no. 15 in G major, BWV 884
    1:24
  5. 6.
    Prelude no. 16 in G minor, BWV 885
    2:07
  6. 7.
    Fugue no. 16 in G minor, BWV 885
    3:33
  7. 8.
    Prelude no. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 886
    4:41
  8. 9.
    Fugue no. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 886
    4:24
  9. 10.
    Prelude no. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 887
    3:51
  10. 11.
    Fugue no. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 887
    5:28
  11. 12.
    Prelude no. 19 in A major, BWV 888
    2:04
  12. 13.
    Fugue no. 19 in A major, BWV 888
    1:33
  13. 14.
    Prelude no. 20 in A minor, BWV 889
    3:14
  14. 15.
    Fugue no. 20 in A minor, BWV 889
    1:38
  15. 16.
    Prelude no. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 890
    4:47
  16. 17.
    Fugue no. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 890
    2:28
  17. 18.
    Prelude no. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 891
    2:51
  18. 19.
    Fugue no. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 891
    4:22
  19. 20.
    Prelude no. 23 in B major, BWV 892
    2:26
  20. 21.
    Fugue no. 23 in B major, BWV 892
    4:02
  21. 22.
    Prelude no. 24 in B minor, BWV 893
    2:44
  22. 23.
    Fugue no. 24 in B minor, BWV 893
    1:54

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