The Well-Tempered Clavier I

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Maurizio Pollini

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I is a collection of keyboard preludes and fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach, compiled in 1722. Written in the Baroque idiom, it systematically explores tempered tuning and contrapuntal textures across all major and minor keys, functioning both as a pedagogical compendium for keyboard technique and as a milestone in the development of Western classical harmony and counterpoint.
First released: 15th October 2009

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Praeludium XIII in F-sharp major, BWV 858
    1:15
  2. 2.
    Praeludium I in C major, BWV 846
    1:52
  3. 3.
    Fuga XIII in F-sharp major, BWV 858
    1:51
  4. 4.
    Fuga I in C major, BWV 846
    1:56
  5. 5.
    Praeludium II in C minor, BWV 847
    1:30
  6. 6.
    Praeludium XIV in F-sharp minor, BWV 859
    1:03
  7. 7.
    Fuga XIV in F-sharp minor, BWV 859
    3:28
  8. 8.
    Fuga II in C minor, BWV 847
    1:40
  9. 9.
    Praeludium III in C-sharp major, BWV 848
    1:13
  10. 10.
    Praeludium XV in G major, BWV 860
    0:56
  11. 11.
    Fuga XV in G major, BWV 860
    2:51
  12. 12.
    Fuga III in C-sharp major, BWV 848
    2:14
  13. 13.
    Praeludium IV in C-sharp minor, BWV 849
    2:43
  14. 14.
    Praeludium XVI in G minor, BWV 861
    1:59
  15. 15.
    Fuga XVI in G minor, BWV 861
    2:19
  16. 16.
    Fuga IV in C-sharp minor, BWV 849
    4:47
  17. 17.
    Praeludium V in D major, BWV 850
    1:11
  18. 18.
    Praeludium XVII in A-flat major, BWV 862
    1:32
  19. 19.
    Fuga V in D major, BWV 850
    1:47
  20. 20.
    Fuga XVII in A-flat major, BWV 862
    2:20
  21. 21.
    Praeludium VI in D minor, BWV 851
    1:25
  22. 22.
    Praeludium XVIII in G-sharp minor, BWV 863
    1:33
  23. 23.
    Fuga XVIII in G-sharp minor, BWV 863
    2:36
  24. 24.
    Fuga VI in D minor, BWV 851
    1:58
  25. 25.
    Praeludium XIX in A major, BWV 864
    1:13
  26. 26.
    Praeludium VII in E-flat major, BWV 852
    3:58
  27. 27.
    Fuga VII in E-flat major, BWV 852
    1:39
  28. 28.
    Fuga XIX in A major, BWV 864
    2:18
  29. 29.
    Praeludium XX in A minor, BWV 865
    1:02
  30. 30.
    Praeludium VIII in E-flat minor, BWV 853
    3:23
  31. 31.
    Fuga XX in A minor, BWV 865
    3:46
  32. 32.
    Fuga VIII in D-sharp minor, BWV 853
    5:59
  33. 33.
    Praeludium XXI in B-flat major, BWV 866
    1:10
  34. 34.
    Praeludium IX in E major, BWV 854
    1:23
  35. 35.
    Fuga IX in E major, BWV 854
    1:11
  36. 36.
    Fuga XXI in B-flat major, BWV 866
    1:32
  37. 37.
    Praeludium X in E minor, BWV 855
    2:18
  38. 38.
    Praeludium XXII in B-flat minor, BWV 867
    3:00
  39. 39.
    Fuga XXII in B-flat minor, BWV 867
    3:32
  40. 40.
    Fuga X in E minor, BWV 855
    1:10
  41. 41.
    Praeludium XI in F major, BWV 856
    0:54
  42. 42.
    Praeludium XXIII in B major, BWV 868
    1:19
  43. 43.
    Fuga XXIII in B major, BWV 868
    2:05
  44. 44.
    Fuga XI in F major, BWV 856
    1:14
  45. 45.
    Praeludium XII in F minor, BWV 857
    2:02
  46. 46.
    Praeludium XXIV in B minor, BWV 869
    5:07
  47. 47.
    Fuga XII in F minor, BWV 857
    3:57
  48. 48.
    Fuga XXIV in B minor, BWV 869
    7:03

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