The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Jenő Jandó

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I is a collection of keyboard preludes and fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in 1722. The pieces exemplify Baroque contrapuntal technique and an exploration of well temperament for keyboard tuning, serving both pedagogical and compositional purposes in Bach's output and in the broader history of keyboard literature.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 1 in C major, BWV 846
    4:22
  2. 2.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847
    2:56
  3. 3.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 848
    3:31
  4. 4.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 849
    7:28
  5. 5.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 5 in D major, BWV 850
    2:59
  6. 6.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 6 in D minor, BWV 851
    3:13
  7. 7.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 852
    6:26
  8. 8.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 8 in E-flat minor - D-sharp minor, BWV 853
    8:25
  9. 9.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 9 in E major, BWV 854
    2:34
  10. 10.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 10 in E minor, BWV 855
    3:42
  11. 11.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 11 in F major, BWV 856
    2:11
  12. 12.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 12 in F minor, BWV 857
    7:07

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 858
    3:49
  2. 3.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 859
    3:31
  3. 4.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 15 in G major, BWV 860
    3:37
  4. 5.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 16 in G minor, BWV 861
    3:25
  5. 6.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 862
    3:47
  6. 7.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 863
    4:24
  7. 8.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 19 in A major, BWV 864
    3:31
  8. 9.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 20 in A minor, BWV 865
    6:09
  9. 10.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 866
    3:13
  10. 11.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 867
    5:12
  11. 12.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 23 in B major, BWV 868
    3:14
  12. 13.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 24 in B minor, BWV 869
    11:35

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