Glenn Gould Plays Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Books I & II

Album by Glenn Gould

Glenn Gould Plays Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Books I & II is a studio album by Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, released in 1962. The recording presents Bach's Baroque keyboard repertoire with precise articulation, transparent voicing and distinctive tempo choices, and it occupies a central place in Gould's discography as a studio documentation of his approach to Bach's contrapuntal writing.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Prelude no. 1 in C major
    2:24
  2. 2.
    Fugue no. 1 in C major
    1:56
  3. 3.
    Prelude no. 2 in C minor
    2:08
  4. 4.
    Fugue no. 2 in C minor
    1:35
  5. 5.
    Prelude no. 3 in C-sharp major
    1:05
  6. 6.
    Fugue no. 3 in C-sharp major
    2:03
  7. 7.
    Prelude no. 4 in C-sharp minor
    2:41
  8. 8.
    Fugue no. 4 in C-sharp minor
    3:06
  9. 9.
    Prelude no. 5 in D major
    1:06
  10. 10.
    Fugue no. 5 in D major
    1:42
  11. 11.
    Prelude no. 6 in D minor
    1:20
  12. 12.
    Fugue no. 6 in D minor
    1:44
  13. 13.
    Prelude no. 7 in E-flat major
    4:12
  14. 14.
    Fugue no. 7 in E-flat major
    1:45
  15. 15.
    Prelude no. 8 in E-flat minor
    3:39
  16. 16.
    Fugue no. 8 in D-sharp minor
    5:13
  17. 17.
    Prelude no. 9 in E major
    1:35
  18. 18.
    Fugue no. 9 in E major
    1:03
  19. 19.
    Prelude no. 10 in E minor
    2:50
  20. 20.
    Fugue no. 10 in E minor
    1:00
  21. 21.
    Prelude no. 11 in F major
    0:58
  22. 22.
    Fugue no. 11 in F major
    1:18
  23. 23.
    Prelude no. 12 in F minor
    4:56
  24. 24.
    Fugue no. 12 in F minor
    3:25

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Prelude no. 13 in F-sharp major
    2:18
  2. 3.
    Fugue no. 13 in F-Sharp major
    2:16
  3. 4.
    Prelude no. 14 in F-Sharp minor
    1:01
  4. 5.
    Fugue no. 14 in F-Sharp minor
    3:51
  5. 6.
    Prelude no. 15 in G major
    0:43
  6. 7.
    Fugue no. 15 in G major
    2:22
  7. 8.
    Prelude no. 16 in G minor
    2:30
  8. 9.
    Fugue no. 16 in G minor
    2:18
  9. 10.
    Prelude no. 17 in A-flat major
    1:23
  10. 11.
    Fugue no. 17 in A-flat major
    1:31
  11. 12.
    Prelude no. 18 in G-sharp minor
    1:22
  12. 13.
    Fugue no. 18 in G-Sharp minor
    1:48
  13. 14.
    Prelude no. 19 in a major
    1:00
  14. 15.
    Fugue no. 19 in a major
    2:24
  15. 16.
    Prelude no. 20 in a minor
    1:11
  16. 17.
    Fugue no. 20 in a minor
    3:25
  17. 18.
    Prelude no. 21 in B-flat major
    1:10
  18. 19.
    Fugue no. 21 in B-flat major
    1:25
  19. 20.
    Prelude no. 22 in B-flat minor
    3:57
  20. 21.
    Fugue no. 22 in B-Flat minor
    5:11
  21. 22.
    Prelude no. 23 in B major
    0:59
  22. 23.
    Fugue no. 23 in B major
    1:36
  23. 24.
    Prelude no. 24 in B minor
    2:14
  24. 25.
    Fugue no. 24 in B minor
    3:46

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