The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Glenn Gould

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I is a collection of 24 preludes and fugues for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, compiled in 1722. The work systematically explores every major and minor key to demonstrate the possibilities of well-tempered tuning and to provide pedagogical material and compositional models, combining strict contrapuntal writing with varied keyboard textures and forms and reflecting Bach's output during his Köthen years.
First released: 11th January 1994

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Prelude No. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 858
    2:16
  2. 2.
    Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846
    2:22
  3. 3.
    Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 858
    2:16
  4. 4.
    Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 846
    1:56
  5. 5.
    Prelude No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847
    2:08
  6. 6.
    Prelude No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 859
    1:01
  7. 7.
    Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 859
    3:52
  8. 8.
    Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847
    1:35
  9. 9.
    Prelude No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 848
    1:05
  10. 10.
    Prelude No. 15 in G major, BWV 860
    0:42
  11. 11.
    Fugue No. 15 in G major, BWV 860
    2:22
  12. 12.
    Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 848
    2:04
  13. 13.
    Prelude No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 849
    2:40
  14. 14.
    Prelude No. 16 in G minor, BWV 861
    2:30
  15. 15.
    Fugue No. 16 in G minor, BWV 861
    2:17
  16. 16.
    Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 849
    3:06
  17. 17.
    Prelude No. 5 in D major, BWV 850
    1:06
  18. 18.
    Prelude No. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 862
    1:23
  19. 19.
    Fugue No. 5 in D major, BWV 850
    1:42
  20. 20.
    Fugue No. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 862
    1:31
  21. 21.
    Prelude No. 6 in D minor, BWV 851
    1:19
  22. 22.
    Prelude No. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 863
    1:22
  23. 23.
    Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 863
    1:48
  24. 24.
    Fugue No. 6 in D minor, BWV 851
    1:44
  25. 25.
    Prelude No. 19 in A major, BWV 864
    1:00
  26. 26.
    Prelude No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 852
    4:13
  27. 27.
    Fugue No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 852
    1:45
  28. 28.
    Fugue No. 19 in A major, BWV 864
    2:24
  29. 29.
    Prelude No. 20 in A minor, BWV 865
    1:11
  30. 30.
    Prelude No. 8 in E-flat minor, BWV 853
    3:39
  31. 31.
    Fugue No. 20 in A minor, BWV 865
    3:25
  32. 32.
    Fugue No. 8 in D-sharp minor, BWV 853
    5:14
  33. 33.
    Prelude No. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 866
    1:10
  34. 34.
    Prelude No. 9 in E major, BWV 854
    1:34
  35. 35.
    Fugue No. 9 in E major, BWV 854
    1:04
  36. 36.
    Fugue No. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 866
    1:26
  37. 37.
    Prelude No. 10 in E minor, BWV 855
    2:50
  38. 38.
    Prelude No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 867
    3:57
  39. 39.
    Fugue No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 867
    5:11
  40. 40.
    Fugue No. 10 in E minor, BWV 855
    1:01
  41. 41.
    Prelude No. 11 in F major, BWV 856
    0:57
  42. 42.
    Prelude No. 23 in B major, BWV 868
    0:58
  43. 43.
    Fugue No. 23 in B major, BWV 868
    1:36
  44. 44.
    Fugue No. 11 in F major, BWV 856
    1:19
  45. 45.
    Prelude No. 12 in F minor, BWV 857
    4:56
  46. 46.
    Prelude No. 24 in B minor, BWV 869
    2:14
  47. 47.
    Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 857
    3:23
  48. 48.
    Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 869
    3:44

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