The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Daniel-Ben Pienaar

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II is a collection of keyboard preludes and fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach, compiled circa 1742. The set systematically traverses all 24 major and minor keys using contrapuntal textures and idiomatic keyboard writing to illustrate well-tempered tuning, and it occupies a central place in Bach's mature output and in the development of Western keyboard pedagogy and composition.
First released: 29th April 2005

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 882: Praeludium
    3:06
  2. 2.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 870: Praeludium
    2:20
  3. 3.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 882: Fuga
    2:24
  4. 4.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 870: Fuga
    1:20
  5. 5.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 871: Praeludium
    1:51
  6. 6.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 883: Praeludium
    3:07
  7. 7.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 883: Fuga
    3:34
  8. 8.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 871: Fuga
    1:53
  9. 9.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 872: Praeludium
    1:38
  10. 10.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G major, BWV 884: Praeludium
    2:14
  11. 11.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G major, BWV 884: Fuga
    1:10
  12. 12.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 872: Fuga
    1:38
  13. 13.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 873: Praeludium
    4:17
  14. 14.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G minor, BWV 885: Praeludium
    2:59
  15. 15.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G minor, BWV 885: Fuga
    2:16
  16. 16.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 873: Fuga
    1:42
  17. 17.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D major, BWV 874: Praeludium
    2:53
  18. 18.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 886: Praeludium
    3:21
  19. 19.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D major, BWV 874: Fuga
    1:48
  20. 20.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 886: Fuga
    2:54
  21. 21.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D minor, BWV 875: Praeludium
    1:20
  22. 22.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 887: Praeludium
    3:28
  23. 23.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 887: Fuga
    5:37
  24. 24.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D minor, BWV 875: Fuga
    1:28
  25. 25.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A major, BWV 888: Praeludium
    1:37
  26. 26.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 876: Praeludium
    2:20
  27. 27.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 876: Fuga
    1:15
  28. 28.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A major, BWV 888: Fuga
    1:06
  29. 29.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 20 in A minor, BWV 889: Praeludium
    2:48
  30. 30.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in D-sharp minor, BWV 877: Praeludium
    3:11
  31. 31.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 20 in A minor, BWV 889: Fuga
    1:26
  32. 32.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in D-sharp minor, BWV 877: Fuga
    3:22
  33. 33.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 890: Praeludium
    5:29
  34. 34.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E major, BWV 878: Praeludium
    2:16
  35. 35.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E major, BWV 878: Fuga
    3:26
  36. 36.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 890: Fuga
    2:38
  37. 37.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 10 in E minor, BWV 879: Praeludium
    2:04
  38. 38.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 891: Praeludium
    2:32
  39. 39.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 891: Fuga
    3:36
  40. 40.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 10 in E minor, BWV 879: Fuga
    2:07
  41. 41.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F major, BWV 880: Praeludium
    2:54
  42. 42.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in B major, BWV 892: Praeludium
    1:47
  43. 43.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in B major, BWV 892: Fuga
    3:35
  44. 44.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F major, BWV 880: Fuga
    1:35
  45. 45.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881: Praeludium
    3:23
  46. 46.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893: Praeludium
    2:15
  47. 47.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881: Fuga
    1:31
  48. 48.
    Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893: Fuga
    2:04

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