The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Daniel Barenboim

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II is a collection of keyboard preludes and fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach, compiled around 1742. Written in the contrapuntal Baroque idiom, the pieces systematically explore all 24 major and minor keys to demonstrate tempered tuning and keyboard technique, and they stand as a later expansion of Book I that helped codify compositional methods and pedagogy for keyboard players.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 1 in C major, BWV 870 - I. Prelude
    3:14
  2. 2.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 1 in C major, BWV 870 - II. Fugue
    1:53
  3. 3.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 2 in C minor, BWV 871 - I. Prelude
    2:37
  4. 4.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 2 in C minor, BWV 871 - II. Fugue
    2:35
  5. 5.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 872 - I. Prelude
    2:00
  6. 6.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 872 - II. Fugue
    2:23
  7. 7.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 873 - I. Prelude
    4:43
  8. 8.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 873 - II. Fugue
    2:31
  9. 9.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 5 in D major, BWV 874 - I. Prelude
    3:35
  10. 10.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 5 in D major, BWV 874 - II. Fugue
    4:47
  11. 11.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 6 in D minor, BWV 875 - I. Prelude
    1:33
  12. 12.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 6 in D minor, BWV 875 - II. Fugue
    2:24
  13. 13.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 876 - I. Prelude
    2:39
  14. 14.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 876 - II. Fugue
    3:10
  15. 15.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 8 in D-sharp minor, BWV 877 - I. Prelude
    4:30
  16. 16.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 8 in D-sharp minor, BWV 877 - II. Fugue
    4:55

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 9 in E major, BWV 878 - I. Prelude
    6:10
  2. 3.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 9 in E major, BWV 878 - II. Fugue
    3:40
  3. 4.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 10 in E minor, BWV 879 - I. Prelude
    3:17
  4. 5.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 10 in E minor, BWV 879 - II. Fugue
    3:24
  5. 6.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 11 in F major, BWV 880 - I. Prelude
    4:07
  6. 7.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 11 in F major, BWV 880 - II. Fugue
    2:02
  7. 8.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881 - I. Prelude
    5:40
  8. 9.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881 - II. Fugue
    2:41
  9. 10.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 882 - I. Prelude
    3:51
  10. 11.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 882 - II. Fugue
    2:53
  11. 12.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 883 - I. Prelude
    3:39
  12. 13.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 883 - II. Fugue
    5:39
  13. 14.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 15 in G major, BWV 884 - I. Prelude
    2:09
  14. 15.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 15 in G major, BWV 884 - II. Fugue
    1:40

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 16 in G minor, BWV 885 - I. Prelude
    3:31
  2. 4.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 16 in G minor, BWV 885 - II. Fugue
    3:21
  3. 5.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 886 - I. Prelude
    4:17
  4. 6.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 886 - II. Fugue
    3:47
  5. 7.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 887 - I. Prelude
    5:42
  6. 8.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 887 - II. Fugue
    7:17
  7. 9.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 19 in A major, BWV 888 - I. Prelude
    2:03
  8. 10.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 19 in A major, BWV 888 - II. Fugue
    1:51
  9. 11.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 20 in A minor, BWV 889 - I. Prelude
    5:36
  10. 12.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 20 in A minor, BWV 889 - II. Fugue
    2:03
  11. 13.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 890 - I. Prelude
    4:20
  12. 14.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 890 - II. Fugue
    3:10
  13. 15.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 891 - I. Prelude
    3:18
  14. 16.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 891 - II. Fugue
    5:50
  15. 17.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 23 in B major, BWV 892 - I. Prelude
    2:13
  16. 18.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 23 in B major, BWV 892 - II. Fugue
    3:33
  17. 19.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893 - I. Prelude
    2:33
  18. 20.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893 - II. Fugue
    2:19

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