The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Nos. 1-12, BWV 846-857

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Christiane Jaccottet

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 is a collection of paired preludes and fugues for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach, first compiled and published in 1722. The set systematically explores all major and minor keys using a temperament that allows widespread modulation, pairing concise, varied preludes with contrapuntal fugues and serving as a pedagogical and compositional model in Baroque keyboard practice.

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  1. 1.
    Prelude and Fuge No. 1 in C major, BWV 846
    3:45
  2. 2.
    Prelude and Fuge No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847
    3:29
  3. 3.
    Prelude and Fuge No. 3 in C-sharp minor, BWV 848
    3:59
  4. 4.
    Prelude and Fuge No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 849
    5:55
  5. 5.
    Prelude and Fuge No. 5 in D major, BWV 850
    3:20
  6. 6.
    Prelude and Fuge No. 6 in D minor, BWV 851
    3:24
  7. 7.
    Prelude and Fuge No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 852
    5:47
  8. 8.
    Prelude and Fuge No. 8 in E-flat minor, BWV 853
    7:11
  9. 9.
    Prelude and Fuge No. 9 in E major, BWV 854
    2:47
  10. 10.
    Prelude and Fuge No. 10 in E minor, BWV 855
    3:54
  11. 11.
    Prelude and Fuge No. 11 in F major, BWV 856
    2:34
  12. 12.
    Prelude and Fuge No. 12 in F minor, BWV 857
    5:23

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