The Well-Tempered Clavier CD 1

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Glenn Gould

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I is a collection of keyboard pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in 1722. The collection pairs 24 preludes and fugues—one in each major and minor key—to demonstrate contrapuntal technique and to explore tuning and key characteristics that shaped later keyboard repertoire and tonal practice.

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  1. 1.
    Prelude 9 E Major BWV 878
    2:18
  2. 2.
    Fugue 9 E Major
    1:51
  3. 3.
    Prelude 10 E Minor BWV 879
    2:04
  4. 4.
    Fugue 10 E Minor
    2:48
  5. 5.
    Prelude 11 F Major BWV 880
    2:10
  6. 6.
    Fugue 11 F Major
    1:35
  7. 7.
    Prelude 12 F Minor BWV 881
    1:47
  8. 8.
    Fugue 12 F Minor
    1:33
  9. 9.
    Prelude 13 F# Major BWV 882
    2:13
  10. 10.
    Fugue 13 F# Major
    1:51
  11. 11.
    Prelude 14 F# Minor BWV 883
    3:24
  12. 12.
    Fugue 14 F# Minor
    2:50
  13. 13.
    Prelude 15 G Major BWV 884
    1:10
  14. 14.
    Fugue 15 G Major
    0:57
  15. 15.
    Prelude 16 G Minor BWV 885
    3:10
  16. 16.
    Fugue 16 G Minor
    2:28
  17. 17.
    Prelude 17 A Flat Major BWV 886
    3:01
  18. 18.
    Fugue 17 A Flat Major
    1:59
  19. 19.
    Prelude 18 G# Minor BWV 887
    1:38
  20. 20.
    Fugue 18 G# Minor
    4:29
  21. 21.
    Prelude 19 A Major BWV 888
    1:23
  22. 22.
    Fugue 19 A Major
    1:07
  23. 23.
    Prelude 20 A Minor BWV 889
    2:17
  24. 24.
    Fugue 20 A Minor
    1:32
  25. 25.
    Prelude 21 B Flat Major BWV 890
    2:26
  26. 26.
    Fugue 21 B Flat Major
    1:50
  27. 27.
    Prelude 22 B Flat Minor BWV 891
    1:39
  28. 28.
    Fugue 22 B Flat Minor
    3:21
  29. 29.
    Prelude 23 B Major BWV 892
    1:41
  30. 30.
    Fugue 23 B Major
    2:03
  31. 31.
    Prelude 24 B Minor BWV 893
    1:40
  32. 32.
    Fugue 24 B Minor
    1:28

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