Das Wohltemperierte Clavier: Book II

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Peter Watchorn

Das Wohltemperierte Clavier: Book II is the second book of keyboard preludes and fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach, completed in 1742. The collection cycles paired preludes and fugues through all major and minor keys, demonstrating Baroque contrapuntal technique and Bach's use of well temperament, and it serves as a foundational pedagogical resource and reference for keyboard technique and tonal organisation.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 870a
    2:51
  2. 2.
    Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 870b
    2:03
  3. 3.
    Prelude No. 2 in C minor, BWV 871a
    2:49
  4. 4.
    Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 871b
    2:38
  5. 5.
    Prelude No. 3 in C# major, BWV 872a
    2:49
  6. 6.
    Fugue No. 3 in C# major, BWV 872b
    2:47
  7. 7.
    Prelude No. 4 in C# minor, BWV 873a
    4:28
  8. 8.
    Fugue No. 4 in C# minor, BWV 873b
    2:37
  9. 9.
    Prelude No. 5 in D major, BWV 874a
    6:13
  10. 10.
    Fugue No. 5 in D major, BWV 874b
    3:52
  11. 11.
    Prelude No. 6 in D minor, BWV 875a
    1:56
  12. 12.
    Fugue No. 6 in D minor, BWV 875b
    1:56
  13. 13.
    Prelude No. 7 in Eb major, BWV 876a
    3:00
  14. 14.
    Fugue No. 7 in Eb major, BWV 876b
    2:00
  15. 15.
    Prelude No. 8 in D# minor, BWV 877a
    4:59
  16. 16.
    Fugue No. 8 in D# minor, BWV 877b
    4:58

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    Prelude No. 9 in E major, BWV 878a
    6:48
  2. 2.
    Fugue No. 9 in E major, BWV 878b
    4:03
  3. 3.
    Prelude No. 10 in E minor, BWV 879a
    4:17
  4. 4.
    Fugue No. 10 in E minor, BWV 879b
    3:16
  5. 5.
    Prelude No. 11 in F major, BWV 880a
    3:42
  6. 6.
    Fugue No. 11 in F major, BWV 880b
    2:09
  7. 7.
    Prelude No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881a
    6:22
  8. 8.
    Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881b
    2:53
  9. 9.
    Prelude No. 13 in F# major, BWV 882a
    4:21
  10. 10.
    Fugue No. 13 in F# major, BWV 882b
    2:50
  11. 11.
    Prelude No. 14 in F# minor, BWV 883a
    3:02
  12. 12.
    Fugue No. 14 in F# minor, BWV 883b
    6:01
  13. 13.
    Prelude No. 15 in G major, BWV 884a
    3:09
  14. 14.
    Prelude No. 15 in G major, BWV 884b
    1:34
  15. 15.
    Prelude No. 16 in G minor, BWV 885a
    2:08
  16. 16.
    Fugue No. 16 in G minor, BWV 885b
    3:26

Disc 3

  1. 1.
    Prelude No. 17 in Ab major, BWV 886a
    4:58
  2. 2.
    Fugue No. 17 in Ab major, BWV 886b
    4:10
  3. 3.
    Prelude No. 18 in G# minor, BWV 887a
    5:42
  4. 4.
    Fugue No. 18 in G# minor, BWV 887b
    5:57
  5. 5.
    Prelude No. 19 in A major, BWV 888a
    2:05
  6. 6.
    Fugue No. 19 in A major, BWV 888b
    1:31
  7. 7.
    Prelude No. 20 in A minor, BWV 889a
    7:07
  8. 8.
    Fugue No. 20 in A minor, BWV 889b
    2:06
  9. 9.
    Prelude No. 21 in Bb major, BWV 890a
    8:17
  10. 10.
    Prelude No. 21 in Bb major, BWV 890b
    2:21
  11. 11.
    Prelude No. 22 in Bb minor, BWV 891a
    3:09
  12. 12.
    Fugue No. 22 in Bb minor, BWV 891b
    4:41
  13. 13.
    Prelude No. 23 in B major, BWV 892a
    2:53
  14. 14.
    Fugue No. 23 in B major, BWV 892b
    5:25
  15. 15.
    Prelude No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893a
    3:04
  16. 16.
    Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893b
    2:08
  17. 17.
    Prelude in G major, BWV 902
    8:50

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