The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Rosalyn Tureck

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 is a collection of keyboard works by Johann Sebastian Bach, compiled around 1742. Comprising sets of preludes and fugues that traverse all 24 major and minor keys, it demonstrates Baroque contrapuntal technique and the practical application of well-tempered tuning, and it figures prominently in Bach's late keyboard output and the subsequent development of keyboard repertoire and pedagogy.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 870: I. Praeludium
    2:35
  2. 2.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 870: II. Fuga
    2:03
  3. 3.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 2 in C minor, BWV 871: I. Praeludium
    2:18
  4. 4.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 2 in C minor, BWV 871: II. Fuga
    2:29
  5. 5.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 872: I. Praeludium
    2:12
  6. 6.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 872: II. Fuga
    2:24
  7. 7.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 873: I. Praeludium
    5:48
  8. 8.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 873: II. Fuga
    2:24
  9. 9.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 5 in D major, BWV 874: I. Praeludium
    5:19
  10. 10.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 5 in D major, BWV 874: II. Fuga
    3:58
  11. 11.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 6 in D minor, BWV 875: I. Praeludium
    1:40
  12. 12.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 6 in D minor, BWV 875: II. Fuga
    2:16
  13. 13.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 876: I. Praeludium
    2:37
  14. 14.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 876: II. Fuga
    2:33
  15. 15.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 8 in D-sharp minor, BWV 877: I. Praeludium
    4:29
  16. 16.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 8 in D-sharp minor, BWV 877: II. Fuga
    4:29
  17. 17.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 9 in E major, BWV 878: I. Praeludium
    4:52
  18. 18.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 9 in E major, BWV 878: II. Fuga
    3:27
  19. 19.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 10 in E minor, BWV 879: I. Praeludium
    3:58
  20. 20.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 10 in E minor, BWV 879: II. Fuga
    2:52

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 11 in F major, BWV 880: I. Praeludium
    3:05
  2. 3.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 11 in F major, BWV 880: II. Fuga
    1:58
  3. 4.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 12 in F minor, BWV 881: I. Praeludium
    7:18
  4. 5.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 12 in F minor, BWV 881: II. Fuga
    3:15
  5. 6.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 882: I. Praeludium
    4:07
  6. 7.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 882: II. Fuga
    2:43
  7. 8.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 883: I. Praeludium
    2:44
  8. 9.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 883: II. Fuga
    4:47
  9. 10.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 15 in G major, BWV 884: I. Praeludium
    2:15
  10. 11.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 15 in G major, BWV 884: II. Fuga
    1:25
  11. 12.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 16 in G minor, BWV 885: I. Praeludium
    2:14
  12. 13.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 16 in G minor, BWV 885: II. Fuga
    5:04
  13. 14.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 886: I. Praeludium
    4:18
  14. 15.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 886: II. Fuga
    3:00

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 887: I. Praeludium
    6:07
  2. 4.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 887: II. Fuga
    6:51
  3. 5.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 19 in A major, BWV 888: I. Praeludium
    2:21
  4. 6.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 19 in A major, BWV 888: II. Fuga
    1:54
  5. 7.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 20 in A minor, BWV 889: I. Praeludium
    4:50
  6. 8.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 20 in A minor, BWV 889: II. Fuga
    1:47
  7. 9.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 890: I. Praeludium
    7:37
  8. 10.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 890: II. Fuga
    3:14
  9. 11.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 891: I. Praeludium
    2:42
  10. 12.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 891: II. Fuga
    5:28
  11. 13.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 23 in B major, BWV 892: I. Praeludium
    2:14
  12. 14.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 23 in B major, BWV 892: II. Fuga
    4:33
  13. 15.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 24 in B minor, BWV 893: I. Praeludium
    2:31
  14. 16.
    Prelude and Fugue no. 24 in B minor, BWV 893: II. Fuga
    2:19
  15. 17.
    Rosalyn Tureck in conversation with Michael Oliver
    6:02

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