The Well-Tempered Clavier

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Angela Hewitt

The Well-Tempered Clavier is a collection of keyboard preludes and fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach, first published as Book I in 1722 and Book II in 1742. The pieces explore harmony across all major and minor keys using tempered tuning and are written in the Baroque keyboard tradition, and the collection was used as a study and compositional reference by composers in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
    2:08
  2. 2.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Fugue
    1:56
  3. 3.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847: Prelude
    1:31
  4. 4.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847: Fugue
    1:45
  5. 5.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 848: Prelude
    1:24
  6. 6.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 848: Fugue
    2:14
  7. 7.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 849: Prelude
    2:31
  8. 8.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 849: Fugue
    5:27
  9. 9.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 5 in D major, BWV 850: Prelude
    1:21
  10. 10.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 5 in D major, BWV 850: Fugue
    2:09
  11. 11.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 6 in D minor, BWV 851: Prelude
    1:42
  12. 12.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 6 in D minor, BWV 851: Fugue
    2:34
  13. 13.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 852: Prelude
    3:34
  14. 14.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 852: Fugue
    1:42
  15. 15.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 8 in E-flat minor, BWV 853: Prelude
    3:40
  16. 16.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 8 in E-flat minor, BWV 853: Fugue
    5:36
  17. 17.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 9 in E major, BWV 854: Prelude
    1:27
  18. 18.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 9 in E major, BWV 854: Fugue
    1:07
  19. 19.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 10 in E minor, BWV 855: Prelude
    2:19
  20. 20.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 10 in E minor, BWV 855: Fugue
    1:10
  21. 21.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 11 in F major, BWV 856: Prelude
    1:02
  22. 22.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 11 in F major, BWV 856: Fugue
    1:35
  23. 23.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 12 in F minor, BWV 857: Prelude
    1:52
  24. 24.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 12 in F minor, BWV 857: Fugue
    4:38

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 858: Prelude
    1:31
  2. 3.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 858: Fugue
    2:19
  3. 4.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 859: Prelude
    1:01
  4. 5.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 859: Fugue
    3:16
  5. 6.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 15 in G major, BWV 860: Prelude
    0:55
  6. 7.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 15 in G major, BWV 860: Fugue
    3:00
  7. 8.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 16 in G minor, BWV 861: Prelude
    2:01
  8. 9.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 16 in G minor, BWV 861: Fugue
    1:45
  9. 10.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 862: Prelude
    1:26
  10. 11.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 862: Fugue
    3:06
  11. 12.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 863: Prelude
    1:29
  12. 13.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 863: Fugue
    2:22
  13. 14.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 19 in A major, BWV 864: Prelude
    1:27
  14. 15.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 19 in A major, BWV 864: Fugue
    2:00
  15. 16.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 20 in A minor, BWV 865: Prelude
    1:03
  16. 17.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 20 in A minor, BWV 865: Fugue
    5:38
  17. 18.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 866: Prelude
    1:20
  18. 19.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 866: Fugue
    1:51
  19. 20.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 867: Prelude
    4:01
  20. 21.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 867: Fugue
    3:10
  21. 22.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 23 in B major, BWV 868: Prelude
    1:03
  22. 23.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 23 in B major, BWV 868: Fugue
    2:24
  23. 24.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 24 in B minor, BWV 869: Prelude
    4:47
  24. 25.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: No. 24 in B minor, BWV 869: Fugue
    6:48

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 1 in C major, BWV 870: Prelude
    2:34
  2. 4.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 1 in C major, BWV 870: Fugue
    1:36
  3. 5.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 2 in C minor, BWV 871: Prelude
    2:29
  4. 6.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 2 in C minor, BWV 871: Fugue
    2:48
  5. 7.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 872: Prelude
    1:56
  6. 8.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 872: Fugue
    1:52
  7. 9.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 873: Prelude
    4:48
  8. 10.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 873: Fugue
    2:14
  9. 11.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 5 in D major, BWV 874: Prelude
    5:34
  10. 12.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 5 in D major, BWV 874: Fugue
    2:57
  11. 13.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 6 in D minor, BWV 875: Prelude
    1:30
  12. 14.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 6 in D minor, BWV 875: Fugue
    2:10
  13. 15.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 876: Prelude
    2:30
  14. 16.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 876: Fugue
    1:48
  15. 17.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 8 in D-sharp minor, BWV 877: Prelude
    4:03
  16. 18.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 8 in D-sharp minor, BWV 877: Fugue
    4:32
  17. 19.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 9 in E major, BWV 878: Prelude
    4:53
  18. 20.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 9 in E major, BWV 878: Fugue
    3:28
  19. 21.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 10 in E minor, BWV 879: Prelude
    4:13
  20. 22.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 10 in E minor, BWV 879: Fugue
    2:47
  21. 23.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 11 in F major, BWV 880: Prelude
    3:22
  22. 24.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 11 in F major, BWV 880: Fugue
    1:39
  23. 25.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881: Prelude
    4:44
  24. 26.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881: Fugue
    1:52

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 882: Prelude
    3:28
  2. 5.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 882: Fugue
    2:32
  3. 6.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 14 in G-flat minor, BWV 883: Prelude
    3:06
  4. 7.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 14 in G-flat minor, BWV 883: Fugue
    3:42
  5. 8.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 15 in G major, BWV 884: Prelude
    2:40
  6. 9.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 15 in G major, BWV 884: Fugue
    1:13
  7. 10.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 16 in G minor, BWV 885: Prelude
    3:39
  8. 11.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 16 in G minor, BWV 885: Fugue
    2:37
  9. 12.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 886: Prelude
    4:08
  10. 13.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 886: Fugue
    3:39
  11. 14.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 887: Prelude
    4:11
  12. 15.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 887: Fugue
    3:20
  13. 16.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 19 in A major, BWV 888: Prelude
    2:10
  14. 17.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 19 in A major, BWV 888: Fugue
    1:13
  15. 18.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 20 in A minor, BWV 889: Prelude
    4:27
  16. 19.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 20 in A minor, BWV 889: Fugue
    1:29
  17. 20.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 890: Prelude
    7:22
  18. 21.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 890: Fugue
    2:36
  19. 22.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 891: Prelude
    3:09
  20. 23.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 891: Fugue
    4:36
  21. 24.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 23 in B major, BWV 892: Prelude
    2:05
  22. 25.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 23 in B major, BWV 892: Fugue
    3:27
  23. 26.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893: Prelude
    2:13
  24. 27.
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893: Fugue
    1:44

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