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- Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846. ...
- Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847. ...
- Prelude and Fugue in C♯ major, BWV 848. ...
- Prelude and Fugue in C♯ minor, BWV 849. ...
- Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 850. ...
- Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 851. ...
- Prelude and Fugue in E♭ major, BWV 852.
- What is the best recording of The Well-Tempered Clavier?
- What work did JS Bach most likely model the 1st volume of The Well-Tempered Clavier on?
- Why did Bach compose The Well-Tempered Clavier?
- When was The Well-Tempered Clavier first performed?
What is the best recording of The Well-Tempered Clavier?
The best recordings of JS Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier
- András Schiff (piano) (2012) ECM New Series 476 4827.
- Edwin Fischer (piano) (1933-36) Documents 231784.
- Angela Hewitt (piano) (2008) Hyperion CDA67741/4.
- Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord) (1989) Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 886 919 53072.
What work did JS Bach most likely model the 1st volume of The Well-Tempered Clavier on?
Bach's most famous fugues are those for the harpsichord in The Well-Tempered Clavier, which many composers and theorists look at as the greatest model of fugue.
Why did Bach compose The Well-Tempered Clavier?
In Bach's own words The Well-Tempered Clavier was composed “for the profit and use of musical youth desirous of learning and especially for the pastime of those already skilled in this study.”
When was The Well-Tempered Clavier first performed?
The first collection was written in 1722 and the second was written in 1742, but they were not published until 1801, fifty years after Bach died. Although the music was written for the harpsichord, which was popular at the time, today it is usually played and heard on a piano.
