Download a free and public domain recording and musical score. A way to hear bach intimately, if barely the new york times. The well tempered clavier book 2 scrolling youtube bach. Combine luc beausejours book 1 with pieter jan belder for book 2 and you will have an excellent complete well tempered clavier on harpsichord. Welltempered clavier, book 1, bwv846869 various arrangements play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. With all due respect, i believe such questions are rather absurd. If music does have a bible, it is book i of the well tempered clavier, which. Walter gieseking plays bach wtc the well tempered clavier. He may simply have wanted a change after fifteen or more years using book 1, and certainly he would have wanted to incorporate pieces in the latest styles. Eminent bachspecialist sir andras schiff here performs book i.
He first gave the title to a book of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, dated 1722, composed for the profit and use of musical youth desirous of learning. Bachs the well tempered clavier and many more listen to the harpsichord classics playlist with amazon music unlimited. This set, along with its companion set of the book i, has often been in my cd player. Ishizaka plays the 24 preludes and fugues with impeccable taste and technique, finding many levels of musical meaning even as she brings utmost clarity to the multiplicity of textures. Walter gieseking 1895 1956, was a frenchborn german pianist and composer. It explores the intricacies of each of the 12 major and 12 minor keys and constitutes the largestscale and mostinfluential undertaking for solo keyboard of the baroque era. The welltempered clavier, book 2, bwv 870893 by richard egarr and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited. If my reaction to book i was tepid, it was more than thawed by my enthusiasm for book ii. Christine schornsheim harpsichord, ruckerscembalo, 1624.
Prelude and fugue in c minor, bwv 847 by johann sebastian bach. Well, i couldnt let that pass, even though its been, four years since it was issued. This is the second prelude and fugue from the well tempered clavier, book 1. Bach is said to have written book i of the well tempered clavier, at least in part, in a place where ennui, boredom, and the absence of any kind of musical instrument forced him to resort to this pastime. The welltempered clavier, bwv 846893, is a collection of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, composed for solo keyboard by johann sebastian bach. The well tempered clavier consists in its entirety of two books, each of 24 preludes and fugues, in which there is one for each major and minor key.
The well tempered clavier, or preludes and fugues through all tones and semitones, relating to the major third, that is, ut re mi, as well as those related to the minor third, that is, re mi fa. His works such as the brandenburg concertos are known for their technical depth and artistic beauty. Alisdair kitchen, piano recordings of instrumental. Buy well tempered clavier 2 by keith jarrett from amazons classical music store. If you use and like, thank you to consider support donation. In bachs time clavier keyboard was a generic name indicating a variety of keyboard instruments, most typically a harpsichord or clavichord but not excluding an. The italian pianists intellectual lucidity, interpretive clarity, and technical virtuosity are apparent in every prelude and fugue, and his probing insights and penetrating analysis. From all the works written in the baroque era, no other work has been so well cherished, frequently performed and thoroughly studied than this work of bachs. Book 1 was written in 1722 towards the end of bachs period as capellmeister at cothen and book 2 appeared some twenty two years later in 1744.
Licensed to youtube by the orchard music on behalf of arts productions ltd song praeludium and fuga a 3 voci bwv 873. Bach welltempered clavier book 2 virgin veritas 3857952 bw. If any pianist has the musicianship to undertake the well tempered clavier, he or she must surely have enough judgment to carefully page through the material, study it, and form their own judgments as to relative difficulty of the different pieces. We know that the welltempered clavier was extensively used as the most advanced text in bachs teaching.
Kirkpatricks 1959 recording of book 1 of the welltempered clavier archiv 289 463 6012. The well tempered clavier, book 1 bwv 846869 the well tempered clavier 1 is a collection of educational pieces with exceptionally high artistic contents. The well tempered clavier confirms a multitude of popular theories in an episode marked by bleak revelations and tragic results. Free sheet music for the complete 48 preludes and fugues of the well tempered clavier by j. After these 24 preludes and fugues in all the major and minor keysbook ii, with another 24. Happy 250th, well tempered clavier, book i the new york times. The well tempered clavier, book 1 to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover. Js bach was open to use many different forms of keyboards and he equally enjoyed playing the organ, harpsichord, clavichord, lautenclavicymbel lutekeyboard, e. Teil i nr 2 bwv 847 cmoll figuriertes praludium tanzfuge 4. Hello select your address best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store coupons amazonbasics gift cards customer service sell registry gift.
When kirkpatrick plays these preludes and fugues on the clavichord, it just. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Harpsichord diploma repertoire list october 2018 edition updated february 2019. S welltempered clavier the, book 1 jando by johann sebastian bach. Tr24of celine frisch bach the well tempered clavier book ii 2019 classical. The well tempered clavier book 2 scrolling duration. The well tempered clavier, book 1 by keith jarrett.
Bachthe well tempered clavier, book 2 by kirkpatrick, ralph from amazons classical music store. The welltempered clavier, book 2, bwv 870893 by richard. Welltempered clavier book i bwv 846869 discography part 8. Johann sebastian bach welltempered clavier, book 1, bwv846. Book 1 and book 2 of the well tempered clavier are 2cds each not full cds though, so only the 4cd set contains the complete work. Sep 07, 2017 the two volumes of bachs the welltempered clavier together represent a wealth of musical invention, ingenuity and delight. The episode has an 89% score on rotten tomatoes and has an average rating of 8. Here, egarr makes good use of his twomanual harpsichord, switching from. This website is incredibly resourceful, and one can especially check the 1722 original of the well tempered clavier book 1. The well tempered clavier book 1 scrolling youtube. Johann sebastian bach was a noted german composer, keyboardist, and violinist. For this listener his piano keyboard bach is more interesting than his harpsichord bach and im not at all certain why he elected to change instruments. The welltempered clavier, book ii by ralph kirkpatrick and tens of.
Now famous pianists practice bach on the harpsichord, and. Theres nothing at all wrong with maurizio pollinis 2009 performance of bachs well tempered clavier, book 1. Johann sebastian bach 1685 1750 the well tempered clavier book 2 bwv 870 893 00. The wtc was written for the harpsichord, but is now mostly performed on its successor, the piano. For book 2, to view originals is a more complex exercise, given the lack of the one authoritative original from js bachs hand and the fragmentation of historical copies see the work of yo tomita for more info on this. S well tempered clavier the, book 2 landowska 19511954 wanda landowska, who continued to perform and record up to her death in 1959, was renowned as the greatest harpsichordist of the first half of the twentieth century. Christoph wolff, johann sebastian bach, the learned musician, page. Bach gave the present title to the work, which was composed for the use and practice of musical youth eager to learn and for the amusement of those already skilled in this study. The well tempered clavier book 2 scrolling youtube. As ledbetter writes in more in detail, there is no singled out keyboard instrument of the baroque age that js bach had in mind when he wrote the welltempered clavier.
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