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Well-Tempered Clavier Book II. - S. Richter Plays J.S. Bach

 
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II. - S. Richter Plays J.S. Bach-Piano-Baroque
ID: MELCD1002030 (EAN: 4600317120307)  | 2 CD | ADD
Released in: 2012
LABEL:
Melodiya
Collection:
Baroque
Subcollection:
Piano
Composers:
BACH, Johann Sebastian
Interprets:
RICHTER, Sviatoslav (piano)
Other info:

Johann Sebastian Bach’s cycle of preludes and fugues The Well-Tempered Clavier takes a very special place in the world of music. It is not just one of the immortal masterpieces of the world music literature. It literally is an encyclopedia of polyphonic art, its Alpha and Omega; it is a desk book of every thinking musician, a necessary manual for life, and at the same time an inexhaustible source of pleasure. Bach finished the second part of The Well-Tempered Clavier in 1744, twenty years after he created the first part. The reason for composing the send part was his wish to collect in one book the preludes and fugues he wrote at different time and lost among old papers. Bach also wanted to substantially rework these preludes and fugues, give them their final form applying the experience he gained through the years. And that was a truly all-bracing experience. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier gives plenty of play to very different performer’s interpretations. None of the significant music works has caused as many difficulties and debates about the way it should be interpreted. Such a deep, comprehensive and truly artistic approach to the cycle is typical of Sviato- slav Richter. “When I set to The Well-Tempered Clavier, I get always consumed with desire not to exclude any sides for the sake of one narrow and dogmatic position… I am convinced that Bach can be played differently, with different articulation and different dynamics. So long as the whole is preserved, so long as the strict contours of style are not distorted, so long as the performance is convincing enough”, Richter said.
Tracklist
 

CD 1
BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) 
24 Preludes and Fugues 
1. No. 1 in C Major, BWV 8464:06 
2. No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 8474:30 
3. No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 8483:20 
4. No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 8495:47 
5. No. 5 in D Major, BWV 8508:26 
6. No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 8513:03 
7. No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 8524:39 
8. No. 8 in E-Flat Minor, BWV 8537:45 
9. No. 9 in E Major, BWV 8548:45 
10. No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 8555:46 
11. No. 11 in F Major, BWV 8564:42 
12. No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 8576:10 
13. No.13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 8585:18 

CD 2
1. No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 8599:37 
2. No. 15 in G Major, BWV 8603:24 
3. No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 8616:23 
4. No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 8626:43 
5. No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 86310:32 
6. No. 19 in A Major, BWV 8642:42 
7. No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 8656:00 
8. No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 8669:41 
9. No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 86710:36 
10. No. 23 in B Major, BWV 8686:39 
11. No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 8693:55 
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