Artist: Masato Suzuki Title: J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 Year Of Release: 2024 Label: BIS Genre: Classical Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz Total Time: 01:49:10 Total Size: 2.46 GB Tracklist: 1. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 (2:10) 2. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 (1:54) 3. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847 (1:30) 4. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847 (1:43) 5. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848 (1:31) 6. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848 (2:38) 7. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849 (2:57) 8. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849 (3:19) 9. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850 (1:21) 10. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850 (1:58) 11. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 851 (1:48) 12. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 851 (2:08) 13. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 852 (3:40) 14. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 852 (1:53) 15. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 8 in E-Flat/D-Sharp Minor, BWV 853 (3:23) 16. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 8 in E-Flat/D-Sharp Minor, BWV 853 (4:34) 17. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854 (1:23) 18. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854 (1:20) 19. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 855 (2:14) 20. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 855 (1:20) 21. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (1:16) 22. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (1:30) 23. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857 (2:01) 24. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857 (3:45) 25. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858 (1:44) 26. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858 (1:59) 27. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 859 (1:25) 28. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 859 (2:46) 29. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860 (0:58) 30. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860 (3:03) 31. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 861 (2:04) 32. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 861 (1:49) 33. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 862 (1:23) 34. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 862 (2:10) 35. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 863 (1:40) 36. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 863 (2:16) 37. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 19 in A Major, BWV 864 (1:27) 38. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 864 (2:37) 39. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 865 (1:33) 40. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 865 (4:46) 41. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 866 (1:18) 42. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 866 (1:47) 43. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867 (2:02) 44. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867 (2:27) 45. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 23 in B-Major, BWV 868 (1:11) 46. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 23 in B-Major, BWV 868 (2:03) 47. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869 (5:57) 48. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869 (5:45) Described as the ‘Pianists’ Old Testament’, The Well-Tempered Clavier is a collection of pieces of exceptional artistic quality. No other work from the baroque period has been as valued, performed and studied as this collection whose objectives were musical, theoretical and didactic. Both books of The Well-Tempered Clavier feature a prelude and fugue in each of the 12 semitones of the chromatic scale, covering each of the 24 major and minor modes – a unique body of works. No two preludes or fugues are alike; they display the full range of contrapuntal devices, while the preludes offer an infinite variety of melodic, rhythmic and constructional possibilities. Each of these pieces demonstrates a mastery of counterpoint that never takes precedence over emotion, beauty and aesthetics. With the two books of The Well-Tempered Clavier, Bach established himself as the unrivalled master of the fugue genre. Following his recordings of Bach’s concertos for one and two harpsichords (BIS-2041, BIS 2051 and BIS-2481), which reviewers have praised for his unaffected playing and acute musicianship, Masato Suzuki now offers us his take on this Bach monument