New Album Releases: J.S. BACH - THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, BOOK 1 (Masato Suzuki)

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Artist:
Masato Suzuki

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
01:49:47

Record Label:
Bis

Purchasing Links:
CD, Apple Music

Release Date
March 15, 2024




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Product Description: Described as the 'Pianists' Old Testament', The Well-Tempered Clavier is a collection of pieces ofexceptional 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.

TRACK LIST:

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Disc 1

1 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 1 .C ur, BWV 846. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (02:10)

2 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 1 .C ur, BWV 846. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:54)

3 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 2 .c-moll, BWV 847. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:30)

4 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 2 .c-moll, BWV 847. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:43)

5 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 3 .Cis ur, BWV 848. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:31)

6 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 3 .Cis ur, BWV 848. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (02:38)

7 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 4 .cis-moll, BWV 849. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (02:56)

8 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 4 .cis-moll, BWV 849. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (03:19)

9 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 5 .D ur, BWV 850. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:20)

10 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 5 .D ur, BWV 850. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:57)

11 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 6 .d-moll, BWV 851. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:48)

12 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 6 .d-moll, BWV 851. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (02:08)

13 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 7 .Es ur, BWV 852. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (03:40)

14 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 7 .Es ur, BWV 852. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:53)

15 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 8 .es/dis-moll, BWV 853. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (03:23)

16 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 8 .es/dis-moll, BWV 853. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (04:33)

17 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 9 .E ur, BWV 854. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:23)

18 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 9 .E ur, BWV 854. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:20)

19 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 10 .e-moll, BWV 855. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (02:13)

20 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 10 .e-moll, BWV 855. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:20)

21 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 11 .F ur, BWV 856. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:15)

22 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 11 .F ur, BWV 856. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:29)

23 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 12 .f-moll, BWV 857. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (02:00)

24 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 12 .f-moll, BWV 857. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (04:04)

Disc 2

1 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 13 .Fis ur, BWV 858. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:43)

2 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 13 .Fis ur, BWV 858. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:59)

3 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 14 .fis-moll, BWV 859. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:24)

4 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 14 .fis-moll, BWV 859. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (02:46)

5 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 15 .G ur, BWV 860. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (00:57)

6 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 15 .G ur, BWV 860. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (03:03)

7 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 16 .g-moll, BWV 861. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (02:04)

8 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 16 .g-moll, BWV 861. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:48)

9 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 17 .As ur, BWV 862. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:23)

10 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 17 .As ur, BWV 862. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (02:10)

11 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 18 .gis-moll, BWV 863. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:39)

12 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 18 .gis-moll, BWV 863. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (02:16)

13 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 19 .A ur, BWV 864. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:27)

14 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 19 .A ur, BWV 864. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (02:37)

15 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 20 .a-moll, BWV 865. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:32)

16 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 20 .a-moll, BWV 865. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (04:46)

17 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 21 .B ur, BWV 866. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:18)

18 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 21 .B ur, BWV 866. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:47)

19 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 22 .b-moll, BWV 867. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (02:01)

20 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 22 .b-moll, BWV 867. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (02:26)

21 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 23 .H ur, BWV 868. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (01:10)

22 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 23 .H ur, BWV 868. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (02:02)

23 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 24 .h-moll, BWV 869. Praeludium Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (05:57)

24 . Praeludium und Fuge Nr. 24 .h-moll, BWV 869. Fuge Johann Sebastian Bach Masato Suzuki (06:05)

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