J.S. Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier (Sviatoslav Richter) [1992]

CD 1

01 - Prelude & Fugue I in C Major (BWV 846)
02 - Prelude & Fugue II in C Minor (BWV 847)
03 - Prelude & Fugue III in C-sharp Major (BWV 848)
04 - Prelude & Fugue IV in C-sharp Minor (BWV 849)
05 - Prelude & Fugue V in D Major (BWV 850)
06 - Prelude & Fugue VI in D Minor (BWV 851)
07 - Prelude & Fugue VII in E-flat Major (BWV 852)
08 - Prelude & Fugue VIII in E-flat Minor (BWV 853)
09 - Prelude & Fugue IX in E Major (BWV 854)
10 - Prelude & Fugue X in E Minor (BWV 855)
11 - Prelude & Fugue XI in F Major (BWV 856)
12 - Prelude & Fugue XII in F Minor (BWV 857)
13 - Prelude & Fugue XIII in F-sharp Major (BWV 858)
14 - Prelude & Fugue XIV in F-sharp Minor (BWV 859)

Total Playing Time: 66:45
 
CD 2

01 - Prelude & Fugue XV in G Major (BWV 860)
02 - Prelude & Fugue XVI in G Minor (BWV 861)
03 - Prelude & Fugue XVII in A-flat Major (BWV 862)
04 - Prelude & Fugue XVIII in G-sharp Minor (BWV 863)
05 - Prelude & Fugue XIX in A Major (BWV 864)
06 - Prelude & Fugue XX in A Minor (BWV 865)
07 - Prelude & Fugue XXI in B-flat Major (BWV 866)
08 - Prelude & Fugue XXII in B-flat Minor (BWV 867)
09 - Prelude & Fugue XXIII in B Major (BWV 868)
10 - Prelude & Fugue XXIV in B Minor (BWV 869)

Total Playing Time: 53:46
 
CD 3

01 - Prelude & Fugue I in C Major (BWV 870)
02 - Prelude & Fugue II in C Minor (BWV 871)
03 - Prelude & Fugue III in C-sharp Major (BWV 872)
04 - Prelude & Fugue IV in C-sharp Minor (BWV 873)
05 - Prelude & Fugue V in D Major (BWV 874)
06 - Prelude & Fugue VI in D Minor (BWV 875)
07 - Prelude & Fugue VII in E-flat Major (BWV 876)
08 - Prelude & Fugue VIII in D-sharp Minor (BWV 877)
09 - Prelude & Fugue IX in E Major (BWV 878)
10 - Prelude & Fuge X in E Minor (BWV 879)
11 - Prelude & Fugue XI in F Major (BWV 880)
12 - Prelude & Fugue XII in F Minor (BWV 881)
13 - Prelude & Fugue XIII in F-sharp Major (BWV 882)

Total Playing Time: 71:07
 
CD 4

01 - Prelude & Fugue XIV in F-sharp Minor (BWV 883)
02 - Prelude & Fugue XV in G Major (BWV 884)
03 - Prelude & Fugue XVI in G Minor (BWV 885)
04 - Prelude & Fugue XVII in A-flat Major (BWV 886)
05 - Prelude & Fugue XVIII in G-sharp Minor (BWV 887)
06 - Prelude & Fugue XIX in A Major (BWV 888)
07 - Prelude & Fugue XX in A Minor (BWV 889)
08 - Prelude & Fugue XXI in B-flat Major (BWV 890)
09 - Prelude & Fugue XXII in B-flat Minor (BWV 891)
10 - Prelude & Fugue XXIII in B Major (BWV 892)
11 - Prelude & Fugue XXIV in B Minor (BWV 893)

Total Playing Time: 76:09

Sviatoslav Richter – piano

Unlike, say, Chopin's piano pieces, J. S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier is not a cycle written to exploit the capabilities of 'a' particular instrument. Instead these pieces are a mind-bogging record of sheer human ingenuity: Striking as they may be, individually, taken as a whole they embody an unparalleled record of never-ending novelties...

If not an even more striking novelty than the one before it, at the very least every piece makes you scratch your head as to how Bach could have yet come up with one more such wondrous a curiosity--Not merely as a complete conception, where each piece is concerned, but also in the case of almost every musical phrase after musical phrase throughout all the works in the assembly. And still there are pieces here which are beautiful beyond telling. --- sdrodrian.com

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