Well, i couldnt let that pass, even though its been, four years since it was issued. The two volumes of bach s the well tempered clavier together represent a wealth of musical invention, ingenuity and delight. The well tempered clavier, book 2 classical music album play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and. Book two of the welltempered clavier dates from 173842 some 20 years after. The performances i have owned are schiff, gould, and richter and recently aldwell. Continue from part 1 donald satz wrote february 16, 2001. Johann sebastian bach the well tempered clavier, book 1, bwv 846869. His playing is at the meantime, evocative and reflexive, thunderous and lyric, grandeur and eclat, he never abuses of pedal and every little bar fits adequately into the context. The welltempered clavier part ii, bwv 870893 english, french and german edition. Things in the well tempered clavier always come in pairs, but pairs that, unlike butterfly wings, display an essential asymmetry, if an asymmetry that will sound inevitable, even natural. Bach preludes and fugues 112 well tempered clavier, book. All these years later i have finally purchased book two, featuring mr. Extending the variety already evident in book i available on 2. Andras schiff performs bachs clavier at the 92nd street.
No wonder that bach s contemporaries sometimes found him hard to follow, so ferociously was he prepared to think about and develop the implications of genre. Long, harmonically advanced, chromatically fascinating, it is less accessible to listen to and forbiddingly demanding to play. Order from your preferred classical music cd store. Teil i nr 2 bwv 847 cmoll figuriertes praludium tanzfuge 3. 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. Bach s keyboard music on the modern piano, pianists are confronted with various fundamental questions. Deceptive cadence the pianist has such an intimate relationship with the well tempered clavier, hearing him. Bwv 846893, is a collection of solo keyboard music composed by johann sebastian bach. The well tempered clavier, book 2 classical music album play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives. Guldas welltempered clavier book ii bach cantatas website. He discusses aspects of performance practice in a detailed preface.
This set, along with its companion set of the book i, has often been in my cd player. This website is incredibly resourceful, and one can especially check the 1722 original of the well tempered clavier book 1. Bach, andras schiff the welltempered clavier, book i. He 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, and especially for the pastime of those. For book 2, to view originals is a more complex exercise, given the lack of the one authoritative original from js bach s hand and the fragmentation of historical copies see the work of yo tomita for more info on this. Wohltemperiertes klavier 2 andras schiff, johann sebastian bach. Continue from part 1 donald satz wrote may 31, 2000. In bach s time clavier keyboard was a generic name indicating a variety of keyboard instruments, most typically a harpsichord or clavichord but not excluding an. Some 20 years later bach compiled a second book of the same kind, which became known as the well tempered clavier, part two in. Well, bach s solo keyboard music is his finest work and twtc book 2 could be the finest of his finest work. The ornamentation is less exuberant, the rubato less intrusive, and schiff is more determined to let bach s.
Bach wanda landowska the well tempered clavier book i rca victor lm1107 j. Last saturday, in one of the highlights of this or any concert season, the pianist andras schiff gave a magnificent performance of bach s well tempered clavier, book 1, at the 92nd street. Preludes and fugues through all tones and semitones name translations. Bach s well tempered clavier, book 1, as performed by kimiko ishizaka on the piano, set to brilliant graphical visualisations created by stephen malinowski. Im not on a bach binge any longer, but theres one version ive had a hankering for which i had not acquired friedrich guldas set recorded in 1973 by philips. This boxed set of the two books of the well tempered clavier is his latest such release, and shows schiff as a much more mature pianist. Book two of the welltempered clavier dates from 173842 some 20 years after book one and was assembled from both newly composed pieces and various existing preludes and fugues going back a number of years. S welltempered clavier the, book 2 by jeno jando and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited.
The welltempered clavier, book 2 classical archives. On the other hand, ive been listening to the wtc for over 40 years. The well tempered clavier demands from the player a countless amount of requisites that schiff owns. Bach, andras schiff the welltempered clavier, book. Schiff is also an artist to make us recognize how so much of bach s music is song or dance. Johann sebastian bach the well tempered clavier, book 2, bwv 870893 bluray disc version prelude and fugue no. Prelude in d major continuous semiquavers from the right hand and a staccato bass line makes this prelude very joyous and playful.