Piotr Anderszewski takes a characteristically creative approach to Bach's Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (The Well-tempered Clavier). Rather than recording all 48 of it's prelude-and-fugue pairings, he has focused on 12 pairings from Book Two. "I decided to put the pieces together in a sequence of my own subjective choosing, based sometimes on key relationships, at other times on contrasts. The idea behind this specific order is to create a sense of drama that suggests a cycle: 12 characters conversing with one another, mirroring each other." Anderszewski's last Erato album of Bach prompted BBC Music Magazine to write: "For anyone who loves Bach (or the piano)... this life-enhancing disc is required listening."
1 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870: I. Prelude
2 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870: II. Fugue
3 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881: I. Prelude
4 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881: II. Fugue
5 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 886: I. Prelude
6 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 886: II. Fugue
7 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in D-Sharp minor, BWV 877: I. Prelude
8 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in D-Sharp minor, BWV 877: II. Fugue
9 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 880: I. Prelude
10 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 880 II. Fugue
11 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat minor, BWV 891: I. Prelude
12 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat minor, BWV 891: II. Fugue
13 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 876: I. Prelude
14 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 876: II. Fugue
15 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G minor, BWV 885: I. Prelude
16 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G minor, BWV 885: II. Fugue
17 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 878: I. Prelude
18 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 878: II. Fugue
19 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 18 in G-Sharp minor, BWV 887: I. Prelude
20 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 18 in G-Sharp minor, BWV 887: II. Fugue
21 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 892 I. Prelude
22 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 892: II. Fugue
23 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893: I. Prelude
24 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893: II. Fugue
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Piotr Anderszewski takes a characteristically creative approach to Bach's Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (The Well-tempered Clavier). Rather than recording all 48 of it's prelude-and-fugue pairings, he has focused on 12 pairings from Book Two. "I decided to put the pieces together in a sequence of my own subjective choosing, based sometimes on key relationships, at other times on contrasts. The idea behind this specific order is to create a sense of drama that suggests a cycle: 12 characters conversing with one another, mirroring each other." Anderszewski's last Erato album of Bach prompted BBC Music Magazine to write: "For anyone who loves Bach (or the piano)... this life-enhancing disc is required listening."
