Bach, J.S.: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - Concert Recording (2CD)

Keith Jarrett

Bach, J.S.: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - Concert Recording (2CD)

“These are performances in which tempos, phrasing, articulation and the execution of ornaments are convincing,” wrote Gramophone of Jarrett’s first recorded account of The Well-Tempered Clavier. "Both instrument and performer serve as unobtrusive media through which the music emerges without enhancement.”

In this live recording from Troy, New York, made in March 1987, just one month after his studio recording of the work, Keith Jarrett addresses the challenges of Bach’s great set of preludes and fugues once more. Part of the goal is transparency, to bring the listener closer to the composer. As Jarrett explained at the time: “The very direction of the lines, the moving lines of notes, are inherently expressive…When I play Bach, I hear almost the process of thought. Any colouration has nothing to do with this process.“

TRACK LIST

CD 1

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH - THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, BOOK I

Play 1. Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846
Play 2. Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846
Play 3. Prelude No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847
Play 4. Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847
Play 5. Prelude No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848
Play 6. Fugue No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848
Play 7. Prelude No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849
Play 8. Fugue No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849
Play 9. Prelude No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850
Play 10. Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850
Play 11. Prelude No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 851
Play 12. Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 851
Play 13. Prelude No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 852
Play 14. Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 852
Play 15. Prelude No. 8 in E-Flat/D-Sharp Minor, BWV 853
Play 16. Fugue No. 8 in E-Flat/D-Sharp Minor, BWV 853
Play 17. Prelude No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854
Play 18. Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854
Play 19. Prelude No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 855
Play 20. Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 855
Play 21. Prelude No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856
Play 22. Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856
Play 23. Prelude No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857
Play 24. Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857

CD 2

Play 1. Prelude No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858
Play 2. Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858
Play 3. Prelude No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 859
Play 4. Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 859
Play 5. Prelude No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860
Play 6. Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860
Play 7. Prelude No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 861
Play 8. Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 861
Play 9. Prelude No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 862
Play 10. Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 862
Play 11. Prelude No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 863
Play 12. Fugue No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 863
Play 13. Prelude No. 19 in A Major, BWV 864
Play 14. Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 864
Play 15. Prelude No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 865
Play 16. Fugue No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 865
Play 17. Prelude No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 866
Play 18. Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 866
Play 19. Prelude No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867
Play 20. Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867
Play 21. Prelude No. 23 in B Major, BWV 868
Play 22. Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 868
Play 23. Prelude No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869
Play 24. Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869