Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier (complete)
Well here it is, the «Holy Grail» and «Old Testament» of keyboard literature. It does not really make sense to post yet another recording of the WTC, and by an amateur who is barely scratching the surface of this priceless music. But hey, there is worse stuff on YouTube, and I am somewhat proud of these recordings from 2009-2014. While flawed in many ways, they are many times better than my first recording (from 2007-2008 I think).
I am much indebted to the good folks at Piano Society, especially to Andreas Pfaul, for their stern but honest feedback and their many useful suggestions which enabled me to do a much better job the second time round.
I know Ill want to improve on these one day, even the greats do. This music is so much better than anyone could ever play it — Bach is always ahead of you, beckoning, challenging, and leading the way. He is both a hard task master and a gentle teacher. Sheesh, I can get really religious about Bach :) No other composer does that to me. I would think myself weird if I did not know that many people feel the same.
I never took any video footage for these. My apologies for being a lazy sod and not providing imagery or sheets to go along with the music. This just seems too much work for such a large video. And anyway, one should concentrate on the music rather than watching pictures or checking notes against the score :) At least Ill provide the titles and starting times as usual. Let me know what you think!
Bach — Das Wolhtemperierte Clavier, Book I (ca. 1722)
00:00:10 BWV 846 — Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C major
00:04:20 BWV 847 — Prelude and Fugue No.2 in C minor
00:07:33 BWV 848 — Prelude and Fugue No.3 in C sharp major
00:11:26 BWV 849 — Prelude and Fugue No.4 in C sharp minor
00:19:58 BWV 850 — Prelude and Fugue No.5 in D major
00:23:39 BWV 851 — Prelude and Fugue No.6 in D minor
00:27:03 BWV 852 — Prelude and Fugue No.7 in E flat major
00:33:34 BWV 853 — Prelude and Fugue No.8 in E flat minor
00:43:13 BWV 854 — Prelude and Fugue No.9 in E major
00:46:03 BWV 855 — Prelude and Fugue No.10 in E minor
00:49:41 BWV 856 — Prelude and Fugue No.11 in F major
00:53:28 BWV 857 — Prelude and Fugue No.12 in F minor
00:59:33 BWV 858 — Prelude and Fugue No.13 in F sharp major
01:03:57 BWV 859 — Prelude and Fugue No.14 in F sharp minor
01:08:30 BWV 860 — Prelude and Fugue No.15 in G major
01:12:34 BWV 861 — Prelude and Fugue No.16 in G minor
01:17:32 BWV 862 — Prelude and Fugue No.17 in A flat major
01:21:17 BWV 863 — Prelude and Fugue No.18 in G sharp minor
01:26:54 BWV 864 — Prelude and Fugue No.19 in A major
01:30:29 BWV 865 — Prelude and Fugue No.20 in A minor
01:36:14 BWV 866 — Prelude and Fugue No.21 in B flat major
01:39:29 BWV 867 — Prelude and Fugue No.22 in B flat minor
01:46:01 BWV 868 — Prelude and Fugue No.23 in B major
01:49:41 BWV 869 — Prelude and Fugue No.24 in B minor
Bach — Das Wolhtemperierte Clavier, Book II (ca. 1742)
02:00:33 BWV 870 — Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C major
02:04:46 BWV 871 — Prelude and Fugue No.2 in C minor
02:09:29 BWV 872 — Prelude and Fugue No.3 in C sharp major
02:13:31 BWV 873 — Prelude and Fugue No.4 in C sharp minor
02:20:32 BWV 874 — Prelude and Fugue No.5 in D major
02:31:23 BWV 875 — Prelude and Fugue No.6 in D minor
02:35:05 BWV 876 — Prelude and Fugue No.7 in E flat major
02:40:28 BWV 877 — Prelude and Fugue No.8 in E flat minor
02:49:15 BWV 878 — Prelude and Fugue No.9 in E major
02:59:10 BWV 879 — Prelude and Fugue No.10 in E minor
03:07:06 BWV 880 — Prelude and Fugue No.11 in F major
03:13:15 BWV 881 — Prelude and Fugue No.12 in F minor
03:20:03 BWV 882 — Prelude and Fugue No.13 in F sharp major
03:25:54 BWV 883 — Prelude and Fugue No.14 in F sharp minor
03:35:16 BWV 884 — Prelude and Fugue No.15 in G major
03:39:58 BWV 885 — Prelude and Fugue No.16 in G minor
03:45:23 BWV 886 — Prelude and Fugue No.17 in A flat major
03:52:39 BWV 887 — Prelude and Fugue No.18 in G sharp minor
04:00:47 BWV 888 — Prelude and Fugue No.19 in A major
04:04:58 BWV 889 — Prelude and Fugue No.20 in A minor
04:12:10 BWV 890 — Prelude and Fugue No.21 in B flat major
04:20:14 BWV 891 — Prelude and Fugue No.22 in B flat minor
04:28:38 BWV 892 — Prelude and Fugue No.23 in B major
04:34:59 BWV 893 — Prelude and Fugue No.24 in B minor