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Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Egarr
J.S. Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Vol 1
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. Prelude I In C Major
2. Fugue I In C Major
3. Prelude II In C Minor
4. Fugue II In C Minor
5. Prelude II In C-Sharp Major
6. Fugue III In C-Sharp Major
7. Prelude IV In C-Sharp Minor
8. Fugue IV In C-Sharp Minor
9. Prelude V In D Minor
10. Fugue V In D Major
11. Prelude VI In D Minor
12. Fugue VI In D Minor
13. Prelude VII In E-Flat Major
14. Fugue VII In E-Flat Major
15. Prelude VIII In E-Flat Major
16. Fugue VIII In D-Sharp Minor
17. Prelude IX In E Major
18. Fugue IX In E Major
19. Prelude X In E Minor
20. Fugue X In E Minor
21. Prelude XI In F Major
22. Fugue XI In F Major
23. Prelude XII In F Minor
24. Fugue XII In F Minor
Track Listings (24) - Disc #2
1. Prelude XIII In F-Sharp Major
2. Fugue XIII In F-Sharp Major
3. Prelude XIV In F-Sharp Minor
4. Fugue XIV In F-Sharp Minor
5. Prelude XV In G Major
6. Fugue XV In G Major
7. Prelude XVI In G Minor
8. Fugue XVI In G Minor
9. Prelude XVII In A-Flat Major
10. Fugue XVII In A-Flat Major
11. Prelude XVIII In G-Sharp Minor
12. Fugue XVIII In G-Sharp Minor
13. Prelude XIX In A Major
14. Fugue XIX In A Major
15. Prelude XX In A Minor
16. Fugue XX In A Minor
17. Prelude XXI In B-Flat Major
18. Fugue XXI In B-Flat Major
19. Prelude XXII In B-Flat Minor
20. Fugue XXII In B-Flat Minor
21. Prelude XXIII In B Major
22. Fugue XXIII In B Major
23. Prelude XXIV In B Minor
24. Fugue XXIV In B Minor

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CD Details

All Artists: Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Egarr
Title: J.S. Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Vol 1
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 1
Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 10/9/2007
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Improvisation, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 093046743123

CD Reviews

Wonderful

Redmond Geek | 05/29/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a lovely interpretation of the WTC, Book 1. Egarr takes his time and lets the music breathe; the fugues are clear and well-defined. His use of ornamentation is tasteful and period-appropriate. He really allows the music to speak. The harpsichord used for the recording has a beautiful sound.

All in all, a wonderful addition to anyone's Bach collection. I hope he has plans to release a recording of Book 2."

The Well-Tempered Listening Room

Roochak | 08/11/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"What a difference the size of a room can make when you listen to a harpsichord record. Egarr's instrument, a 1991 copy of a 1638 Ruckers, has a warm, rich, bell-like sound that came through vividly in the small room in which I played these discs for the second time. The previous day I'd put them on in a cavernous, high-ceilinged room that reduced the sound of the harpsichord to a sort of musical mumble; every piece began to sound the same.

So I'd learned something new to me; a listening space suitable for orchestral music -- or a stentorian Steinway -- may be all wrong for something as intimate as a harpsichord recital. Egarr's WTC (using a tuning system "deciphered" by Dr. Bradley Lehman in 2004) is a shifting landscape of moods and colors, and even the harpsichord's lack of dynamic contrasts takes nothing away from the dramatic pairings of these preludes and fugues, in which the former pose dark, doubting questions to which the latter reply with a combination of impulsive fantasy and intellectual rigor that leaves me breathless."