
1
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846
2
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847
3
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp Major, BWV 848
4
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp Minor, BWV 849
5
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850
6
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 851
7
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 7 in E-flat Major, BWV 852
8
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 8 in E-flat Minor, BWV 853
9
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854
10
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 855
11
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856
12
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857
13
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp Major, BWV 858
14
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp Minor, BWV 859
15
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860
16
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 861
17
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 17 in A-flat Major, BWV 862
18
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp Minor, BWV 863
19
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 864
20
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 865
21
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 21 in B-flat Major, BWV 866
22
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 22 in B-flat Minor, BWV 867
23
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 868
24
Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude ; Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869
25
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870
26
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 871
27
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp Major, BWV 872
28
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp Minor, BWV 873
29
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 874
30
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 875
31
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 7 in E-flat Major, BWV 876
32
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 8 in D-sharp Minor, BWV 877
33
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 878
34
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 879
35
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 880
36
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 881
37
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp Major, BWV 882
38
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp Minor, BWV 883
39
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 884
40
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 885
41
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 17 in A-flat Major, BWV 886
42
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp Minor, BWV 887
43
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 888
44
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 889
45
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 21 in B-flat Major, BWV 890
46
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 22 in B-flat Minor, BWV 891
47
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 892
48
Well-Tempered Clavier Book II~Prelude ; Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 893
Item UPC: 747313406234
Date First Available:
Label: NAXOS
ABOUT THE ALBUM
The centerpiece of the Bach collection is a 2015 recording of The Well-Tempered Clavier, the so- called old testament of piano music, a series of 48 preludes and fugues in all of the piano's possible keys. A look at that monumental collection's recorded history could serve as a compendium of piano performance styles through the last 120 years. Unsurprisingly, Biret conforms to none, and perhaps the best way to describe her interpretations is orchestral. As the historically informed Baroque practitioners prescribe, each prelude and fugue certainly has a distinct character, but those long lines emerge with the definition of strings, brass or winds, lush and strident by turn. Trills are mellow and exquisitely shaped, and a wealth of detail is present but never exaggerated. Biret's Bach is a cliff wall to be scaled, a peak to be reached and an aspiration to be achieved.
Check out these titles











