4260085532322

J.s. Bach: The Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1

Luca Guglielmi

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: AVI8553232

Release Date:  07 May 2021

Label:  C-Avi

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  4260085532322

Genres:  Classical  Solo Instrumental  

  • Description

    For nearly twenty years Luca has been the assistant and continuo player of Jordi Savall and his ensembles Hesperion XXI, Le Concert des Nations and La Capella Reial de Catalunya, giving concerts, from the duo to the large ensemble, all over the world. Concurrently, from 1993 Luca Guglielmi has had a busy international career as a soloist of historical keyboards (harpsichord, organ, clavichord, fortepiano), choir master and leader of various ensembles "with original instruments". This recording has been made by one the three remaining original harpsichords of the Hamburg harpsichord maker Christian Zell (1732), which shows the Bach WTC in a very special sound. The 1737 harpsichord was a favourite of Gustav Leonhardt to whose memory this volume is dedicated.

    Luca Guglielmi: Bach himself did not see the autograph manuscript as a 'definitive' version. He kept it as an 'open manuscript' on the rack of his harpsichord up to his death, using it as a 'textbook' for the lessons he gave to his students, never ceasing to insert a series of corrections, reworkings, improvements, small variants and even performance instructions. Bach's hands-on approach to his work in progress proves just how modern he actually was and remains. Through a truly 'holistic vision' we can embrace artistic parameters inherited from our 18th-century forebears: a profound, venerable legacy that remains unknown to the ones who approach the musical art on 'scientific' methods based on calculation and measurement.

    CRITICAL ACCLAIM

    "The "Well-Tempered Clavier" by Johann Sebastian Bach is a huge riddle made up of 48 pieces. Luca Guglielmi has found a convincing solution for this in his terrific recording." - Süddeutsche Zeitung

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. J S Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 1 in C major BWV 846 - Prelude
      • 2. No. 1 in C major BWV 846 - Fugue I à 4
      • 3. No. 2 in C minor BWV 847 - Prelude
      • 4. No. 2 in C minor BWV 847 - Fugue II à 3
      • 5. No. 3 in C sharp major BWV 848 - Prelude
      • 6. No. 3 in C sharp major BWV 848 - Fugue III à 3
      • 7. No. 4 in C sharp minor BWV 849 - Prelude
      • 8. No. 4 in C sharp minor BWV 849 - Fugue IV à 5
      • 9. No. 5 in D major BWV 850 - Prelude
      • 10. No. 5 in D major BWV 850 - Fugue V à 4
      • 11. No. 6 in D minor BWV 851 - Prelude
      • 12. No. 6 in D minor BWV 851 - Fugue VI à 3
      • 13. No. 7 in E flat major BWV 852 - Prelude
      • 14. No. 7 in E flat major BWV 852 - Fugue VII
      • 15. No. 8 in E flat minor BWV 853 - Prelude
      • 16. No. 8 in E flat minor BWV 853 - Fugue VIII à 3
      • 17. No. 9 in E major BWV 854 - Prelude
      • 18. No. 9 in E major BWV 854 - Fugue IX à 3
      • 19. No. 10 in E minor BWV 855 - Prelude
      • 20. No. 10 in E minor BWV 855 - Fugue X à 2
      • 21. No. 11 in F major BWV 856 - Prelude
      • 22. No. 11 in F major BWV 856 - Fugue XI à 3
      • 23. No. 12 in F minor BWV 857 - Prelude
      • 24. No. 12 in F minor BWV 857 - Fugue XII à 4

      Disc 2

      • 1. No. 13 in F sharp major BWV 858 - Prelude
      • 2. No. 13 in F sharp major BWV 858 - Fugue XIII à 3
      • 3. No. 14 in F sharp minor BWV 859 - Prelude
      • 4. No. 14 in F sharp minor BWV 859 - Fugue XIV à 4
      • 5. No. 15 in G major BWV 860 - Prelude
      • 6. No. 15 in G major BWV 860 - Fugue XV à 3
      • 7. No. 16 in G minor BWV 861 - Prelude
      • 8. No. 16 in G minor BWV 861 - Fugue XVI à 4
      • 9. No. 17 in A flat major BWV 862 - Prelude
      • 10. No. 17 in A flat major BWV 862 - Fugue XVII à 4
      • 11. No. 18 in G sharp minor BWV 863 - Prelude
      • 12. No. 18 in G sharp minor BWV 863 - Fugue XVIII à 4
      • 13. No. 19 in A major BWV 864 - Prelude
      • 14. No. 19 in A major BWV 864 - Fugue XIV à 3
      • 15. No. 20 in A minor BWV 865 - Prelude
      • 16. No. 20 in A minor BWV 865 - Fugue XX à 4
      • 17. No. 21 in B flat major BWV 866 - Prelude
      • 18. No. 21 in B flat major BWV 866 - Fugue XXI à 3
      • 19. No. 22 in B flat minor BWV 867 - Prelude
      • 20. No. 22 in B flat minor BWV 867 - Fugue XXII à 5
      • 21. No. 23 in B major BWV 868 - Prelude
      • 22. No. 23 in B major BWV 868 - Fugue XXIII à 4
      • 23. No. 24 in B minor BWV 869 - Prelude Andante
      • 24. No. 24 in B minor BWV 869 - Fugue XXIV à 4 Largo