028948180165

Bach: The Well-tempered Clavier Book I

Keith Jarrett

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: 4818016

Release Date:  14 June 2019

Label:  ECM New Series

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  028948180165

Genres:  Classical  Baroque  

  • Description

    This never-before-released concert recording by pianist Keith Jarrett of Book I of Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, made in March 1987 at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, New York, is now issued in ECM's 50th anniversary year.



    "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 first 24 of Bach's "48" some three decades ago. "Both instrument and performer serve as unobtrusive media through which the music emerges without enhancement."

    In this live recording from Troy, just one month after his studio recording of the work, 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 the pianist 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 coloration has nothing to do with this process."


  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I (Bwv 846-869): I Prelude C Major
      • 2. I Fugue C Major
      • 3. II Prelude C Minor
      • 4. II Fugue C Minor
      • 5. III Prelude C-Sharp Major
      • 6. III Fugue C-Sharp Major
      • 7. Iv Prelude C-Sharp Minor
      • 8. Iv Fugue C-Sharp Minor
      • 9. V Prelude D Major
      • 10. V Fugue D Major
      • 11. Vi Prelude D Minor
      • 12. Vi Fugue D Minor
      • 13. Vii Prelude E-Flat Major
      • 14. Vii Fugue E-Flat Major
      • 15. Viii Prelude E-Flat Minor
      • 16. Viii Fugue D-Sharp Minor
      • 17. Ix Prelude E Major
      • 18. Ix Fugue E Major
      • 19. X Prelude E Minor
      • 20. X Fugue E Minor
      • 21. Xi Prelude F Major
      • 22. Xi Fugue F Major
      • 23. Xii Prelude F Minor
      • 24. Xii Fugue F Minor

      Disc 2

      • 1. Xiii Prelude F-Sharp Major
      • 2. Xiii Fugue F-Sharp Major
      • 3. Xiv Prelude F-Sharp Minor
      • 4. Xiv Fugue F-Sharp Minor
      • 5. Xv Prelude G Major
      • 6. Xv Fugue G Major
      • 7. Xvi Prelude G Minor
      • 8. Xvi Fugue G Minor
      • 9. Xvii Prelude A-Flat Major
      • 10. Xvii Fugue A-Flat Major
      • 11. Xviii Prelude G-Sharp Minor
      • 12. Xviii Fugue G-Sharp Minor
      • 13. Xix Prelude A Major
      • 14. Xix Fugue A Major
      • 15. Xx Prelude A Minor
      • 16. Xx Fugue A Minor
      • 17. Xxi Prelude B-Flat Major
      • 18. Xxi Fugue B-Flat Major
      • 19. Xxii Prelude B-Flat Minor
      • 20. Xxii Fugue B-Flat Minor
      • 21. Xxiii Prelude B Major
      • 22. Xxiii Fugue B Major
      • 23. Xxiv Prelude B Minor
      • 24. Xxiv Fugue B Minor