Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier 1

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Composer : Johann Sebastian Bach

Product Details

Artist : Glenn Gould
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0074645260020
Label : Sony Music Canada Inc.
Number of Discs : 2
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2006-04-03
Running Time : 106minutes
UPC : 074645260020

ASIN : B0000028NI

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Prelude And Fugue No. 1 In C Major, BWV 846: Praeludium
2. Prelude And Fugue No. 1 In C Major, BWV 846: Fuga
3. Prelude And Fugue No. 2 In C Minor, BWV 847: Praeludium
4. Prelude And Fugue No. 2 In C Minor, BWV 847: Fuga
5. Prelude And Fugue No. 3 In C-Sharp Major, BWV 848: Praeludium
6. Prelude And Fugue No. 3 In C-Sharp Major, BWV 848: Fuga
7. Prelude And Fugue No. 3 In C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849: Praeludium
8. Prelude And Fugue No. 3 In C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849: Fuga
9. Prelude And Fugue No. 5 In D Major, BWV 850: Praeludium
10. Prelude And Fugue No. 5 In D Major, BWV 850: Fuga
11. Prelude And Fugue No. 6 In D Minor, BWV 851: Praeludium
12. Prelude And Fugue No. 6 In D Minor, BWV 851: Fuga
13. Prelude And Fugue No. 7 In E-Flat Major, BWV 852: Praeludium
14. Prelude And Fugue No. 7 In E-Flat Major, BWV 852: Fuga
15. Prelude In E-Flat Minor And Fugue In D-Sharp Minor No. 8, BWV 853: Praeludium
16. Prelude In E-Flat Minor And Fugue In D-Sharp Minor No. 8, BWV 853: Fuga
17. Prelude Fugue No. 9 In E Major, BWV 854: Praeludium
18. Prelude Fugue No. 9 In E Major, BWV 854: Fuga
19. Prelude And Fugue No. 10 In E Minor, BWV 855: Praeludium
20. Prelude And Fugue No. 10 In E Minor, BWV 855: Fuga Fugue No. 10 In E Minor, BWV 855
21. Prelude And Fugue No. 11 In F Major, BWV 856: Praeludium
22. Prelude And Fugue No. 11 In F Major, BWV 856: Fuga
23. Prelude And Fugue No. 12 In F Minor, BWV 857: Praeludium
24. Prelude And Fugue No. 12 In F Minor, BWV 857: Fuga

Disc-2
1. Prelude And Fugue No.13 In F-Sharp Major, BWV 858: Praeludium
2. Prelude And Fugue No.13 In F-Sharp Major, BWV 858: Fuga
3. Prelude And Fugue No.14 In F-Sharp Minor, BWV 859: Praeludium
4. Prelude And Fugue No.14 In F-Sharp Minor, BWV 859: Fuga
5. Prelude And Fugue No.15 In G Major, BWV 860: Praeludium
6. Prelude And Fugue No.15 In G Major, BWV 860: Fuga
7. Prelude And Fugue No.16 In G Minor, BWV 861: Praeludium
8. Prelude And Fugue No.16 In G Minor, BWV 861: Fuga
9. Prelude And Fugue No.17 In A-Flat Major, BWV 862: Praeludium
10. Prelude And Fugue No.17 In A-Flat Major, BWV 862: Fuga
11. Prelude And Fugue No.18 In G-Sharp Minor, BWV 863: Praeludium
12. Prelude And Fugue No.18 In G-Sharp Minor, BWV 863: Fuga
13. Prelude And Fugue No.19 In A Major, BWV 864: Praeludium
14. Prelude And Fugue No.19 In A Major, BWV 864: Fuga
15. Prelude And Fugue No.20 In A Minor, BWV 865: Praeludium
16. Prelude And Fugue No.20 In A Minor, BWV 865: Fuga
17. Prelude And Fugue No.21 In B-Flat Major, BWV 866: Praeludium
18. Prelude And Fugue No.21 In B-Flat Major, BWV 866: Fuga
19. Prelude And Fugue No.22 In B-Flat Minor, BWV 867: Praeludium
20. Prelude And Fugue No.22 In B-Flat Minor, BWV 867: Fuga
21. Prelude And Fugue No.23 In B Major, BWV 868: Praeludium
22. Prelude And Fugue No.23 In B Major, BWV 868: Fuga
23. Prelude And Fugue No.24 In B Minor, BWV 869: Praeludium
24. Prelude And Fugue No.24 In B Minor, BWV 869: Fuga

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Editorial Reviews

It's rather amazing today, when recordings of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier practically fall of the shelves, to recall just how unusual it was back in the 1960s for a pianist to undertake to record this amazing work. It's probably fair to say that until Glenn Gould got his fingers around it, Bach's music was used for teaching purposes more than anything else. What Gould proves in this essential set is that Bach is decidedly not just a threat to hold over the head of budding pianists but a joy to listen to. One of Gould's very greatest recordings. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews

A real pleasure (2005-02-13)

Gould plays theses pieces with incredible insight and with an astonishing virtuosity. Contrapuntal voices never blurr nor melt confusely as it often happen, and the whole work appears more moving et stimultating then the mere sum of exercices it, in fact, is. I have recordings of the work by Horzowski and by Feltsmans. Both are great but my preference goes to Gould, for the hypnotic effect he often achieve, like no other.

Explosive interpretation (2005-02-12)

Gould mastered the Well-Tempered Clavier at a very early age, and in this recording, he plays with an incredible ease, aptly diging out the nuances and undertones these scores virtually contain. His playing is bursting in passions AND in intellectual intensity - one does not exclude the other as some might think a priori. Most fugues litterally put the well tempered listener in a trance-like state. Let's hope the "offended virgins" (vierges offensées) who had scorn Gould's playing because of his "eccentricity", are mere fading away echos of an insular, hidebounded epoch.

EXTRAORDINARY BACH (2004-02-04)

This magnificent performance must be considered the definitive Bach for our time. The independence of the individual voices is simply breathtaking. Gould plays each voice with its own sound--as many as four simultaneously. In the more complex fugues, the pianism is unique. Fischer, Richter, and Kocsis can stand in the wings. They use tons of pedal, which only serves to blur the individual voices. But, even when they are able to accomplish the fingerwork reasonably well, they can only produce contrapuntal effects that may be technically adequate, but are unable to even begin to approach Gould's singular ability to give each voice a sound of its own, while playing the voices against each other. What more can one say? Listen, and marvel. The likes of this level of playing will not be heard again in our lifetime. If you like this, get Gould's Italian Concerto by Bach, and you will be speechless.

Bach as music..... (2003-12-04)

This is Bach as music, not an academic exercise. Glenn Gould reveals the passion in this music. It will always be a mystery as to how anyone cannot love Mr. Gould's interpretation of Bach's music. He loved this music and that shows in his playing. Bach was not a middle class burgher, but a rebel in his time who quietly accepted nothing. His love of life and his struggle to maintain his dignity are in his music and Mr. Gould's interpretation of it will never be matched.

Not as bad as I thought (2003-11-01)

My first review of these discs was quite negative, but I changed my mind about Gould's WTC after some new listening. I first thought this recording was extremely bad and mechanic, but I learned to appreciate it over the time. It is still not my first-choice WTC (that honor goes to Sviatoslav Richter). I would surely recommend it though. Yes, there is really some bad stuff inside, especially the preludes in C major and C minor, but at least Gould brings some freshness to this music. The other preludes and fugues also contain a liveliness that no other WTC set has. Gould clearly loves the music. But I still found it somewhat too eccentric to make it my top recommendation. Richter delves more deeply into the real meaning of the notes, while Gould is sometimes too much a showman. An interesting one, though.

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