J.s. Bach: the Well-tempered Clavier - Keith Jarrett - Music - CLASSICAL - 0028948180165 - June 14, 2019
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J.s. Bach: the Well-tempered Clavier

Keith Jarrett

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J.s. Bach: the Well-tempered Clavier

Two CD set. In February 1987, Keith Jarrett recorded, on a Steinway grand piano, the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was the first in a series of acclaimed Bach recordings he would make for ECM. On March 7, 1987, prior to the release of the studio set, Jarrett performed the complete WTC Book I for an audience at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in New York state, a venue renowned for it's beautiful acoustics; an archival live recording of this concert, is being presented for the first time. When the studio album was released, Jarrett's manner in these iconic preludes and fugues surprised many listeners with it's poetic restraint. The pianist was deeply attuned to what he called "the process of thought" in Bach; by not imposing his personality unduly on the music, Jarrett allowed every note of the score to come through via the natural lyricism of the contrapuntal melodic lines, the dance-like pulse of the rhythmic flow. These qualities are strikingly apparent in the live recording. Few jazz artists have so richly explored classical repertoire from Bach and Mozart to Shostakovich, Bartók, Barber and more as Jarrett.


WORKS BY BACH / LIVE REC. FROM TROY, NEW YORK 1987

Media Music     CD   (Compact Disc)
Number of discs 2
Composer Bach Johann Sebastian
Released June 14, 2019
EAN/UPC 0028948180165
Label CLASSICAL B003005502
Genre Classical
Dimensions 127 × 143 × 12 mm   ·   126 g

Track list

  1. 1.   CD  

    1. Prelude No. 1 in C Major, Bwv 846 (02:03)
    2. Fugue No. 1 in C Major, Bwv 846 (01:49)
    3. Prelude No. 2 in C Minor, Bwv 847 (01:53)
    4. Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, Bwv 847 (01:32)
    5. Prelude No. 3 in C-sharp Major, Bwv 848 (01:17)
    6. Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp Major, Bwv 848 (02:08)
    7. Prelude No. 4 in C-sharp Minor, Bwv 849 (02:19)
    8. Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp Minor, Bwv 849 (04:03)
    9. Prelude No. 5 in D Major, Bwv 850 (01:12)
    10. Fugue No. 5 in D Major, Bwv 850 (01:33)
    11. Prelude No. 6 in D Minor, Bwv 851 (01:43)
    12. Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, Bwv 851 (01:58)
    13. Prelude No. 7 in E-flat Major, Bwv 852 (04:02)
    14. Fugue No. 7 in E-flat Major, Bwv 852 (01:38)
    15. Prelude No. 8 in E-flat / D-sharp Minor, Bwv 853 (03:37)
    16. Fugue No. 8 in E-flat / D-sharp Minor, Bwv 853 (04:38)
    17. Prelude No. 9 in E Major, Bwv 854 (01:21)
    18. Fugue No. 9 in E Major, Bwv 854 (01:08)
    19. Prelude No. 10 in E Minor, Bwv 855 (01:40)
    20. Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, Bwv 855 (01:00)
    21. Prelude No. 11 in F Major, Bwv 856 (00:54)
    22. Fugue No. 11 in F Major, Bwv 856 (01:22)
    23. Prelude No. 12 in F Minor, Bwv 857 (01:47)
    24. Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, Bwv 857 (03:55)
  2. 2.   CD  

    1. Prelude No. 13 in F-sharp Major, Bwv 858 (01:27)
    2. Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp Major, Bwv 858 (01:35)
    3. Prelude No. 14 in F-sharp Minor, Bwv 859 (00:51)
    4. Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp Minor, Bwv 859 (02:45)
    5. Prelude No. 15 in G Major, Bwv 860 (00:48)
    6. Fugue No. 15 in G Major, Bwv 860 (02:42)
    7. Prelude No. 16 in G Minor, Bwv 861 (01:37)
    8. Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, Bwv 861 (01:52)
    9. Prelude No. 17 in A-flat Major, Bwv 862 (01:10)
    10. Fugue No. 17 in A-flat Major, Bwv 862 (02:22)
    11. Prelude No. 18 in G-sharp Minor, Bwv 863 (01:09)
    12. Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp Minor, Bwv 863 (02:24)
    13. Prelude No. 19 in a Major, Bwv 864 (01:03)
    14. Fugue No. 19 in a Major, Bwv 864 (01:55)
    15. Prelude No. 20 in a Minor, Bwv 865 (01:05)
    16. Fugue No. 20 in a Minor, Bwv 865 (04:20)
    17. Prelude No. 21 in B-flat Major, Bwv 866 (01:18)
    18. Fugue No. 21 in B-flat Major, Bwv 866 (01:24)
    19. Prelude No. 22 in B-flat Minor, Bwv 867 (02:47)
    20. Fugue No. 22 in B-flat Minor, Bwv 867 (03:45)
    21. Prelude No. 23 in B Major, Bwv 868 (00:54)
    22. Fugue No. 23 in B Major, Bwv 868 (01:52)
    23. Prelude No. 24 in B Minor, Bwv 869 (05:16)
    24. Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, Bwv 869 (07:07)

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