J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

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1.	Prelude in C (BWV 846) 02:03	buy track
2.	Fugue in C (BWV 846) 01:53	buy track
3.	Prelude in C minor (BWV 847) 01:51	buy track
4.	Fugue in C minor (BWV 847) 01:29	buy track
5.	Prelude in C-sharp (BWV 848) 01:10	buy track
6.	Fugue in C-sharp (BWV 848) 02:04	buy track
7.	Prelude in C-sharp minor (BWV 849) 02:26	buy track
8.	Fugue in C-sharp minor (BWV 849) 03:25	buy track
9.	Prelude in D (BWV 850) 01:05	buy track
10.	Fugue in D (BWV 850) 01:42	buy track
11.	Prelude in D minor (BWV 851) 01:34	buy track
12.	Fugue in D minor (BWV 851) 01:59	buy track
13.	Prelude in E-flat (BWV 852) 03:40	buy track
14.	Fugue in E-flat (BWV 852) 01:56	buy track
15.	Prelude in E-flat minor (BWV 853) 03:23	buy track
16.	Fugue in D-sharp minor (BWV 853) 04:54	buy track
17.	Prelude in E (BWV 854) 01:34	buy track
18.	Fugue in E (BWV 854) 01:15	buy track
19.	Prelude in E minor (BWV 855) 02:43	buy track
20.	Fugue in E minor (BWV 855) 01:07	buy track
21.	Prelude in F (BWV 856) 01:29	buy track
22.	Fugue in F (BWV 856) 01:20	buy track
23.	Prelude in F minor (BWV 857) 02:10	buy track
24.	Fugue in F minor (BWV 857) 04:06	buy track
25.	Prelude in F-sharp (BWV 858) 01:55	buy track
26.	Fugue in F-sharp (BWV 858) 02:17	buy track
27.	Prelude in F-sharp minor (BWV 859) 00:57	buy track
28.	Fugue in F-sharp minor (BWV 859) 02:55	buy track
29.	Prelude in G (BWV 860) 00:45	buy track
30.	Fugue in G (BWV 860) 02:24	buy track
31.	Prelude in G minor (BWV 861) 02:01	buy track
32.	Fugue in G minor (BWV 861) 02:08	buy track
33.	Prelude in A-flat (BWV 862) 01:15	buy track
34.	Fugue in A-flat (BWV 862) 02:01	buy track
35.	Prelude in G-sharp minor (BWV 863) 01:31	buy track
36.	Fugue in G-sharp minor (BWV 863) 01:48	buy track
37.	Prelude in A (BWV 864) 01:14	buy track
38.	Fugue in A (BWV 864) 02:17	buy track
39.	Prelude in A minor (BWV 865) 01:12	buy track
40.	Fugue in A minor (BWV 865) 03:14	buy track
41.	Prelude in B-flat (BWV 866) 01:01	buy track
42.	Fugue in B-flat (BWV 866) 01:22	buy track
43.	Prelude in B-flat minor (BWV 867) 02:29	buy track
44.	Fugue in B-flat minor (BWV 867) 03:11	buy track
45.	Prelude in B (BWV 868) 00:50	buy track
46.	Fugue in B (BWV 868) 01:50	buy track
47.	Prelude in B minor (BWV 869) 03:32	buy track
48.	Fugue in B minor (BWV 869) 05:25	buy track

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These compositions are so nearly perfect, it is hard to believe they were composed by an animal.

For the most part, we have not introduced the bizarrely "interpretive" and self-indulgent fluctuations in tempo and volume that a certain clique of apes considers expressive, preferring to allow Bach's compositions to speak for themselves. That is not to say these performances lack the appropriate dynamics when considered in the contexts of tradition and scholarship.

Here, then, we offer "Das Wohltemperirte Klavier"* (Book I), as the composer might have dreamed it would sound, had he dreamed anachronistically of a Steinway grand piano.

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Original Manuscript: Das Wohltemperirte Klavier
German: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier
English: The Well-Tempered Clavier

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released January 1, 2011

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