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Kirkpatrick: Bach – Well-Tempered Clavier. Book I (2 CD, FLAC)

Kirkpatrick: Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier. Book I (2 CD, FLAC)
Kirkpatrick: Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier. Book I (2 CD, FLAC)

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Ralph Kirkpatrick
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (image+cue)
Label: Archiv
Size: 571 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

Disc: 1
01. Prelude in C major, BWV 846
02. Fugue in C major, BWV 846
03. Prelude in C minor, BWV 847
04. Fugue in C minor, BWV 847
05. Prelude in C sharp major, BWV 848
06. Fugue in C sharp major, BWV 848
07. Prelude in C sharp minor, BWV 849
08. Fugue in C sharp minor, BWV 849
09. Prelude in D major, BWV 850
10. Fugue in D major, BWV 850
11. Prelude in D minor, BWV 851
12. Fugue in D minor, BWV 851
13. Prelude in E flat major, BWV 852
14. Fugue in E flat major, BWV 852
15. Prelude in D sharp minor, BWV 853
16. Fugue in D sharp minor, BWV 853
17. Prelude in E major, BWV 854
18. Fugue in E major, BWV 854
19. Prelude in E minor, BWV 855
20. Fugue in E minor, BWV 855
21. Prelude in F major, BWV 856
22. Fugue in F major, BWV 856
23. Prelude in F minor, BWV 857
24. Fugue in F minor, BWV 857

Disc: 2
01. Prelude in F sharp major, BWV 858
02. Fugue in F sharp major, BWV 858
03. Prelude in F sharp minor, BWV 859
04. Fugue in F sharp minor, BWV 859
05. Prelude in G major, BWV 860
06. Fugue in G major, BWV 860
07. Prelude in G minor, BWV 861
08. Fugue in G minor, BWV 861
09. Prelude in A flat major, BWV 862
10. Fugue in A flat major, BWV 862
11. Prelude in G sharp minor, BWV 863
12. Fugue in G sharp minor, BWV 863
13. Prelude in A major, BWV 864
14. Fugue in A major, BWV 864
15. Fugue in A minor, BWV 865
16. Prelude in B flat major, BWV 866
17. Fugue in B flat major, BWV 866
18. Prelude in B flat minor, BWV 867
19. Fugue in B flat minor, BWV 867
20. Prelude in B major, BWV 868
21. Fugue in B major, BWV 868
22. Prelude in B minor, BWV 869
23. Fugue in B minor, BWV 869

beautiful

I own a few really outstanding recordings of this: among them richter, wanda landowska, friedrich gulda, gould. This is now my favorite. It may actually be more expressive and nuanced than all of the above (with the exception of gulda), while being less mannered. You can hear everything; the clavichord makes it all transparent. This is an incandescent recording.

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