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Johann Sebastian Bach, Ralph Kirkpatrick
Well Tempered Clavier, Part 1
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. Prelude and Fugue in C major: Praeludium I
2. Prelude and Fugue in C major: Fuga I
3. Prelude And Fugue In C Minor: Praeludiun II
4. Prelude And Fugue In C Minor: Fuga II
5. Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major: Praeludium III
6. Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major: Fuga III
7. Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor: Praeludium IV
8. Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor: Fuga IV
9. Prelude and Fugue in D major: Praeludium V
10. Prelude and Fugue in D major: Fuga V
11. Prelude and Fugue in D minor: Praeludium VI
12. Prelude and Fugue in D minor: Fuga VI
13. Prelude and Fugue in E flat major: Praeludium VII
14. Prelude in E flat major: Fuga VII
15. Prelude in E flat minor and Fugue in D sharp minor: Praeludium VIII
16. Prelude in E flat minor and Fugue in D sharp minor: Fuga VIII
17. Prelude and Fugue in E major: Praeludium IX
18. Prelude and Fugue in E major: Fuga IX
19. Prelude And Fugue In E Minor: Praeludium X
20. Prelude And Fugue In E Minor: Fuga X
21. Prelude and Fugue in F major: Praeludium XI
22. Prelude and Fugue in F major: Fuga XI
23. Prelude and Fugue in F minor: Praeludium XII
24. Prelude and Fugue in F minor: Fuga XII
Track Listings (24) - Disc #2
1. Prelude and Fugue in F sharp major: Praeludium XIII
2. Prelude and Fugue in F sharp major: Fuga XIII
3. Prelude and Fugue in F sharp minor: Praeludium XIV
4. Prelude and Fugue in F sharp minor: Fuga XIV
5. Prelude and Fugue in G major: Praeludium XV
6. Prelude and Fugue in G major: Fuga XV
7. Prelude and Fugue in G minor: Praeludium XVI
8. Prelude and Fugue in G minor: Fuga XVI
9. Prelude and Fugue in A flat major: Praeludium XVII
10. Prelude and Fugue in A flat major: Fuga XVII
11. Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor: Praeludium XVIII
12. Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor: Fuga XVIII
13. Prelude and Fugue in A major: Praeludium XIX
14. Prelude and Fugue in A major: Fuga XIX
15. Prelude and Fugue in A minor: Praeludium XX
16. Prelude and Fugue in A minor: Fuga XX
17. Prelude and Fugue in B flat major: Praeludium XXI
18. Prelude and Fugue in B flat major: Fuga XXI
19. Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor: Praeludium XXII
20. Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor: Fuga XXII
21. Prelude and Fugue in B major: Praeludium XXIII
22. Prelude and Fugue in B major: Fuga XXIII
23. Prelude and Fugue in B minor: Praeludium XXIV
24. Prelude and Fugue in B minor: Fuga XXIV

CD Details

All Artists: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ralph Kirkpatrick
Title: Well Tempered Clavier, Part 1
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Archiv Prod Import
Release Date: 2/13/2001
Album Type: Original recording remastered, Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Improvisation, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 028946360125

CD Reviews

Part I of Kirkpatrick's Great Clavichord Performance of Bach

John Kwok | New York, NY USA | 09/03/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I've waited a long time to find the first half of Kirkpatrick's Clavichord performance of J. S. Bach's "The Well-Tempered Clavier"; it was surely well worth waiting. Kirkpatrick offers lively, emotionally stirring performances on the clavichord, opening with the familiar bars of the "Ave Maria" in the first brief piece. I concur with a previous reviewer who remaked that this is an incandescent recording. I think it is now my favorite keyboard performance of Bach's music, easily surpassing any I've heard from the likes of Gould or Perahia. The sound quality is exceptional for these vintage recordings, some of which are over forty years old."

Beautiful

Matthew D Kerr | Princeton, NJ United States | 07/04/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"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."

I wore out the grooves on my Archiv copy

Werner | Lake Forest, IL United States | 07/01/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Kirkpatrick's performance stands apart from all the rest. I owned Archiv 33 1/3 copies of Teil 1 & 2 when at university, and his virtuosity helped me through many a tense night. I survived, but the vinyl eventually failed.The unique sound of the Clavichord (clavier refers generally to all keyboard instruments) presents challenges in presentation which Ralph Kirkpatrick easily masters to create an unparalled sound experience. Bach would be proud."