034571173016

Bach: The Well-tempered Clavier, Vol. 1

Angela Hewitt

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: CDA673012

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Release Date:  01 September 1998

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  034571173016

Genres:  Classical  Baroque  

  • Description

    Here is Book 1 of Bach's immortal 'Forty-eight' played by Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt of whose recording of the Partitas Australia's Soundscapes magazine said: 'Only superlatives will do. My appreciation of this Canadian pianist is enormous; I classify her among the top performers of our time.' And Gramophone said of the same set: 'Hardline purists who baulk at the thought of Bach on the piano should put aside their convictions long enough to hear Angela Hewitt.'
    Angela Hewitt's '48' (Book 2 will be issued next year) is destined to join the small list of the very greatest recordings of Bach's incomparable masterpiece.
    The set is graced by her own absorbing and perceptive notes on each of the Preludes and Fugues, the subjects of which are all printed in the CD booklet.
    All of the music on this album is also available as part of the specially priced box set The Well-tempered Clavier: ‘If you missed Hewitt's '48' the first time around, don't look this gift horse in the mouth’ (Classics Today).

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. No. 1 In C Major
      • 2. BWV 846: Prelude
      • 3. No. 1 In C Major
      • 4. BWV 846: Fugue
      • 5. No. 2 In C Minor
      • 6. BWV 847: Prelude
      • 7. No. 2 In C Minor
      • 8. BWV 847: Fugue
      • 9. No. 3 In C-Sharp Major
      • 10. BWV 848: Prelude
      • 11. No. 3 In C-Sharp Major
      • 12. BWV 848: Fugue
      • 13. No. 4 In C-Sharp Minor
      • 14. BWV 849: Prelude
      • 15. No. 4 In C-Sharp Minor
      • 16. BWV 849: Fugue
      • 17. No. 5 In D Major
      • 18. BWV 850: Prelude
      • 19. No. 5 In D Major
      • 20. BWV 850: Fugue
      • 21. No. 6 In D Minor
      • 22. BWV 851: Prelude
      • 23. No. 6 In D Minor
      • 24. BWV 851: Fugue

      Disc 2

      • 1. No. 7 In E Flat Major
      • 2. BWV 852: Prelude
      • 3. No. 7 In E Flat Major
      • 4. BWV 852: Fugue
      • 5. No. 8 In E Flat Minor
      • 6. BWV 853: Prelude
      • 7. No. 8 In E Flat Minor
      • 8. BWV 853: Fugue
      • 9. No. 9 In E Major
      • 10. BWV 854: Prelude
      • 11. No. 9 In E Major
      • 12. BWV 854: Fugue
      • 13. No. 10 In E Minor
      • 14. BWV 855: Prelude
      • 15. No. 10 In E Minor
      • 16. BWV 855: Fugue
      • 17. No. 11 In F Major
      • 18. BWV 856: Prelude
      • 19. No. 11 In F Major
      • 20. BWV 856: Fugue
      • 21. No. 12 In F Minor
      • 22. BWV 857: Prelude
      • 23. No. 12 In F Minor
      • 24. BWV 857: Fugue
      • . No. 13 In F Sharp Major