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The critics are not exaggerating - this is indeed an unmissable new release!







Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

The Well-Tempered Clavier – 2008 Recording

Angela Hewitt (piano)



Hyperion CDA67741/4

Recording details: September 2008

Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany

Produced by Ludger Böckenhoff

Engineered by Ludger Böckenhoff

Release date: April 2009

Total duration: 270 minutes 24 seconds

Das wohltemperierte Klavier 'The well-tempered Clavier' Book 1, BWV846-869



CD1

01 No 01 in C major, BWV846. Movement 1: Prelude [2'20]

02 No 01 in C major, BWV846. Movement 2: Fugue [2'08]

03 No 02 in C minor, BWV847. Movement 1: Prelude [1'35]

04 No 02 in C minor, BWV847. Movement 2: Fugue [1'52]

05 No 03 in C-sharp major, BWV848. Movement 1: Prelude [1'23]

06 No 03 in C-sharp major, BWV848. Movement 2: Fugue [2'19]

07 No 04 in C-sharp minor, BWV849. Movement 1: Prelude [3'04]

08 No 04 in C-sharp minor, BWV849. Movement 2: Fugue [5'24]

09 No 05 in D major, BWV850. Movement 1: Prelude [1'24]

10 No 05 in D major, BWV850. Movement 2: Fugue [2'13]

11 No 06 in D minor, BWV851. Movement 1: Prelude [1'40]

12 No 06 in D minor, BWV851. Movement 2: Fugue [2'59]

13 No 07 in E-flat major, BWV852. Movement 1: Prelude [3'44]

14 No 07 in E-flat major, BWV852. Movement 2: Fugue [1'40]

15 No 08 in E-flat minor, BWV853. Movement 1: Prelude [3'58]

16 No 08 in E-flat minor, BWV853. Movement 2: Fugue [5'16]

17 No 09 in E major, BWV854. Movement 1: Prelude [1'24]

18 No 09 in E major, BWV854. Movement 2: Fugue [1'06]

19 No 10 in E minor, BWV855. Movement 1: Prelude [2'19]

20 No 10 in E minor, BWV855. Movement 2: Fugue [1'10]

21 No 11 in F major, BWV856. Movement 1: Prelude [1'02]

22 No 11 in F major, BWV856. Movement 2: Fugue [1'38]

23 No 12 in F minor, BWV857. Movement 1: Prelude [2'12]

24 No 12 in F minor, BWV857. Movement 2: Fugue [4'55]CD2

01 No 13 in F-sharp major, BWV858. Movement 1: Prelude [1'31]

02 No 13 in F-sharp major, BWV858. Movement 2: Fugue [2'19]

03 No 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV859. Movement 1: Prelude [1'01]

04 No 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV859. Movement 2: Fugue [3'16]

05 No 15 in G major, BWV860. Movement 1: Prelude [0'54]

06 No 15 in G major, BWV860. Movement 2: Fugue [2'50]

07 No 16 in G minor, BWV861. Movement 1: Prelude [2'15]

08 No 16 in G minor, BWV861. Movement 2: Fugue [1'41]

09 No 17 in A-flat major, BWV862. Movement 1: Prelude [1'22]

10 No 17 in A-flat major, BWV862. Movement 2: Fugue [3'10]

11 No 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV863. Movement 1: Prelude [1'30]

12 No 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV863. Movement 2: Fugue [2'07]

13 No 19 in A major, BWV864. Movement 1: Prelude [1'28]

14 No 19 in A major, BWV864. Movement 2: Fugue [2'00]

15 No 20 in A minor, BWV865. Movement 1: Prelude [0'59]

16 No 20 in A minor, BWV865. Movement 2: Fugue [5'33]

17 No 21 in B-flat major, BWV866. Movement 1: Prelude [1'25]

18 No 21 in B-flat major, BWV866. Movement 2: Fugue [1'45]

19 No 22 in B-flat minor, BWV867. Movement 1: Prelude [3'51]

20 No 22 in B-flat minor, BWV867. Movement 2: Fugue [3'08]

21 No 23 in B major, BWV868. Movement 1: Prelude [0'57]

22 No 23 in B major, BWV868. Movement 2: Fugue [2'24]

23 No 24 in B minor, BWV869. Movement 1: Prelude [4'40]

24 No 24 in B minor, BWV869. Movement 2: Fugue [6'57]



Das wohltemperierte Klavier 'The well-tempered Clavier' Book 2, BWV870-893



CD3

01 No 01 in C major, BWV870. Movement 1: Prelude [3'04]

02 No 01 in C major, BWV870. Movement 2: Fugue [1'39]

03 No 02 in C minor, BWV871. Movement 1: Prelude [2'27]

04 No 02 in C minor, BWV871. Movement 2: Fugue [2'53]

05 No 03 in C-sharp major, BWV872. Movement 1: Prelude [1'41]

06 No 03 in C-sharp major, BWV872. Movement 2: Fugue [2'08]

07 No 04 in C-sharp minor, BWV873. Movement 1: Prelude [4'47]

08 No 04 in C-sharp minor, BWV873. Movement 2: Fugue [2'22]

09 No 05 in D major, BWV874. Movement 1: Prelude [5'49]

10 No 05 in D major, BWV874. Movement 2: Fugue [2'59]

11 No 06 in D minor, BWV875. Movement 1: Prelude [1'34]

12 No 06 in D minor, BWV875. Movement 2: Fugue [2'22]

13 No 07 in E-flat major, BWV876. Movement 1: Prelude [2'47]

14 No 07 in E-flat major, BWV876. Movement 2: Fugue [1'55]

15 No 08 in D-sharp minor, BWV877. Movement 1: Prelude [4'18]

16 No 08 in D-sharp minor, BWV877. Movement 2: Fugue [5'00]

17 No 09 in E major, BWV878. Movement 1: Prelude [4'41]

18 No 09 in E major, BWV878. Movement 2: Fugue [4'17]

19 No 10 in E minor, BWV879. Movement 1: Prelude [3'40]

20 No 10 in E minor, BWV879. Movement 2: Fugue [2'51]

21 No 11 in F major, BWV880. Movement 1: Prelude [3'31]

22 No 11 in F major, BWV880. Movement 2: Fugue [1'46]

23 No 12 in F minor, BWV881. Movement 1: Prelude [5'06]

24 No 12 in F minor, BWV881. Movement 2: Fugue [1'49]CD4

01 No 13 in F-sharp major, BWV882. Movement 1: Prelude [3'35]

02 No 13 in F-sharp major, BWV882. Movement 2: Fugue [2'35]

03 No 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV883. Movement 1: Prelude [3'21]

04 No 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV883. Movement 2: Fugue [3'38]

05 No 15 in G major, BWV884. Movement 1: Prelude [2'32]

06 No 15 in G major, BWV884. Movement 2: Fugue [1'14]

07 No 16 in G minor, BWV885. Movement 1: Prelude [4'03]

08 No 16 in G minor, BWV885. Movement 2: Fugue [2'45]

09 No 17 in A-flat major, BWV886. Movement 1: Prelude [4'17]

10 No 17 in A-flat major, BWV886. Movement 2: Fugue [3'47]

11 No 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV887. Movement 1: Prelude [4'06]

12 No 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV887. Movement 2: Fugue [3'21]

13 No 19 in A major, BWV888. Movement 1: Prelude [2'21]

14 No 19 in A major, BWV888. Movement 2: Fugue [1'13]

15 No 20 in A minor, BWV889. Movement 1: Prelude [4'15]

16 No 20 in A minor, BWV889. Movement 2: Fugue [1'42]

17 No 21 in B-flat major, BWV890. Movement 1: Prelude [7'19]

18 No 21 in B-flat major, BWV890. Movement 2: Fugue [2'39]

19 No 22 in B-flat minor, BWV891. Movement 1: Prelude [3'29]

20 No 22 in B-flat minor, BWV891. Movement 2: Fugue [4'54]

21 No 23 in B major, BWV892. Movement 1: Prelude [1'52]

22 No 23 in B major, BWV892. Movement 2: Fugue [3'50]

23 No 24 in B minor, BWV893. Movement 1: Prelude [2'29]

24 No 24 in B minor, BWV893. Movement 2: Fugue [1'53]

Ten years ago Angela Hewitt recorded a version of The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I which dazzled the critical world and record-buying public. It was followed shortly afterwards by Book II which was similarly received. Now, fresh from her Bach World Tour - in which she performed the complete Well-Tempered Clavier from August 2007 until the end of October 2008 in 58 cities in 21 countries on six continents - Angela has made an entirely new recording of this most iconic of keyboard works.

In a revealing and personal programme note, Angela explains her reasons, both artistic and emotional, for this momentous creative decision. She speaks of the 'new-found freedom' that she discovered in her later performances, and especially her use of Fazioli pianos, 'whose luminous, powerful, and also ever so delicate sounds opened new worlds to me and allowed my imagination to take flight'.

This is an unmissable new release.



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