Title: Well-Tempered Clavier Book I Artist: Keith Jarrett Label: Decca Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 028948180165 Genre: Classical Artists Release Date: 2019-06-14 Number of Discs: 2
Two CD set. In February 1987, Keith Jarrett recorded, on a Steinway grand piano, the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was the first in a series of acclaimed Bach recordings he would make for ECM. On March 7, 1987, prior to the release of the studio set, Jarrett performed the complete WTC Book I for an audience at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in New York state, a venue renowned for it's beautiful acoustics; an archival live recording of this concert, is being presented for the first time. When the studio album was released, Jarrett's manner in these iconic preludes and fugues surprised many listeners with it's poetic restraint. The pianist was deeply attuned to what he called "the process of thought" in Bach; by not imposing his personality unduly on the music, Jarrett allowed every note of the score to come through via the natural lyricism of the contrapuntal melodic lines, the dance-like pulse of the rhythmic flow. These qualities are strikingly apparent in the live recording. Few jazz artists have so richly explored classical repertoire from Bach and Mozart to Shostakovich, Bartók, Barber and more as Jarrett.
Tracks: 1.1 Das Wohltemperierte Klavier: Book 1, BWV 846-869 1.2 Prelude in C Major, BWV 846 (Original Version) 1.3 Fugue in C Major, BWV 846 (Original Version) 1.4 Prelude in C minor, BWV 847 (Original Version) 1.5 Fugue in C minor, BWV 847 (Original Version) 1.6 Prelude in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848 (Original Version) 1.7 Fugue in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848 (Original Version) 1.8 Prelude in C-Sharp minor, BWV 849 (Original Version) 1.9 Fugue in C-Sharp minor, BWV 849 (Original Version) 1.10 Prelude in D Major, BWV 850 (Original Version) 1.11 Fugue in D Major, BWV 850 (Original Version) 1.12 Prelude in D minor, BWV 851 (Original Version) 1.13 Fugue in D minor, BWV 851 (Original Version) 1.14 Prelude in E-Flat Major, BWV 852 (Original Version) 1.15 Fugue in E-Flat Major, BWV 852 (Original Version) 1.16 Prelude in D-Sharp minor/E-Flat minor, BWV 853 (Original Version) 1.17 Fugue in D-Sharp minor/E-Flat minor, BWV 853 (Original Version) 1.18 Prelude in E Major, BWV 854 (Original Version) 1.19 Fugue in E Major, BWV 854 (Original Version) 1.20 Prelude in E minor, BWV 855 (Original Version) 1.21 Fugue in E minor, BWV 855 (Original Version) 1.22 Prelude in F Major, BWV 856 (Original Version) 1.23 Fugue in F Major, BWV 856 (Original Version) 1.24 Prelude in F minor, BWV 857 (Original Version) 1.25 Fugue in F minor, BWV 857 (Original Version) 2.1 Das Wohltemperierte Klavier: Book 1, BWV 846-869 2.2 Prelude in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858 (Original Version) 2.3 Fugue in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858 (Original Version) 2.4 Prelude in F-Sharp minor, BWV 859 (Original Version) 2.5 Fugue in F-Sharp minor, BWV 859 (Original Version) 2.6 Prelude in G Major, BWV 860 (Original Version) 2.7 Fugue in G Major, BWV 860 (Original Version) 2.8 Prelude in G minor, BWV 861 (Original Version) 2.9 Fugue in G minor, BWV 861 (Original Version) 2.10 Prelude in A-Flat Major, BWV 862 (Original Version) 2.11 Fugue in A-Flat Major, BWV 862 (Original Version) 2.12 Prelude in A-Flat minor/G-Sharp minor, BWV 863 (Original Version) 2.13 Fugue in A-Flat minor/G-Sharp minor, BWV 863 (Original Version) 2.14 Prelude in a Major, BWV 864 (Original Version) 2.15 Fugue in a Major, BWV 864 (Original Version) 2.16 Prelude in a Minor, BWV 865 (Original Version) 2.17 Fugue in a Minor, BWV 865 (Original Version) 2.18 Prelude in B-Flat Major, BWV 866 (Original Version) 2.19 Fugue in B-Flat Major, BWV 866 (Original Version) 2.20 Prelude in B-Flat minor, BWV 867 (Original Version) 2.21 Fugue in B-Flat minor, BWV 867 (Original Version) 2.22 Prelude in B Major, BWV 868 (Original Version) 2.23 Fugue in B Major, BWV 868 (Original Version) 2.24 Prelude in B minor, BWV 869 (Original Version) 2.25 Fugue in B minor, BWV 869 (Original Version)
