Keith Jarrett - J.S. Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Buch I (1988)

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Artist: Keith Jarrett
Title: J.S. Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Buch I
Year Of Release: 1988
Label: ECM New Series
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 01:43:22
Total Size: 422 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD 1:
01. Prelude No.1 in C major, BWV846
02. Fugue No.1 in C major, BWV846
03. Prelude No.2 in C minor, BWV847
04. Fugue No.2 in C minor, BWV847
05. Prelude No.3 in C sharp major, BWV848
06. Fugue No.3 in C sharp major, BWV848
07. Prelude No.4 in C sharp minor, BWV849
08. Fugue No.4 in C sharp minor, BWV849
09. Prelude No.5 in D major, BWV850
10. Fugue No.5 in D major, BWV850
11. Prelude No.6 in D minor, BWV851
12. Fugue No.6 in D minor, BWV851
13. Prelude No.7 in E flat major, BWV852
14. Fugue No.7 in E flat major, BWV852
15. Prelude No.8 in E flat minor/D sharp minor
16. Fugue No.8 in E flat minor/D sharp minor
17. Prelude No.9 in E major, BWV854
18. Fugue No.9 in E major, BWV854
19. Prelude No.10 in E minor, BWV855
20. Fugue No.10 in E minor, BWV855
21. Prelude No.11 in F major, BWV856
22. Fugue No.11 in F major, BWV856
23. Prelude No.12 in F minor, BWV857
24. Fugue No.12 in F minor, BWV857

CD 2:
01. Prelude No.13 in F sharp major, BWV858
02. Fugue No.13 in F sharp major, BWV858
03. Prelude No.14 in F sharp minor, BWV859
04. Fugue No.14 in F sharp minor, BWV859
05. Prelude No.15 in G major, BWV860
06. Fugue No.15 in G major, BWV860
07. Prelude No.16 in G minor, BWV861
08. Fugue No.16 in G minor, BWV861
09. Prelude No.17 in A flat major, BWV862
10. Fugue No.17 in A flat major, BWV862
11. Prelude No.18 in G sharp minor, BWV863
12. Fugue No.18 in G sharp minor, BWV863
13. Prelude No.19 in A major, BWV864
14. Fugue No.19 in A major, BWV864
15. Prelude No.20 in A minor, BWV865
16. Fugue No.20 in A minor, BWV865
17. Prelude No.21 in B flat major, BWV866
18. Fugue No.21 in B flat major, BWV866
19. Prelude No.22 in B flat minor, BWV867
20. Fugue No.22 in B flat minor, BWV867
21. Prelude No.23 in B major, BWV868
22. Fugue No.23 in B major, BWV868
23. Prelude No.24 in B minor, BWV869
24. Fugue No.24 in B minor, BWV869

Performers:
Keith Jarrett, harpsichord

Keith Jarrett is such a fine musician that he, as a composer as well as a performer and a jazz interpreter as well as a classics interpreter, knows when to simply let the written notes be played the way they were written. His Bach is very straightforward: yes, he embellishes in keeping with the indications and musical period of Bach, but he never lets the embellishments sound as though they should call attention to the performer. Book One of the Well-Tempered Clavier is performed on the piano while Book Two is performed on the harpsichord. For this listener his piano keyboard Bach is more interesting than his Harpsichord Bach and I'm not at all certain why he elected to change instruments. But perhaps that is simply one more aspect of Jarrett's exploration of works he deems important enough to spend his concentration and time reproducing.
One of the pleasures of Jarrett's playing is his knowledge of how to bring a phrase to a close and for that matter how he prepares for the closing of a variation. It feels right, as though he has thought about Bach's ideas and incorporated them into his own manner of performing. Both of these 2CD albums are very well recorded and make a solid addition to the library: piano keyboard Bach or harpsichord keyboard Bach - both make for repeated frequent listenings. -- Grady Harp

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