Angela Hewitt - J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier (2009)

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Title: J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: Hyperion
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 04:31:12
Total Size: 754 Mb
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Tracklist:

CD1
Book 1
1. No.1 in c Major Bwv846 - Prelude
2. No.1 in c Major Bwv846 - Fugue
3. No.2 in c Minor Bwv847 - Prelude
4. No.2 in c Minor Bwv847 - Fugue
5. No.3 in c Sharp Major Bwv848 - Prelude
6. No.3 in c Sharp Major Bwv848 - Fugue
7. No.4 in c Sharp Minor Bwv849 - Prelude
8. No.4 in c Sharp Minor Bwv849 - Fugue
9. No.5 in d Major Bwv850 - Prelude
10. No.5 in d Major Bwv850 - Fugue
11. No.6 in d Minor Bwv851 - Prelude
12. No.6 in d Minor Bwv851 - Fugue
13. No.7 in e Flat Major Bwv852 - Prelude
14. No.7 in e Flat Major Bwv852 - Fugue
15. No.8 in e Flat Minor Bwv853 - Prelude
16. No.8 in e Flat Minor Bwv853 - Fugue
17. No.9 in e Major Bwv854 - Prelude
18. No.9 in e Major Bwv854 - Fugue
19. No.10. in e Minor Bwv855 - Prelude
20. N.10. in e Minor Bwv855 - Fugue
21. No.11 in f Major Bwv856 - Prelude
22. No.11 in f Major Bwv856 - Fugue
23. N0.12 in f Minor Bwv857 - Prelude
24. No.12 in f Minor Bwv857 - Fugue

CD2
Book 1
1. No.13 in f Sharp Major Bwv858 - Prelude
2. No.13 in f Sharp Major Bwv858 - Fugue
3. No.14 in f Sharp Minor Bwv859 - Prelude
4. No.14 in f Sharp Minor Bwv859 - Fugue
5. No.15 in g Major Bwv860 - Prelude
6. No.15 in g Major Bwv860 - Fugue
7. No.16 in g Minor Bwv861 - Prelude
8. No.16 in g Minor Bwv861 - Fugue
9. No.17 in a Flat Major Bwv862 - Prelude
10. No.17 in a Flat Major Bwv862 - Fugue
11. No.18 in g Sharp Minor Bwv863 - Prelude
12. No.18 in g Sharp Minor Bwv863 - Fugue
13. No.19 in a Major Bwv864 - Prelude
14. No.19 in a Major Bwv864 - Fugue
15. No.20 in a Minor Bwv865 - Prelude
16. No.20 in a Minor Bwv865 - Fugue
17. No.21 in b Flat Major Bwv866 - Prelude
18. No.21 in b Flat Major Bwv866 - Fugue
19. No.22 in b Flat Major Bwv867 - Prelude
20. No.22 in b Flat Major Bwv867 - Fugue
21. No.23 in b Major Bwv868 - Prelude
22. No.23 in b Major Bwv868 - Fugue
23. No.24 in b Minor Bwv869 - Prelude
24. No.24 in b Minor Bwv869 - Fugue

CD3
Book 2
1. No.1 in c Major Bwv870 - Prelude
2. No.1 in c Major Bwv870 - Fugue
3. No.2 in c Minor Bwv871 - Prelude
4. No.2 in c Minor Bwv871 - Fugue
5. No.3 in c Sharp Major Bwv872 - Prelude
6. No.3 in c Sharp Major Bwv872 - Fugue
7. No.4 in c Sharp Minor Bwv873 - Prelude
8. No.4 in c Sharp Minor Bwv873 - Fugue
9. No.5 in d Major Bwv874 - Prelude
10. No.5 in d Major Bwv874 - Fugue
11. No.6 in d Minor Bwv875 - Prelude
12. No.6 in d Minor Bwv875 - Fugue
13. No.7 in e Flat Major Bwv876 - Prelude
14. No.7 in e Flat Major Bwv876 - Fugue
15. No.8 in d Sharp Minor Bwv877 - Prelude
16. No.8 in d Sharp Minor Bwv877 - Fugue
17. No.9 in e Major Bwv878 - Prelude
18. No.9 in e Major Bwv878 - Fugue
19. No.10 in e Minor Bwv879 - Prelude
20. No.10 in e Minor Bwv879 - Fugue
21. No.11 in f Major Bwv880 - Prelude
22. No.11 in f Major Bwv880 - Fugue
23. No.12 in f Minor Bwv881 - Prelude
24. No.12 in f Minor Bwv881 - Fugue

CD4
Book 2
1. No.13 in f Sharp Major Bwv882 - Prelude
2. No.13 in f Sharp Major Bwv882 - Fugue
3. No.14 in f Sharp Inor Bwv883 - Prelude
4. No.14 in f Sharp Inor Bwv883 - Fugue
5. No.15 in g Major Bwv884 - Prelude
6. No.15 in g Major Bwv884 - Fugue
7. No.16 in g Minor Bwv885 - Prelude
8. No.16 in g Minor Bwv885 - Fugue
9. No.17 in a Flat Major Bwv886 - Prelude
10. No.17 in a Flat Major Bwv886 - Fugue
11. No.18 in g Sharp Minor Bwv887 - Prelude
12. No.18 in g Sharp Minor Bwv887 - Fugue
13. No.19 in a Major Bwv888 - Prelude
14. No.19 in a Major Bwv888 - Fugue
15. No.20 in a Minor Bwv889 - Prelude
16. No.20 in a Minor Bwv889 - Fugue
17. No.21 in b Flat Major Bwv890 - Prelude
18. No.21 in b Flat Major Bwv890 - Fugue
19. No.22 in b Flat Minor Bwv891 - Prelude
20. No.22 in b Flat Minor Bwv891 - Fugue
21. No.23 in b Major Bwv892 - Prelude
22. No.23 in b Major Bwv892 - Fugue
23. No.24 in b Minor Bwv893 - Prelude
24. No.24 in b Minor Bwv893 - Fugue

Performers:
Angela Hewitt, piano

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’.