The Well-Tempered Clavier #2110
. . . Bach was the most thorough but not alone in writing in support of a ‘modern’ tuning system.
Hour One
J. S. BACH: Prelude & Fugue in C, BWV 846, fr WTC I –Robert Costin (1975 Metzler/Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge, England) Stone 5060182780697
BACH: Prelude & Fugue in C, BWV 870, WTC II –Louis Thiry (1970 Koenig/Reformed Church, Auteuil, France) Arion 468306
HEINRICH WILHELM STOLZE: Prelude & Fugue in C, fr Die Wohltemperierte Orgel –Reinhard Kluth (1687 Vater-1999 West/Stadtkirche, Celle, Germany) Motette 13061
BACH: Preludes in A-flat (BWV 886), E-flat (876), G (884), d (875), and D (874), fr WTC II –Timothy Albrecht (2005 Jaeckel/Schwartz Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA) PD Archive (r. 9/9/12)
BACH: Fugues in d/D, BWV 851/850, fr WTC I –Frédéric Desenclos (1726 Garrels/Old Catholic Church, Den Hague) Triton 331102
BACH: Prelude & Fugue in C#, BWV 848, fr WTC I –J. Bryan Dyker, flute; George Bozeman (1958 Flentrop/Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) PD Archive (r. 10/27/84)
BACH: Prelude in c#, BWV 849, fr WTC I –Daniele Boccaccio (2006 Zanin/St.Antonio Abate, Padua, Italy) Brilliant Classics 95157
BACH (arr. Ritter): Fugue in c#, BWV 849, fr WTC I –Michael Schönheit (1866 Ladegast/Merseburg Cathedral) Querstand 1810
Filler – BACH: Prelude in C, BWV 846, fr WTC I (see above)
Hour Two
BACH: Preludes & Fugues in C#/c#, BWV 872/873, fr WTC II –Frédéric Desenclos (1999 Mahler/St. Etioenne, Baigorry, France) Triton 331104
BACH: Prelude in f, BWV 881, fr WTC II –Timothy Albrecht (2005 Jaeckel/Schwartz Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA) Albach 2010
STOLZE: Prelude & Fugue in D-flat, fr Die Wohltemperierte Orgel –Reinhard Kluth (1687 Vater-1999 West/Stadtkirche, Celle, Germany) Motette 13061
J. C. F. FISCHER: Preludes & Fugues in c#, g & G, fr Ariadne Musica –Joseph Payne (1987 Mårtensson/St. Göranskyrka, Stockholm & 1770 Speisegger/Parish Church, Büren an der Aare, Switzerland) Naxos 8.550964
BACH: Prelude & Fugue in g, BWV 885, fr WTC II –Louis Thiry (1970 Koenig/Reformed Church, Auteuil, France) Arion 468306
BACH: Prelude & Fugue in F#, BWV 882 –Daniele Boccaccio (2006 Zanin/St. Antonio Abate, Padua, Italy) Brilliant Classics 95157
BACH: Preludes & Fugues in B/b, BWV 892/893, fr WTC II –Robert Costin (1975 Metzler/Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge, England) Stone 5060182780697
Filler – BACH (arr. Ritter): Fugue in c#, BWV 849 (see above)
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