You can't say A without saying B: pianist Marcel Worms took up the challenge, to record the second book after his double album with the complete first book of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier (2020). Bach completed the second book twenty years after the first, and in those two decades his composing has deepened even further. The Preludes have emancipated and are sometimes longer than the accompanying Fugues, the complexity of the music has increased, and the work as a whole is more abstract and spiritual. Add to that the length of the work (about half an hour longer than book I) and the assignment for the pianist is clear.

Tracklist:

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In C Major, Bwv 870: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In C Major, Bwv 870: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In C Minor, Bwv 871: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In C Minor, Bwv 871: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In C-Sharp Major, Bwv 872: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In C-Sharp Major, Bwv 872: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In C-Sharp Minor, Bwv 873: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In C-Sharp Minor, Bwv 873: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In D Major, Bwv 874: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In D Major, Bwv 874: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In D Minor, Bwv 875: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In D Minor, Bwv 875: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In E-Flat Major, Bwv 876: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In E-Flat Major, Bwv 876: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In E-Flat Minor, Bwv 877: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In E-Flat Minor, Bwv 877: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In E Major, Bwv 878: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In E Major, Bwv 878: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In E Minor, Bwv 879: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In E Minor, Bwv 879: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In F Major, Bwv 880: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In F Major, Bwv 880: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In F Minor, Bwv 881: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In F Minor, Bwv 881: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In F-Sharp Major, Bwv 882: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In F-Sharp Major, Bwv 882: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In F-Sharp Minor, Bwv 883: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In F-Sharp Minor, Bwv 883: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In G Major, Bwv 884: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In G Major, Bwv 884: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In G Minor, Bwv 885: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In G Minor, Bwv 885: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In A-Flat Major, Bwv 886: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In A-Flat Major, Bwv 886: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In G-Sharp Minor, Bwv 887: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In G-Sharp Minor, Bwv 887: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In A Major, Bwv 888: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In A Major, Bwv 888: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In A Minor, Bwv 889: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In A Minor, Bwv 889: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In B-Flat Major, Bwv 890: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In B-Flat Major, Bwv 890: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In B-Flat Minor, Bwv 891: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In B-Flat Minor, Bwv 891: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In B Major, Bwv 892: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In B Major, Bwv 892: II. Fugue
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In B Minor, Bwv 893: I. Prelude
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude & Fugue In B Minor, Bwv 893: II. Fugue

UPC: 8717774570821
Label: Zefir
Release Date: 3.18.22
Format: CD

Bach, J.S. / Worms - Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (2 CD)