Friday, August 28, 2020

Listening Journey through J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier 1, links to recordings

1. Preludes and Fugues No 1-16, performance and marked score

Title
 Duration
Youtube link
Prelude No 1 in C-major BWV 846

2’36”
https://youtu.be/Hb-ltP_FOdw
Fugue No 1 in C-major BWV 846

2’36”
Prelude No 2 in C-minor BWV 847

2’37”
https://youtu.be/XYMEKt8zNqw
Fugue No 2 in C-minor BWV 847

2’35”
https://youtu.be/qfC1D8nwDRg
Prelude No 3 in C# major BWV 848
1’40”
Fugue No 3 in C# major BWV 848
2’54”

Prelude No 4 in C# minor BWV 849
3’05”

Fugue No 4 in C# minor BWV 849
4’29”
Prelude No 5 in D-major BWV 850
1’57”

Fugue No 5 in D-major BWV 850
2’32”

Prelude No 6 in D-minor BWV 851
1’45”

Fugue No 6 in D-minor BWV 851
2’55”

Prelude No 7 In Eb- major, BWV 852
5’14”

Fugue No 7 in Eb major BWV 852
2’12”

Prelude No 8 in Eb-minor BWV 853
4’23”

Fugue No 8 in D# minor BWV 853
6’33”

Prelude No 9 in E-major BWV 854
1’45”
                                      
Fugue No 9 in E-major BWV 854
1’40”

Prelude No 10 in E-minor BWV 855
3’

Fugue No 10 in E-minor BWV 855
1’29”

Prelude No 11 in F-major BWV 856
1’21”

Fugue No 11 in F-major BWV 856
1’38”

Prelude No 12 in F-minor BWV 857
2’25”

Fugue No 12 in F-minor BWV 857
4’55”

Prelude No 13 in F# major BWV 858
1’42

Fugue No 13 in F#-major BWV 858
2’15”

Prelude No 14 in F#-minor BWV 859

1’40”

Fugue No 14 in F#-minor BWV 859

4’23”

Prelude No 15 G major BWV 860

1’21

Fugue No 15 G major BWV 860

3’36”

Prelude No 16 G minor BWV 861

2’50”

Fugue No 16 G minor BWV 861

2’10”





2.Preludes and Fugues No 13-24, Exploration and Performance (Sessions 7-12)


Session 7
Preludes and Fugues No 13 in F-sharp major and 
No 14 in F-sharp minor

Session 7 /1
Intro, Preludes and Fugues No 13, 14

14’

Session 7/2
Fugue No 14 in F-sharp minor BWV 859
25’20”

Session 7/3 Prelude No 14 in F-sharp minor BWV 859
8’26”

Session 7/4 No 13 Prelude in F-sharp major BWV 858
12’58”

Session 7/5 Fugue No 13 in F-sharp major BWV 858
14’04

Session 7/6 Conclusion,
14’22’


Session 8:
Preludes and Fugues No 15 in G-major BWV 860 and No 16 in G-minor BWV 861
Session 8/1 Prelude No 15 G-major 
6’37”

Session 8/2 Fugue No 15 G-major
10’46”

Session 8/3 Prelude No 16 G-minor
14’30”

Session 8/4 Fugue No 16 G-minor
12’56”


Session 9:
Preludes and Fugues No 17 in A-flat major BWV 862 and No 18 in G-sharp minor BWV 863
Session 9/1
Prelude No 17 A-flat major
9’03”

Session 9/2
Fugue No 17 A-flat major
12’20”

Session 9/3
Prelude No 18 G-sharp minor
8’ 32”

Session 9/4
Fugue No 18 G# minor
15’58”





Session 10
Preludes and Fugues No 19 in A-major BWV 863 and No 20 in A-minor BWV 864
Session 10/1 Prelude No 19 in A-major
8’12”

Session 10/2 Fugue No 19 in  A-major
10’42’’

Session 10/3 Prelude No 20 in A-minor
7’53”

Session 10/4 Fugue No 20 in a-minor, discussion
15’7”
https://youtu.be/Qv5GdTpY514

Session 10/5 Fugue No 20 in a-minor, performance
7’04”
https://youtu.be/KY761d-mmDI


Session 11
Preludes and Fugues No 21 in B-flat major BWV 865 and No 22 in B-flat minor BWV 866
Session 11/1
Prelude No 21 B-flat major
7’33

Session 11/2
Fugue No 21 in B-flat major
7’44
https://youtu.be/zOR7_0aE6Jw
Session 11/3
Prelude No 22 in B-flat minor
13’50”

Session 11/4
Fugue No 22 in B-flat minor
18”31’


Session 12
Preludes and Fugues No 23 in B-major BWV 867 and No 24 in B-minor BWV 868
Session 12/1
Prelude No 23 in B- major
7’22”
Session 12/2
Fugue No 23 in B-major
13’11”
Session 12/3
Prelude No 24 in B-minor
11’47”
Session 12/4
Fugue No 24 in B-minor
19’25”



3. Starting Sunday, August 30: The Listening Journey and final performance on Facebook Live  


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