What is the best recording of the Well Tempered Clavier?

The best recordings of JS Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier

• András Schiff (piano) (2012) ECM New Series 476 4827.
• Edwin Fischer (piano) (1933-36) Documents 231784.
• Angela Hewitt (piano) (2008) Hyperion CDA67741/4.
• Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord) (1989) Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 886 919 53072.

What is Bach’s most favorite piece?

Best of Bach

• St Matthew Passion.
• Concerto for Two Violins.
• The Well-Tempered Clavier.
• Six Suites for Solo Cello.
• Brandenburg Concertos.
• Mass in B minor.
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
• Christmas Oratorio. In six parts, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio tells the story of the birth of Jesus.

What was the significance of Bach’s composition The Well Tempered Clavier?

If music does have a Bible, it is Book I of the Well Tempered Clavier, which Johann Se bastian Bach composed to demonstrate the feasibility of equal temperament, and also as a teaching aid for his stu dents (among whom were included his five great sons).

What is the most well known of Bach’s keyboard works?

Taken from the first book of the Well-Tempered Clavier, the Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 is among Bach’s most famous works and occupies a special place within classical music.

Who is the pianist for Bach’s the Well Tempered Clavier?

Though a masterful pianist, Daniel Barenboim disappoints with this 2006 Warner Classics recording of the ‘48’. With their excessive use of the sustaining pedal, wide dynamic range, rubato and other obtrusive mannerisms, Barenboim’s readings sound more like Mendelssohn or Schumann than Bach.

Where can I find the Well Tempered Clavier?

There are lots of recordings of the Well-tempered Clavier available, and one can find them easily either through itunes and Amazon, or in the more specialist e-shops, such as Presto (one can find even rare records, such as Gieseking’s or Pollini’s recordings of the Well-tempered Clavier).

What kind of music does Daniel Barenboim play?

Daniel Barenboim (DB): DBs record is special, in the sense that DB pursues the most “romantic” of all approaches of the here listed interprets. Fugal themes get dark and shadowy, and DB often uses his grand piano’s pedal more than one might wish (example: Book 1 P Ebmaj – sounds like played in a train station).

Which is the best keyboard recording of Bach?

Kate Bolton-Porciatti travels through all the major and minor keys on her journey to find the finest recordings of Bach’s extensive sets of preludes and fugues for solo keyboard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugc5FZsycAw