Johann Sebastian Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier András Schiff

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Album info

Album-Release:
2012

HRA-Release:
24.08.2012

Label: ECM

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

Artist: András Schiff

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)

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  • Das Wohltemperierte Klavier: Book 1, BWV 846-869
  • 1Präludium C-Dur, BWV 84601:48
  • 2Fuge C-Dur, BWV 84601:54
  • 3Präludium c-Moll, BWV 84701:34
  • 4Fuge c-Moll, BWV 84701:35
  • 5Präludium Cis-Dur, BWV 84801:21
  • 6Fuge Cis-Dur, BWV 84802:24
  • 7Präludium cis-Moll, BWV 84902:19
  • 8Fuge cis-Moll, BWV 84904:00
  • 9Präludium D-Dur, BWV 85001:15
  • 10Fuge D-Dur, BWV 85001:41
  • 11Präludium d-Moll, BWV 85102:09
  • 12Fuge d-Moll, BWV 85102:23
  • 13Präludium Es-Dur, BWV 85203:43
  • 14Fuge Es-Dur, BWV 85201:31
  • 15Präludium es-Moll/dis-Moll, BWV 85303:25
  • 16Fuge es-Moll/dis-Moll, BWV 85304:33
  • 17Präludium E-Dur, BWV 85401:18
  • 18Fuge E-Dur, BWV 85401:05
  • 19Präludium e-Moll, BWV 85502:15
  • 20Fuge e-Moll, BWV 85501:03
  • 21Präludium F-Dur, BWV 85600:56
  • 22Fuge F-Dur, BWV 85601:18
  • 23Präludium f-Moll, BWV 85701:59
  • 24Fuge f-Moll, BWV 85704:17
  • Das Wohltemperierte Klavier: Book 1, BWV 846-869
  • 25Präludium Fis-Dur, BWV 85801:33
  • 26Fuge Fis-Dur, BWV 85801:58
  • 27Präludium fis-Moll, BWV 85900:54
  • 28Fuge fis-Moll, BWV 85902:59
  • 29Präludium G-Dur, BWV 86000:50
  • 30Fuge G-Dur, BWV 86002:53
  • 31Präludium g-Moll, BWV 86102:03
  • 32Fuge g-Moll, BWV 86101:28
  • 33Präludium As-Dur, BWV 86201:14
  • 34Fuge As-Dur, BWV 86202:16
  • 35Präludium gis-Moll, BWV 86301:31
  • 36Fuge gis-Moll, BWV 86302:10
  • 37Präludium A-Dur, BWV 86401:13
  • 38Fuge A-Dur, BWV 86402:18
  • 39Präludium a-Moll, BWV 86500:56
  • 40Fuge a-Moll, BWV 86504:03
  • 41Präludium B-Dur, BWV 86601:14
  • 42Fuge B-Dur, BWV 86601:38
  • 43Präludium b-Moll, BWV 86702:34
  • 44Fuge b-Moll, BWV 86702:51
  • 45Präludium H-Dur, BWV 86800:56
  • 46Fuge H-Dur, BWV 86802:18
  • 47Präludium h-Moll, BWV 86904:35
  • 48Fuge h-Moll, BWV 86906:49
  • Das Wohltemperierte Klavier: Book 2, BWV 870-893
  • 49Präludium C-Dur, BWV 87002:28
  • 50Fuge C-Dur, BWV 87001:32
  • 51Präludium c-Moll, BWV 87102:34
  • 52Fuge c-Moll, BWV 87102:09
  • 53Präludium Cis-Dur, BWV 87201:52
  • 54Fuge Cis-Dur, BWV 87202:02
  • 55Präludium cis-Moll, BWV 87303:41
  • 56Fuge cis-Moll, BWV 87302:15
  • 57Präludium D-Dur, BWV 87404:55
  • 58Fuge D-Dur, BWV 87402:58
  • 59Präludium d-Moll, BWV 87501:34
  • 60Fuge d-Moll, BWV 87502:10
  • 61Präludium Es-Dur, BWV 87602:29
  • 62Fuge Es-Dur, BWV 87601:42
  • 63Präludium dis-Moll, BWV 87703:42
  • 64Fuge dis-Moll, BWV 87703:40
  • 65Präludium E-Dur, BWV 87804:19
  • 66Fuge E-Dur, BWV 87803:06
  • 67Präludium e-Moll, BWV 87903:09
  • 68Fuge e-Moll, BWV 87902:39
  • 69Präludium F-Dur, BWV 88003:18
  • 70Fuge F-Dur, BWV 88001:45
  • 71Präludium f-Moll, BWV 88104:08
  • 72Fuge f-Moll, BWV 88101:46
  • Das Wohltemperierte Klavier: Book 2, BWV 870-893
  • 73Präludium Fis-Dur, BWV 88202:57
  • 74Fuge Fis-Dur, BWV 88202:17
  • 75Präludium fis-Moll, BWV 88303:03
  • 76Fuge fis-Moll, BWV 88304:16
  • 77Präludium G-Dur, BWV 88402:22
  • 78Fuge G-Dur, BWV 88401:21
  • 79Präludium g-Moll, BWV 88502:39
  • 80Fuge g-Moll, BWV 88502:47
  • 81Präludium As-Dur, BWV 88603:19
  • 82Fuge As-Dur, BWV 88602:27
  • 83Präludium gis-Moll, BWV 88703:46
  • 84Fuge gis-Moll, BWV 88705:33
  • 85Präludium A-Dur, BWV 88801:40
  • 86Fuge A-Dur, BWV 88801:09
  • 87Präludium a-Moll, BWV 88905:40
  • 88Fuge a-Moll, BWV 88901:43
  • 89Präludium B-Dur, BWV 89007:19
  • 90Fuge B-Dur, BWV 89002:08
  • 91Präludium b-Moll, BWV 89102:39
  • 92Fuge b-Moll, BWV 89104:37
  • 93Präludium H-Dur, BWV 89201:57
  • 94Fuge H-Dur, BWV 89203:23
  • 95Präludium h-Moll, BWV 89301:51
  • 96Fuge h-Moll, BWV 89301:41
  • Total Runtime04:03:27

Info for Johann Sebastian Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier

As a young pianist, András Schiff earned wide esteem for his 1980s recordings of the major keyboard works of J.S. Bach; in recent years, as part of his long-term relationship with ECM, he has gone back to Bach as a sage veteran, earning even more acclaim for his New Series versions of the Goldberg Variations (2001) and the six Partitas (2007), both intimate concert recordings. In August 2011, Schiff turned his focus to the 48 preludes and fugues of Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, recording both Books I and II in the Auditorium Radiosvizzera Italiana, Lugano. The performance of these influential works sets new interpretive standards. For the recording, Schiff’s own Steinway was brought to Lugano, and the production beautifully captures a masterful player and his instrument of choice.

An iconic inspiration for composers from Mozart and Beethoven to Chopin and Brahms and beyond, The Well-Tempered Clavier has long been considered the Old Testament of the keyboard literature (with Beethoven’s piano sonatas as the New Testament). In his liner notes to Schiff’s new four-CD set of “the 48”, Paul Griffiths underscores the suitability of Bach’s timeless keyboard work for the modern grand piano: “Bach’s inquiry into so many nuances, of touch, of interplay between hands and between contrapuntal lines, of character and of expressivity, has helped form keyboard technique as we know it, and his music belongs to the instrument of Beethoven, of Chopin, of Debussy, of Kurtág – especially when that instrument is played with the mastery and sensitivity of Schiff in these performances. (...) Noteworthy is his floated melody and his rhythmic sense – his realization that so much of Bach’s music is song or dance. Grandeur and intimacy are also here. Wit, too.”

In the liner-note introduction to his ECM release of Bach’s Partitas, Schiff laid out his motivation for revisiting music he first recorded two decades before: “Great music is far greater than its performers. We try our entire lives to unveil its secrets and to convey its unique message. Even if we never quite reach the imaginary goal, our many performances give us experience and knowledge that were hidden from us years ago. We form a better understanding of its structure and inner workings. Horizons broaden before our eyes.”

Schiff will explore those broadened horizons in his “Bach Project,” which includes performances of Bach’s music across North America from October 2012 to November 2013. The tour begins with The Well-Tempered Clavier and will go on to include the French Suites, English Suites, Partitas and Goldberg Variations, as well as keyboard concertos with the San Francisco Symphony and New York Philharmonic. Schiff announced his “Bach Project” by joining author Stuart Isacoff (Temperament and A Natural History of the Piano) at Lincoln Center’s Kaplan Penthouse in New York City to discuss Bach in front of an audience. The discussion led to a question about what Schiff heard in his early Bach discs that he strove to improve upon in his ECM recordings. “There were touches of sentimentality that I didn’t consider sentimental at the time – and I don’t like sentimentality,” he said. “Perhaps you become more secure with age – you don’t feel the need to impress. You know this is a great piece of music that can speak for itself.”

András Schiff, born in Budapest in 1953, puts a strong focus on cyclic performances of the important piano works by the masters from Bach to Bártok. His wide-ranging discography on ECM includes works by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann and Janáèek, among many others. One of Schiff's most ambitious projects to date, the complete Beethoven sonata cycle was performed in 20 major musical centers worldwide and recorded for ECM in concert at the Zürich Tonhalle. In 1999, Schiff created his own chamber orchestra, the Cappella Andrea Barca, which consists of international soloists, chamber musicians and friends. In addition to working annually with this orchestra, he conducts London’s Philharmonia Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

András Schiff, piano

Recorded August 2011, Auditorio Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano
Engineer: Stephan Schellmann
Produced by Manfred Eicher

As a young pianist, András Schiff earned wide esteem for his 1980s recordings of the major keyboard works of J.S. Bach; in recent years, as part of his long-term relationship with ECM, he has gone back to Bach as a sage veteran, earning even more acclaim for his New Series versions of the Goldberg Variations (2001) and the Six Partitas (2007), both intimate concert recordings. In August 2011, Schiff turned his focus to the 48 preludes and fugues of Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, recording both Books I and II in the Auditorium Radiosvizzera Italiana, Lugano. The performance of these influential works sets new interpretive standards. For the recording, Schiff’s own Steinway was brought to Lugano, and the production beautifully captures a masterful player and his instrument of choice.

András Schiff, born in Budapest in 1953, puts a strong focus on cyclic performances of the important piano works by the masters from Bach to Bártok. His wide-ranging discography on ECM includes works by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann and Janáček, among many others. One of Schiff's most ambitious projects to date, the complete Beethoven sonata cycle was performed in 20 major musical centers worldwide and recorded for ECM in concert at the Zürich Tonhalle. In 1999, Schiff created his own chamber orchestra, the Cappella Andrea Barca, which consists of international soloists, chamber musicians and friends. In addition to working annually with this orchestra, he conducts London’s Philharmonia Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

Booklet for Johann Sebastian Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier

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