Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

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Alpha
Release Date
March 22, 2019
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, J.S.
    • PERFORMER
      Celine Frisch
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 22, 2019
    • UPC
      3760014194511
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA451
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE

Two years after releasing her album dedicated to Book I of J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, C�line Frisch now presents the second volume of this musical landmark. Bach compiled Book II in 1744, twenty-two years after Book I. It took until 1801 for both volumes to be printed: from then until the present day they have inspired countless composers. After a series of recordings with the Ensemble Zimmermann she helped to found, C�line Frisch returns to the harpsichord recital, for a programme of this, her very favourite music. Through these preludes and fugues, she reminds us that far from being technical exercises, the Well- Tempered Clavier is a work of pure pleasure and constant renewed discovery. As Robert Schumann declared: 'You should frequently play the fugues of the great masters, particularly those of J.S. Bach. Make the Well-Tempered Clavier your daily bread.'