J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Klavier - 48 Preludes and Fugue

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Idil Biret Archive
Release Date
April 4, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johann Sebastian Bach
    • PERFORMER
      Idil Biret
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 04, 2025
    • UPC
      747313406234
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8504062
    • LABEL
      Idil Biret Archive
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      4
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    2. Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    3. Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    4. Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    5. Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    6. Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 851

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    7. Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 852

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    8. Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in E-Flat Minor, BWV 853

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    9. Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    10. Prelude and Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 855

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    11. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    12. Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    13. Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    14. Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 859

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    15. Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    16. Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 861

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    17. Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 862

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    18. Prelude and Fugue No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 863

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    19. Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 864

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    20. Prelude and Fugue No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 865

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    21. Prelude and Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 866

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    22. Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    23. Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 868

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    24. Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    25. Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    26. Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 871

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    27. Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 872

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    28. Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 873

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    29. Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 874

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    30. Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 875

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    31. Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 876

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    32. Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 877

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    33. Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 878

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    34. Prelude and Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 879

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    35. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 880

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    36. Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 881

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    37. Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 882

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    38. Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 883

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    39. Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 884

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    40. Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 885

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    41. Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 886

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    42. Prelude and Fugue No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 887

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    43. Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 888

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    44. Prelude and Fugue No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 889

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    45. Prelude and Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 890

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    46. Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 891

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    47. Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 892

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret

    48. Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 893

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: İdil Biret


The centerpiece of the Bach collection is a 2015 recording of The Well-Tempered Clavier, the so- called old testament of piano music, a series of 48 preludes and fugues in all of the piano's possible keys. A look at that monumental collection's recorded history could serve as a compendium of piano performance styles through the last 120 years. Unsurprisingly, Biret conforms to none, and perhaps the best way to describe her interpretations is orchestral. As the historically informed Baroque practitioners prescribe, each prelude and fugue certainly has a distinct character, but those long lines emerge with the definition of strings, brass or winds, lush and strident by turn. Trills are mellow and exquisitely shaped, and a wealth of detail is present but never exaggerated. Biret's Bach is a cliff wall to be scaled, a peak to be reached and an aspiration to be achieved.