Prelude and fugue No 2 in C minor, BWV 847 (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Book 1)Prelude and fugue No 2 in C minor, BWV 847 (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Book 1) ...
Today's Video of the Day is a performance of Bach's Prelude No. 3 from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book II by Finnish-Cuban pianist Anton Mejias, from his new album The Art of Memory, on Deutsche ...
And of all the formidable compositions he left behind, his twin volumes of preludes and fugues, The Well-Tempered Clavier, stand alone almost as sacred texts for the keyboard. At the very least they ...
Tatyana Nikolayeva, Shostakovich's muse via her Bach playing, guarded the monument and was acclaimed here in the 1980s. Her interpretation was iron-cast but grey alongside Levit's rainbow palette.
Bach's first 'Clavier' book was completed in 1722 and then - only 20 years later - he gave us Book 2! These works are musicologically important but it's music of rare and soothing beauty. Composer: ...