BACH: Well-Tempered Clavier (selections) - Piotr Anderszewski

Piotr Anderszewski takes a characteristically creative approach to Bach's Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (The Well-tempered Clavier). Rather than recording all 48 of it's prelude-and-fugue pairings, he has focused on 12 pairings from Book Two. "I decided to put the pieces together in a sequence of my own subjective choosing, based sometimes on key relationships, at other times on contrasts. The idea behind this specific order is to create a sense of drama that suggests a cycle: 12 characters conversing with one another, mirroring each other." Anderszewski's last Erato album of Bach prompted BBC Music Magazine to write: "For anyone who loves Bach (or the piano)... this life-enhancing disc is required listening." 1 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870: I. Prelude2 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870: II. Fugue3 Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881: I. Prelude4 Well-Tempered