Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Aaron Pilsan
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA669
Release: 2021
Size: 947 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
CD 01
01. Prelude I in C Major, BWV 846
02. Fugue I in C Major, BWV 846
03. Prelude II in C Minor, BWV 847
04. Fugue II in C Minor, BWV 847
05. Prelude III in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848
06. Fugue III in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848
07. Prelude IV in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849
08. Fugue IV in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849
09. Prelude V in D Major, BWV 850
10. Fugue V in D Major, BWV 850
11. Prelude VI in D Minor, BWV 851
12. Fugue VI in D Minor, BWV 851
13. Prelude VII in E-Flat Major, BWV 852
14. Fugue VII in E-Flat Major, BWV 852
15. Prelude VIII in E-Flat Minor, BWV 853
16. Fugue VIII in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 853
17. Prelude IX in E Major, BWV 854
18. Fugue IX in E Major, BWV 854
19. Prelude X in E Minor, BWV 855
20. Fugue X in E Minor, BWV 855
21. Prelude XI in F Major, BWV 856
22. Fugue XI in F Major, BWV 856
23. Prelude XII in F Minor, BWV 857
24. Fugue XII in F Minor, BWV 857
CD 02
01. Prelude XIII in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858
02. Fugue XIII in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858
03. Prelude XIV in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 859
04. Fugue XIV in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 859
05. Prelude XV in G Major, BWV 860
06. Fugue XV in G Major, BWV 860
07. Prelude XVI in G Minor, BWV 861
08. Fugue XVI in G Minor, BWV 861
09. Prelude XVII in A-Flat Major, BWV 862
10. Fugue XVII in A-Flat Major, BWV 862
11. Prelude XVIII in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 863
12. Fugue XVIII in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 863
13. Prelude XIX in A Major, BWV 864
14. Fugue XIX in A Major, BWV 864
15. Prelude XX in A Minor, BWV 865
16. Fugue XX in A Minor, BWV 865
17. Prelude XXI in B-Flat Major, BWV 866
18. Fugue XXI in B-Flat Major, BWV 866
19. Prelude XXII in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867
20. Fugue XXII in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867
21. Prelude XXIII in B Major, BWV 868
22. Fugue XXIII in B Major, BWV 868
23. Prelude XXIV in B Minor, BWV 869
24. Fugue XXIV in B Minor, BWV 869
Aaron Pilsan is only twenty-five years old, but he already has a busy career to his credit, with a solo album devoted to Beethoven and Schubert – very well received by the critics – and another of duo repertory with the cellist Kian Soltani. A student of Lars Vogt, he has also received guidance from András Schiff – Bach has always been at the centre of their work together. The young Austrian pianist has been fascinated since childhood by The Well-Tempered Clavier, that musical journey on which Bach embarks with us in Book One: from the seemingly simple and joyful triad of the famous Prelude in C major to the final fugue, of a complexity almost worthy of Schoenberg, on a subject that already includes the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale . . . Ever since I became interested in Bach’s music, I have never ceased to ask myself how to make the modern grand piano – which has a rich fundamental sound but a reduced volume of harmonics compared to the harpsichord – produce an essentially well-tempered impression on the listener… But for me it was not a question of instrumental history, but of interpretation.
