Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Phantasm, Laurence Dreyfus
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Linn
Catalogue: CKD657
Release: 2021
Size: 1.24 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Prelude No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 885
02. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Fugue No. 16 in G Minor BWV 885
03. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870
04. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 871
05. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Prelude No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 873
06. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Fugue No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 873
07. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1: Prelude No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857
08. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1: Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857
09. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 882
10. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1: Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856
11. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 890
12. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 876
13. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1: Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 862
14. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1: Fugue No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849
15. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 883
16. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1: Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 868
17. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Prelude No. 9 in E Major, BWV 878
18. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 878
19. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Prelude No. 19 in A Major, BWV 888
20. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 888
21. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1: Fugue No. 8 in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 853
22. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 875
23. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Prelude No. 5 in D Major, BWV 874
24. The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 874
This is the second instalment in Phantasm’s series of recordings dedicated to the keyboard music of J. S. Bach. The first was named a Chamber Choice by BBC Music Magazine and Prise de son d exception by Diapason. This new recording explores further riches from both volumes of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier arranged by director Laurence Dreyfus for viol consort. Reimaging Bach’s keyboard polyphony as consort music has the dual benefits of expanding Bach’s chamber oeuvre whilst also presenting these highly-cherished works as seemingly new, never before heard gems, ripe for discovery. Despite its pedagogical inception Bach’s musical imagination imbues the Well-Tempered Clavier with intellectually complex fugues and preludes bursting with dancing melodies. Phantasm offers a wealth of insights into these highly artistic works revealing sonorities and colours that are both dynamically expressive and revelatory.