Artist: Masato Suzuki Title: J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 Year Of Release: 2025 Label: BIS Genre: Classical Harpsichord Quality: flac lossless (tracks) 24bits - 96.0kHz Total Time: 02:21:25 Total Size: 3.0 gb

Tracklist

1. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 870: I. Prelude
2. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 870: II. Fugue
3. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 871: I. Prelude
4. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 871: II. Fugue
5. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in C-Sharp Major, BWV 872: I. Prelude
6. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in C-Sharp Major, BWV 872: II. Fugue
7. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 873: I. Prelude
8. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 873: II. Fugue
9. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 874: I. Prelude
10. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 874: II. Fugue
11. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 875: I. Prelude
12. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 875: II. Fugue
13. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat Major, BWV 876: I. Prelude
14. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat Major, BWV 876: II. Fugue
15. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 877: I. Prelude
16. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 877: II. Fugue
17. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 878: I. Prelude
18. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 878: II. Fugue
19. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 979: I. Prelude
20. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 979: II. Fugue
21. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in F Major, BWV 880: I. Prelude
22. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in F Major, BWV 880: II. Fugue
23. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, BWV 881: I. Prelude
24. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, BWV 881: II. Fugue
25. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in F-Sharp Major, BWV 882: I. Prelude
26. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in F-Sharp Major, BWV 882: II. Fugue
27. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 883: I. Prelude
28. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 883: II. Fugue
29. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 884: I. Prelude
30. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 884: II. Fugue
31. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 885: I. Prelude
32. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 885: II. Fugue
33. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in A-Flat Major, BWV 886: I. Prelude
34. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in A-Flat Major, BWV 886: II. Fugue
35. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in G-Flat Minor, BWV 887: I. Prelude
36. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in G-Flat Minor, BWV 887: II. Fugue
37. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 888: I. Prelude
38. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 888: II. Fugue
39. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 889: I. Prelude
40. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 889: II. Fugue
41. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat Major, BWV 890: I. Prelude
42. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat Major, BWV 890: II. Fugue
43. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat Minor, BWV 891: I. Prelude
44. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat Minor, BWV 891: II. Fugue
45. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in B Major, BWV 892: I. Prelude
46. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in B Major, BWV 892: II. Fugue
47. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 893: I. Prelude
48. The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 893: II. Fugue

Following his recording of the first book of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier released last year (BIS2621), which was praised as ‘a pleasurable benchmark for anyone seeking a traversal that honours every detail of the music’ (Gramophone), harpsichordist Masato Suzuki now offers us his interpretation of the second book of Bach’s masterly cycle of preludes and fugues. No other works from the baroque period have been as cherished, performed and studied as these collections, the objectives of which were musical, theoretical and didactic. Like the first, the second book of the Well-Tempered Clavier features a prelude and fugue in each of the 12 semitones of the chromatic scale, covering all of the 24 major and minor modes. Produced almost twenty years after the first book, this collection is a sort of follow-up. Though less frequently heard than its predecessor, it nevertheless contains pieces of great beauty covering a wide stylistic range and demonstrates a mastery of counterpoint that never outweighs emotion, beauty and aesthetics. Occupying a key position in Bach’s output, the second book of the Well-Tempered Clavier points ahead to the major cycles of Bach’s last years and presents ‘sheer masterpieces from beginning to end’, to quote Johann Nikolaus Forkel, the composer’s first biographer