Music

The first recording from Gould’s private studio in Eaton’s Auditorium, where virtually all his recordings would be made until 1980. This put an end to all the delays and cancelled sessions that had marred his work for Columbia over the previous months and years.
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, BWV 886-893
Released: 1971
- Prelude & Fugue No. 17 in A-flat Major, BWV 886: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 17 in A-flat Major, BWV 886: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 887: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 887: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 888: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 888: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 20 in A minor, BWV 889: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 20 in A minor, BWV 889: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 21 in B-flat Major, BWV 890: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 21 in B-flat Major, BWV 890: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 891: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 891: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 892: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 892: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893: Fuga
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