Music

Book II of the Well-Tempered Clavier occupies much more space in Gould’s discography than the first. The interpretative range is all the more striking: Fugue No. 7 in E-flat major, for instance, appears in two early CBC versions lasting 3:19 (1953) and 2:03 (1966) minutes, respectively, while the one here whizzes past in one minute and thirty-eight seconds.
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, BWV 870-877
Released: 1968
- Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 871: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 871: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp Major, BWV 872: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp Major, BWV 872: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 873: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 873: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 874: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 874: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in D minor, BWV 875: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in D minor, BWV 875: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 7 in E-flat Major, BWV 876: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 7 in E-flat Major, BWV 876: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 8 in D-sharp minor, BWV 877: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 8 in D-sharp minor, BWV 877: Fuga
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