Music

Gould had already recorded Fugue No. 9 in E major (BWV 878) and No.14 in F-sharp minor (BWV 883) in 1957 to fill up an LP with the Fifth and Sixth Partitas (see No. 4). The earlier readings were much slower: 4’17” as opposed to 1’46” for BWV 878, and 3’14” instead of 2’45” for BWV 883. You never cross the same river twice …
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, BWV 878-885
Released: 1970
- Prelude & Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 878: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 878: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 10 in E minor, BWV 879: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 10 in E minor, BWV 879: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 880: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 880: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp Major, BWV 882: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp Major, BWV 882: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 883: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 883: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 884: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 884: Fuga
- Prelude & Fugue No. 16 in G minor, BWV 885: Praeludium
- Prelude & Fugue No. 16 in G minor, BWV 885: Fuga
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