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J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer Masato Suzuki
Catalogue Number BIS-2631 SACD
EAN 7318599926315
Format SACD Hybrid

This hybrid disc plays on both CD and SACD players
SACD Surround - SACD Stereo - CD Stereo

Release date Apr 2025
Total time 141'06

Following his recording of the first book of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, released last year on BIS-2621 and praised by Gramophone as “a pleasurable benchmark for anyone seeking a traversal that honours every detail of the music,” harpsichordist Masato Suzuki now offers his interpretation of the second book of Bach’s masterful cycle of preludes and fugues.



No other works from the Baroque period have been as cherished, performed, and studied as these collections, whose objectives were musical, theoretical, and didactic.

Like the first, the second book of the Well-Tempered Clavier comprises a prelude and fugue in each of the 12 semitones of the chromatic scale, covering all 24 major and minor keys.



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01 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870 2'24
02 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870 1'53
03 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 871 3'24
04 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue in C Minor, BWV 871 1'52
05 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 872 2'01
06 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 872 1'50
07 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 873 3'03
08 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 873 2'22
09 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 5 in D Major, BWV 874 5'27
10 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 874 2'23
11 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 875 1'47
12 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 875 1'53
13 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 876 2'50
14 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 876 2'00
15 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 8 in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 877 3'25
16 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 8 in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 877 2'36
17 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 9 in E Major, BWV 878 4'43
18 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 878 2'28
19 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 979 5'00
20 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 979 2'56
21 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 11 in F Major, BWV 880 3'11
22 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 880 1'44
23 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 881 4'41
24 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 881 2'08
25 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 882 3'24
26 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 882 2'42
27 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 883 2'06
28 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 883 3'42
29 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 15 in G Major, BWV 884 2'48
30 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 884 1'19
31 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 885 2'24
32 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 885 3'01
33 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 886 4'07
34 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 886 2'27
35 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 18 in G-Flat Minor, BWV 887 4'23
36 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 18 in G-Flat Minor, BWV 887 3'36
37 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 19 in A Major, BWV 888 1'43
38 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 888 1'38
39 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 889 5'03
40 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 889 1'45
41 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 890 7'52
42 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 890 2'11
43 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 891 2'39
44 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 891 4'20
45 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 23 in B Major, BWV 892 2'02
46 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 892 3'33
47 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 893 2'24
48 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 893 1'56
  Album total 141'06
ComposerJohann Sebastian Bach
ProducerMartin Sauer
Sound engineerHiroshi Kunisaki
Sound editorMartin Sauer
Mixing engineerJulian Schwenkner
Sebastian Nattkemper
Immersive audio engineerFabian Frank
Immersive mastering engineerFabian Frank
Immersive mixing engineerFabian Frank
Executive producerRobert Suff

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