J.S. Bach: Das wohltemperierte Klavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier), Volume 2 - RES10261

J.S. Bach: Das wohltemperierte Klavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier), Volume 2 (2 CDs)

£16.99
Total playing time [148:45]

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Steven Devine (harpsichord)

Some twenty years after the collection known as Das wohltemperierte Klavier J.S. Bach assembled his second collection of twenty-four preludes and fugues in all keys, completing one of the greatest achievements in keyboard music that today remains one of the crowning glories of the genre.

Acclaimed harpsichordist Steven Devine returns to Resonus to complete his recording of J.S. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier, once again exploring this great pinnacle of the Baroque keyboard repertoire on the stunning instrument featured in the first volume – a harpsichord by Colin Booth after an instrument by the eighteenth century maker Johann Christof Fleischer.

Album Booklet (PDF)

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'This completion of his ‘48’ is a highly satisfying account [...] Some musicians play up the kaleidoscopic aspect of this extraordinary collection of pieces, but Devine gives it a strong underlying pulse, with emotional restraint; his playing is invigoratingly muscular, his intention with each piece pellucidly clear, often setting the pairs in fruitful contrast.'

- BBC Music Magazine (5 stars)

'This completion of his ‘48’ is a highly satisfying account [...] Some musicians play up the kaleidoscopic aspect of this extraordinary collection of pieces, but Devine gives it a strong underlying pulse, with emotional restraint; his playing is invigoratingly muscular, his intention with each piece pellucidly clear, often setting the pairs in fruitful contrast.'
BBC Music Magazine (5 stars)

'This is – and remains with the publication of Part 2 – my top choice for the 48.'
Early Music Review

'His subtle use of articulation and rhetoric and his understanding of the Baroque idea of building up musical ideas from small motifs make for an absorbing recording that will invite repeated listening.'
andrewbensonwilson.org

'[...] as impressive as his finely crafted and often technically suave first set'
Lark Reviews

Credits
© 2020 Resonus Limited
Ⓟ 2020 Resonus Limited
Catalogue No. RES10261
Producer, engineer & editor: Adam Binks
EAN: 5060262792919
Cover image by Merio (www.pixabay.com)
Release date: 28 August 2020