- Audio CD (Aug 1 2001)
- SPARS Code: DDD
- Number of Discs: 2
- Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi/Bmg
- ASIN: B000025O8H
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #191,206 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Composé vingt ans après le premier volume, ce second livre de préludes et fugues à usage «pédagogique», comme l'a lui-même défini Jean Sébastien Bach, conserve bien évidemment les qualités extrêmes, propres au génie du Cantor de Leipzig. Certains diront même que ce second volume est encore plus mature sur le plan du style. Les préludes nous présentent une myriade de visages, allant de la discrétion à l'explosion et au foisonnement musical. Les fugues portent, quant à elles, la marque de fabrique du grand Bach. Aucune ne ressemble à l'autre et l'ensemble est pourtant remarquablement homogène. Servi par le talent et la précision des doigts de Gustav Leonhardt, le second volume du Clavier bien tempéré étonne et impressionne par son étendue stylistique, allant du calme intérieur au déferlement virtuose qui, comme pour le premier volume, nous fait bien vite oublier l'usage initial de ces petits bijoux du clavier. --Jeanne Semprin
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Greatest performance of this work
Sep 5 2008
By Uncle Freak
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This is the best version of The Well tempered clavier of every time and every instrument by Gustav Leonhardt, founder and greatest exponent of "on period" movement. This second book of the Bach work is even much better then first...
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Impeccable performance!
Jun 6 2007
By A. Chung
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Format:Audio CD
Gustav Leonhardt, as usual, gives a great interpretation of this oft-recorded cycle. At times, the tempos he chooses are a bit on the slow side, but Baroque music shouldn't be played too fast anyway. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to hear a recording of the Well-Tempered Clavier II on the harpsichord.
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Bach, true Bach Volume 2
Sep 18 2009
By Rev. A. Trethowan
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This is the second in the series, and covers a later period of composition than the first. I always think that these work well with a piano forte and look forward even to Beethoven. However, this performance is very good and fits the period of writing very well. I think that it takes courage for anyone to undrertake playing Das Wohltemperierte Klavier either I or II as they test the mastery of the keyboard instrument of their choice. Clavier, harpsichord, piano, or organ all lead the performer down slightly different paths in performance. Gustav Leonhardt is a master of his instrument, and provides a very satisfying performance. A master playing a master.
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