Well-Tempered Clavier for Piano, Vol. 2

Composer:	Bach, Johann Sebastian
Editor:	Alfred Durr
Instrumentation:	Piano solo
Publisher:	Barenreiter Verlag
Item Code:	BA5192
RCM Level:	10, ARCT
Category:	Print music
Description:	Volume 2 of the "WTC" has survived in two distinct manuscript traditions. Till now, all printed editions have combined these two traditions into a single hybrid edition, „preferring now this reading, now that one, at the editor’s descretion“ (A. Dürr). Our volume presents each piece in the version containing the largest number of Bach’s subsequent changes; significant variants from the other version are added as alternatives. A detailed preface by the editor discusses the source material and performance practice, including the execution of ornaments.

Table of Contents

1. Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 870
2. Prelude and Fugue No. 10 in E minor, BWV 879
3. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F major, BWV 880
4. Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881
5. Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F-sharp major, BWV 882
6. Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp minor, BWV 883
7. Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G major, BWV 884
8. Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G minor, BWV 885
9. Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 886
10. Prelude and Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 887
11. Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A major, BWV 888
12. Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 871
13. Prelude and Fugue No. 20 in A minor, BWV 889
14. Prelude and Fugue No. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 890
15. Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in B-flat minor, BWV 891
16. Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in B major, BWV 892
17. Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893
18. Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 872
19. Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 873
20. Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D major, BWV 874
21. Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D minor, BWV 875
22. Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 876
23. Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in D-sharp minor, BWV 877
24. Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E major, BWV 878