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Johann Sebastian Bach
Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, Book II
Peter Watchorn (pedal harpsichord)
By the 1740s, J. S. Bach was engaged in the task of bringing his life’s work to some kind of final form. By 1742 he had compiled a second collection of preludes and fugues in all the possible major and minor keys, which he named Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, Part II, complementing his original set from twenty years earlier. Peter Watchorn presents this monumental work using a German-style harpsichord and pedal harpsichord in performances of unrivalled depth and power
Released January-10 / $23.99
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, Book I
Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)
The first recording of this universal collection to use the tuning system for which it was most likely written. This release is further enhanced by the first use in 60 years of a pedal harpsichord in a recording of Book 1. A unique recording in more ways than one.
Released June-06 / $17.99
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Johann Sebastian Bach
English Suites, BWV 806 - 811
Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)
Harpsichordist Peter Watchorn presents Bach's "Six Great Suites", known today as the English Suites. This fine recording, which showcases a harpsichord by master builder Walter Burr, includes all repeats: nearly 160 minutes of music.
Released June-06 / $17.99
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Inventions & Sinfonias - BWV 772-801
Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)
The next volume in Peter Watchorn's complete survey of the harpsichord music of Johann Sebastian Bach is devoted to the Inventions & Sinfonias, BWV 772-801, a set of thirty short contrapuntal pieces written for Bach's son, Wilhelm Friedemann. A textbook demonstration of Bach's preferred "cantabile" style, this recording also features the "Bach" tuning, as proposed by Bradley Lehman, and a magnificent German-style harpsichord by Australian master builder, Alastair McAllister.
Released February-08 / $11.99
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Bach: Works for Harpsichord

The harpsichord compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach represent one of the pinnacles of Western music. Bach composed for the harpsichord throughout his long career and the surviving works clearly show his development over a period of nearly fifty years. Peter Watchorn has spent over thirty years specializing in this music, and here presents all of the master's works for harpsichord and pedal harpsichord, beginning with The Well-Tempered Clavier and the six English Suites. Using a variety of harpsichords by the leading builders of the present day, Peter Watchorn brings to this project the insights and knowledge gained by many years of study with Isolde Ahlgrimm, the great Viennese harpsichordist, as well as his own experience as a harpsichord builder of note. The series also features the newly discovered "Bach" tuning, deciphered by Bradley Lehman from the title page of the first 1722 collection of preludes and fugues

Future releases:

MO 0402: Bach: French Suites, BWV 812-817 Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)

MO 0403: Bach: Clavierübung II & III Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)

MO 0409: Bach Partitas, BWV 825-830 Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)

MO 0502: Bach: Fantasias & Fugues I Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)

MO 0504: Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, BWV 1056-1059 Penelope Crawford, Peter Watchorn

MO 0505: Bach: Toccatas, BWV 910-916 Peter Watchorn (pedal harpsichord)

MO 0506: Bach: Sonatas, Suites, Capriccios Peter Watchorn, (pedal harpsichord)

MO 0507: Bach: Concerto arrangements, BWV 972-987; 592a Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)

MO 0511: Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080 Peter Watchorn (pedal harpsichord)

MO 0512: Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)