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Johann Sebastian Bach |
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Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, Book II |
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Peter Watchorn (pedal harpsichord) |
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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 |
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Released January-10
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Cat. #0202/3CD-Digipak
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Johann Sebastian Bach |
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Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, Book I |
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Peter Watchorn (harpsichord) |
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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. |
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Released June-06
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Cat. #0201/2CD-set
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Johann Sebastian Bach |
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English Suites, BWV 806 - 811 |
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Peter Watchorn (harpsichord) |
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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. |
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Released June-06
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Cat. #0206/2CD-set
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Johann Sebastian Bach |
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Inventions & Sinfonias - BWV 772-801 |
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Peter Watchorn (harpsichord) |
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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. |
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Released February-08
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Cat. #0208/CD
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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
MO O411: Bach: Clavierübung,
parts II & III -
Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)
MO 0412: Bach, Six Partitas, BWV
825 – 830 -
Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)
MO 0505: Bach: Toccatas, BWV 910-916
- Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)
MO 0506: Bach: Sonatas, Suites,
Capriccios - Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)
MO 0507: Bach: Concerto arrangements, BWV
972-987; 592a Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)
MO 0511: Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV
1080 - Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)
See also:
Choral Music,
Instrumental and Orchestral
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