Masato Suzuki – J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 (2025) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Masato Suzuki – J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 (2025)
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Following his recording of the first book of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier released last year (BIS-2621), which was praised as ‘a pleasurable benchmark for anyone seeking a traversal that honours every detail of the music’ (Gramophone), harpsichordist Masato Suzuki now offers us his interpretation of the second book of Bach’s masterly cycle of preludes and fugues. No other works from the baroque period have been as cherished, performed and studied as these collections, the objectives of which were musical, theoretical and didactic. Like the first, the second book of The Well-Tempered Clavier features a prelude and fugue in each of the 12 semitones of the chromatic scale, covering all of the 24 major and minor modes. Produced almost twenty years after the first book, this collection is a sort of follow-up. Though less frequently heard than it’s predecessor, it nevertheless contains pieces of great beauty covering a wide stylistic range, and demonstrates a mastery of counterpoint that never outweighs emotion, beauty and aesthetics. Occupying a key position in Bach’s output, the second book of the Well-Tempered Clavier points ahead to the major cycles of Bach’s last years and presents ‘sheer masterpieces from beginning to end’, to quote Johann Nikolaus Forkel, the composer’s first biographer.

Tracklist:

1. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870 (02:24)
2. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870 (01:53)
3. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 871 (03:24)
4. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue in C Minor, BWV 871 (01:52)
5. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 872 (02:01)
6. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 872 (01:50)
7. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 873 (03:03)
8. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 873 (02:22)
9. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 5 in D Major, BWV 874 (05:27)
10. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 874 (02:23)
11. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 875 (01:47)
12. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 875 (01:53)
13. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 876 (02:50)
14. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 876 (02:00)
15. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 8 in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 877 (03:25)
16. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 8 in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 877 (02:36)
17. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 9 in E Major, BWV 878 (04:43)
18. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 878 (02:28)
19. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 979 (05:00)
20. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 979 (02:56)
21. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 11 in F Major, BWV 880 (03:11)
22. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 880 (01:44)
23. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 881 (04:41)
24. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 881 (02:08)
25. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 882 (03:24)
26. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 882 (02:42)
27. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 883 (02:06)
28. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 883 (03:42)
29. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 15 in G Major, BWV 884 (02:48)
30. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 884 (01:19)
31. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 885 (02:24)
32. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 885 (03:01)
33. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 886 (04:07)
34. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 886 (02:27)
35. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 18 in G-Flat Minor, BWV 887 (04:23)
36. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 18 in G-Flat Minor, BWV 887 (03:36)
37. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 19 in A Major, BWV 888 (01:43)
38. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 888 (01:38)
39. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 889 (05:03)
40. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 889 (01:45)
41. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 890 (07:52)
42. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 890 (02:11)
43. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 891 (02:39)
44. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 891 (04:20)
45. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 23 in B Major, BWV 892 (02:02)
46. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 892 (03:33)
47. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 893 (02:24)
48. Masato Suzuki – Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 893 (01:56)

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