Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier - Book 2, BWV 870-893

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). This 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.

Pieces

• Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 870
• Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 871
• Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major, BWV 872
• Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Minor, BWV 873
• Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 874
• Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 875
• Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 876
• Prelude and Fugue in D-sharp Minor, BWV 877
• Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 878
• Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 879
• Prelude and Fugue in F Major, BWV 880
• Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, BWV 881
• Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp Major, BWV 882
• Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp Minor, BWV 883
• Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 884
• Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 885
• Prelude and Fugue in A-flat Major, BWV 886
• Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp Minor, BWV 887
• Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 888
• Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 889
• Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major, BWV 890
• Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor, BWV 891
• Prelude and Fugue in B Major, BWV 892
• Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 893