Format: CD
Barcode: 8711525601000
Releasedate: 19-08-02
• Bach's Well-tempered Clavier is undoubtedly one of the greatest works not only in the composers's oeuvre, but in the whole history of music. It can also be interpreted in as many ways as there are performances and every new performance on CD by a top-rate artist has something very special to offer.
• Anneke Uittenbosch has already earned a great international reputation as one of the finest harpsichord players and interpreters of Baroque music in the world today through her many recordings, and her interpretation of this majestic work offers one of the most interesting and musically fascinating performances imaginable.
• For this recording Miss Uittenbosch used a harpsichord by the famous builder Joel Katzman after 17th century Parisian examples, an instrument ideally suited for this music because of its great singing quality and clarity of tone which enables the listener to understand the structures of this monumental series of Preludes and Fugues without losing sight of the overall musical picture.
Anneke Uittenbosch was born in Haarlem, The Netherlands. At the age of seven she started to study the piano with her father as her first teacher. After finishing her piano studies at the Haarlem School of Music she went to the Amsterdam Conservatory to study harpsichord with Gustav Leonhardt and nowadays she herself is a Professor of harpsichord at the Amsterdam Sweelinck Conservatory. She performs regularly in Holland as well as abroad, either as a soloist or with various ensembles. She has made a great number of recordings: C.Ph.E. Bach's Prussian Sonatas and a recital of harpsichord works by Peter Philips for Etcetera, the complete Sonatas for Harpsichord and Violin by C.Ph.E. Bach for Globe with violinist Aida Stuurop (described as "in summary, a fascinating item" by The Gramophone, august 1989) and equally enthusiastically received recordings for Globe of Six Harpsichord Sonatas by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and keyboard-works by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck.
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1Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 87004:33
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2Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 87106:36
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3Prelude and Fugue in C Sharp Major, BWV 87203:24
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4Prelude and Fugue in C Sharp Minor, BWV 87306:05
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5Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 87407:56
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6Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 87503:47
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7Prelude and Fugue in E Flat Major, BWV 87604:27
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8Prelude and Fugue in D Sharp Minor, BWV 87706:39
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9Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 87807:40
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10Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 87908:19
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11Prelude and Fugue in F Major, BWV 88005:13
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12Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, BWV 88106:48
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1Prelude and Fugue in F Sharp Major, BWV 88205:58
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2Prelude and Fugue in F Sharp Minor, BWV 88307:03
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3Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 88404:08
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4Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 88505:46
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5Prelude and Fugue in A Flat Major, BWV 88606:26
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6Prelude and Fugue in G Sharp Minor, BWV 88708:54
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7Prelude and Fugue in A Major, BWV 88803:15
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8Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 88906:24
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9Prelude and Fugue in B Flat Major, BWV 89009:25
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10Prelude and Fugue in B Flat Minor, BWV 89106:58
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11Prelude and Fugue in B Major, BWV 89205:29
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12Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 89304:08