About this product
Title: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier
Artist: Wolfgang Rubsam
Label: Brilliant Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5028421967509
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2023-04-21
Number of Discs: 5
A renowned organist transfers his decades of experience as a Bach player to the harpsichord, for his first recording of The Well-Tempered Clavier. 'I was surrounded by music as a child,' recalls Wolfgang Rübsam, and he was thrilled when he could clamber up to the piano seat at the age of three to imitate the pupils of his parents, both of them music teachers. For the last 70 years and more, Rübsam has immersed himself in the world of the keyboard, and in the music of Bach in particular, making records first of all for Philips, then Naxos and latterly Brilliant Classics, all of them warmly welcomed for the fidelity of their style and the colours of their phrasing, whether played on harpsichord, organ or modern piano. At 76, Rübsam is undoubtedly one of the Bachians of our time, and yet until quite recently his long and distinguished discography has included no recording of the single most central collection to Bach's output as a keyboard musician, the two volumes of preludes and fugues which he wrote both as a method of instruction for the budding keyboard player and as a library of his own mastery of the contrapuntal arts. Rübsam's chosen instrument for this recording is the lute-harpsichord: a unique keyboard instrument with a unique sound that Bach apparently cherished. It is more forceful than the clavichord but less brilliant than the conventional harpsichord, requiring a touch of it's own. According to Fanfare magazine's review of the set when originally released, 'I thought I'd heard it all. I was mistaken, and never, on any instrument, have I encountered a take on these masterpieces that breathes such new life into them.' This set is now widely available on CD for the first time, and joins Rübsam's other recordings on the lute-harpsichord for Brilliant Classics, of music by Bach and Weiss, as well as a complete set of the organ works by Louis Vierne.
Tracks:
1.1 Das Wohltemperierte Clavier - 48 Preludes ; Fugues BWV 846-893
1.2 No.1 In C BWV846
1.3 No.2 In C Minor BWV847
1.4 No.3 In C Sharp BWV848
1.5 No.4 In C Sharp Minor BWV849
1.6 No.5 In D BWV850
1.7 No.6 In D Minor BWV851
1.8 No.7 In E Flat BWV852
1.9 No.8 In E Flat Minor BWV853
1.10 No.9 In E BWV854
1.11 No.10 In E Minor BWV855
1.12 No.10 In F BWV856
1.13 No.12 In F Minor BWV857
1.14 No.13 In F Sharp BWV858
1.15 No.14 In F Sharp Minor BWV859
1.16 No.15 In G BWV860
1.17 No.16 In G Minor BWV861
1.18 No.17 In A Flat BWV862
1.19 No.18 In G Sharp Minor BWV863
1.20 No.19 In A BWV864
1.21 No.20 In A Minor BWV865
1.22 No.21 In B Flat BWV866
1.23 No.22 In B Flat Minor BWV867
1.24 No.21 In B BWV868
1.25 No.24 In B Minor BWV869
1.26 No.1 In C BWV870
1.27 No.2 In C Minor BWV871
1.28 No.3 In C Sharp BWV872
1.29 No.4 In C Sharp Minor BWV873
1.30 No.5 In D BWV874
1.31 No.6 In D Minor BWV875
1.32 No.7 In E Flat BWV876
1.33 No.8 In E Flat Minor BWV877
1.34 No.9 In E BWV878
1.35 No.10 In E Minor BWV879
1.36 No.11 In F BWV880
1.37 No.12 In F Minor BWV881
1.38 No.13 In F Sharp BWV882
1.39 No.14 In F Sharp Minor BWV883
1.40 No.15 In G BWV884
1.41 No.16 In G Minor BWV885
1.42 No.17 In A Flat BWV886
1.43 No.18 In G Sharp Minor BWV887
1.44 No.19 In A BWV888
1.45 No.20 In A Minor BWV889
1.46 No.21 In B Flat BWV890
1.47 No.22 In B Flat Minor BWV891
1.48 No.23 In B BWV892
1.49 No.24 In B Minor BWV893
Artist: Wolfgang Rubsam
Label: Brilliant Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5028421967509
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2023-04-21
Number of Discs: 5
A renowned organist transfers his decades of experience as a Bach player to the harpsichord, for his first recording of The Well-Tempered Clavier. 'I was surrounded by music as a child,' recalls Wolfgang Rübsam, and he was thrilled when he could clamber up to the piano seat at the age of three to imitate the pupils of his parents, both of them music teachers. For the last 70 years and more, Rübsam has immersed himself in the world of the keyboard, and in the music of Bach in particular, making records first of all for Philips, then Naxos and latterly Brilliant Classics, all of them warmly welcomed for the fidelity of their style and the colours of their phrasing, whether played on harpsichord, organ or modern piano. At 76, Rübsam is undoubtedly one of the Bachians of our time, and yet until quite recently his long and distinguished discography has included no recording of the single most central collection to Bach's output as a keyboard musician, the two volumes of preludes and fugues which he wrote both as a method of instruction for the budding keyboard player and as a library of his own mastery of the contrapuntal arts. Rübsam's chosen instrument for this recording is the lute-harpsichord: a unique keyboard instrument with a unique sound that Bach apparently cherished. It is more forceful than the clavichord but less brilliant than the conventional harpsichord, requiring a touch of it's own. According to Fanfare magazine's review of the set when originally released, 'I thought I'd heard it all. I was mistaken, and never, on any instrument, have I encountered a take on these masterpieces that breathes such new life into them.' This set is now widely available on CD for the first time, and joins Rübsam's other recordings on the lute-harpsichord for Brilliant Classics, of music by Bach and Weiss, as well as a complete set of the organ works by Louis Vierne.
Tracks:
1.1 Das Wohltemperierte Clavier - 48 Preludes ; Fugues BWV 846-893
1.2 No.1 In C BWV846
1.3 No.2 In C Minor BWV847
1.4 No.3 In C Sharp BWV848
1.5 No.4 In C Sharp Minor BWV849
1.6 No.5 In D BWV850
1.7 No.6 In D Minor BWV851
1.8 No.7 In E Flat BWV852
1.9 No.8 In E Flat Minor BWV853
1.10 No.9 In E BWV854
1.11 No.10 In E Minor BWV855
1.12 No.10 In F BWV856
1.13 No.12 In F Minor BWV857
1.14 No.13 In F Sharp BWV858
1.15 No.14 In F Sharp Minor BWV859
1.16 No.15 In G BWV860
1.17 No.16 In G Minor BWV861
1.18 No.17 In A Flat BWV862
1.19 No.18 In G Sharp Minor BWV863
1.20 No.19 In A BWV864
1.21 No.20 In A Minor BWV865
1.22 No.21 In B Flat BWV866
1.23 No.22 In B Flat Minor BWV867
1.24 No.21 In B BWV868
1.25 No.24 In B Minor BWV869
1.26 No.1 In C BWV870
1.27 No.2 In C Minor BWV871
1.28 No.3 In C Sharp BWV872
1.29 No.4 In C Sharp Minor BWV873
1.30 No.5 In D BWV874
1.31 No.6 In D Minor BWV875
1.32 No.7 In E Flat BWV876
1.33 No.8 In E Flat Minor BWV877
1.34 No.9 In E BWV878
1.35 No.10 In E Minor BWV879
1.36 No.11 In F BWV880
1.37 No.12 In F Minor BWV881
1.38 No.13 In F Sharp BWV882
1.39 No.14 In F Sharp Minor BWV883
1.40 No.15 In G BWV884
1.41 No.16 In G Minor BWV885
1.42 No.17 In A Flat BWV886
1.43 No.18 In G Sharp Minor BWV887
1.44 No.19 In A BWV888
1.45 No.20 In A Minor BWV889
1.46 No.21 In B Flat BWV890
1.47 No.22 In B Flat Minor BWV891
1.48 No.23 In B BWV892
1.49 No.24 In B Minor BWV893
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