Keith Jarrett and Johann Sebastian Bach go back a long way. Between 1722 and 1742, Bach composed two sets of preludes and fugues in all twenty-four major and minor keys, written for keyboard; the ...

The famous conductor Hans von Bülow, slightly less famous as a pianist now and nearly forgotten as a composer, remains most present to modern music lovers either as the jilted husband of Cosima von ...

Piotr Anderszewski has recorded Book II of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, sort of. I’ll explain in a moment. Anderszewski is the Polish pianist born in 1969: brilliant, versatile, and individualistic.

When Johann Sebastian Bach compiled the first book of the Well-Tempered Clavier in 1722, he wrote that the 24 preludes and fugues were "for the profit and use of musical youth desirous of learning, ...

When he was a boy, Andras Schiff labored over the tedious, repetitive finger studies that are universally loathed by aspiring pianists. He thought they were like spinach: yucky, but good for you if ...

(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movements: C sharp minor, BWV873 Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Sergey Schepkin, Piano (Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered ...

Boyd Tonkin tried to answer that question this time last year, when Schiff gave his first late-night Bach marathon at the Proms, and I can only echo his amazement when it comes to the second ...

This Christmas I received one gift that was really more like 400. A kindhearted and decluttering local bestowed unto me and my limited shelf space his entire collection of classical vinyl — about ...

Prelude & Fugues: XIII F-sharp major; XIII F-sharp major; XIV f-sharp minor; XV G major; XIV f-sharp minor; XV G major; XVI g minor; XVII A-flat major; XVI g minor; XVII A-flat major; XVIII g-sharp; ...

(Das) Wohltemperierte Klavier, '(The) Well-Tempered Clavier, Movements: Book 1 BWV846-869 Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano Yet Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s recording tempts me ...