Bach: Well-tempered Clavier, Book II (2 CD Set) [Original recording remastered, Import]

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Ralph Kirkpatrick (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Ralph Kirkpatrick
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
• Audio CD (May 8, 2001)
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Dg Imports
• ASIN: B000058BGT
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #148,309 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kirkpatrick's Exquisitve Performances Of Bach, December 11, 2001

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John Kwok (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bach: Well-tempered Clavier, Book II (2 CD Set) (Audio CD)

Kirkpatrick's clavichord performance of the second half of J. S. Bach's "Well Tempered Clavier" sparkles with ample warmth and lyricism. In Kirkpatrick's hands, the clavichord comes across as a wonderful blend between a pipe organ and harpsichord. His playing is more graceful than what you'd expect on the piano, replete with gentle, dulcet tones on the clavichord. Yet it isn't only his choice of instrument, but also his careful phrasing which makes this among the finest performances I have heard of Bach's scores. The sound quality is quite impressive, replete with much atmosphere and warmth. This has been regarded as one of the foremost recordings of Bach's "Well Tempered Clavier" by classical music critics; now Deutsche Grammophon has made it available once more as one of its classic recordings.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars uno de los mejores «Claves bien temperados» de la historia, October 19, 2004

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Martn Alberto Baigorria Castillo (Lima Peru) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bach: Well-tempered Clavier, Book II (2 CD Set) (Audio CD)

Ralph Kirkpatrick, en el clavicordio (no en piano, en clavecín, ni en órgano) ofreció uno de los 4 ó 5 más grandes «Wohltemperierte Clavier» I/II de la historia del disco. A mi juicio, los otros grandes ciclos son: Edwin Fischer (piano); Rosalyn Tureck (piano); Friedrich Gulda (piano); Gustav Leonhardt (clavecín) y Helmut Walcha (clavecín). Indispensable, elección y la esencial en lo que concierne al Libro I.