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Bach - Well-Tempered Clavier, book I (Ralph Kirkpatrick)

Recorded 1959 | Released 2000

I've waited a long time to find the first half of Kirkpatrick's Clavichord performance of J. S. Bach's "The Well-Tempered Clavier"; it was surely well worth waiting. Kirkpatrick offers lively, emotionally stirring performances on the clavichord, opening with the familiar bars of the "Ave Maria" in the first brief piece. I concur with a previous reviewer who remaked that this is an incandescent recording. I think it is now my favorite keyboard performance of Bach's music, easily surpassing any I've heard from the likes of Gould or Perahia. The sound quality is exceptional for these vintage recordings, some of which are over forty years old. - Amazon.com customer

Personnel:

Ralph Kirkpatrick, clavichord

Track listing:

Das Wohltemperierte Clavier - Teil 1 - CD 1:

1. BWV 846 / Praeludium I

2. BWV 846 / Fuga I

3. BWV 847 / Praeludium II

4. BWV 847 / Fuga II

5. BWV 848 / Praeludium III

6. BWV 848 / Fuga III

7. BWV 849 / Praeludium IV

8. BWV 849 / Fuga IV

9. BWV 850 / Praeludium V

10. BWV 850 / Fuga V

11. BWV 851 / Praeludium VI

12. BWV 851 / Fuga VI

13. BWV 852 / Praeludium VII

14. BWV 852 / Fuga VII

15. BWV 853 / Praeludium VIII

16. BWV 853 / Fuga VIII

17. BWV 854 / Praeludium IX

18. BWV 854 / Fuga IX

19. BWV 855 / Praeludium X

20. BWV 855 / Fuga X

21. BWV 856 / Praeludium XI

22. BWV 856 / Fuga XI

23. BWV 857 / Praeludium XII

24. BWV 857 / Fuga XII

Das Wohltemperierte Clavier - Teil 1 - CD 2:

1. BWV 858 / Praeludium XIII

2. BWV 858 / Fuga XIII

3. BWV 859 / Praeludium XIV

4. BWV 859 / Fuga XIV

5. BWV 860 / Praeludium XV

6. BWV 860 / Fuga XV

7. BWV 861 / Praeludium XVI

8. BWV 861 / Fuga XVI

9. BWV 862 / Praeludium XVII

10. BWV 862 / Fuga XVII

11. BWV 863 / Praeludium XVIII

12. BWV 863 / Fuga XVIII

13. BWV 864 / Praeludium XIX

14. BWV 864 / Fuga XIX

15. BWV 865 / Praeludium XX

16. BWV 865 / Fuga XX

17. BWV 866 / Praeludium XXI

18. BWV 866 / Fuga XXI

19. BWV 867 / Praeludium XXII

20. BWV 867 / Fuga XXII

21. BWV 868 / Praeludium XXIII

22. BWV 868 / Fuga XXIII

23. BWV 869 / Praeludium XXIV

24. BWV 869 / Fuga XXIV

ClassicsToday review ("Artistic quality 10 - Sound quality 8"):

Ralph Kirkpatrick recorded Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier twice, once on the harpsichord, the other time utilizing a clavichord. In his original booklet notes to Book 1, Kirkpatrick lucidly pinpoints the clavichord's timbral and tactile distinctions from its more corpulent cousin. The most important of these is that the player can slightly bend the pitch upwards after a note is struck. A slight vibrato ensues when one rapidly alternates between raised and normal pitch.

Kirkpatrick also addresses the problems of reproducing the instrument's intimate sonority on disc, an issue that is as relevant today as it was in 1959 when this recording was made. Even in a tiny room the clavichord at its loudest will be obliterated by a voice speaking at normal volume. What's more, Kirkpatrick claims that the subtle balance of attack and duration of tone that characterize his phrasing become exaggerated if the discs are played back at too high a volume. Indeed, if your volume dial is cranked up, the instrument sounds cramped, with the lower register seemingly miked at a louder level in relation to the treble. Turn it down, and you'll better absorb the beauty of Kirkpatrick's tinted nuances, the flowing rhetoric of his Preludes, and the lucid voice leading he brings to each fugue, no matter how simple or complex. His playing is scholarly without being pedantic, and free of the picky agogics and fussy ornaments that many period instrumentalists deem "authentic".

Some tempos, to be certain, move too fast for listening comfort, like the breakneck C-sharp and E-flat major preludes. Yet there's nothing mechanical or glib about Kirkpatrick's even, controlled fingerwork. You just need to concentrate at low volume in order to reap this set's many rewards. I look forward to Book II, and, of course, to Kirkpatrick's harpsichord versions of the "48". A beautiful reissue.

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