NAXOS Historical J. S. BACH:The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I8.110314-15 Well- Time 2:13:07 Playing , 1949 made between Wanda Landowska,Wanda to who continued up to her death in and record perform 1959, as the greatest was renowned of the first half of the century,twentieth the resurrecting instrument and taking a scholarly of music to the performance approach and eighteenth the seventeenth from centuries. of Bach’s This recording Clavier Tempered and 1954, was begun to commemorate the bicentenary of the death of Bach in 1750. Asofall with Landowska’s recordings, the listener what strikes most is her vitality, integrity, her musical and her total commitment to the music she is playing. A contemporary reviewer noted at the time, of such “All features should be studied and her playing pondered, musician is a great here for the in oflight long and interpreting andexperience fruitful study. Those who their best should forget the score know theories and tolisten what she has to say.” BACH (1685-1750) Johann Sebastian Prelude and Fugue BWV 858Prelude 3:31 Prelude and Fugue BWV 859Prelude 5:42 Prelude and Fugue BWV 860Prelude 4:20 Prelude and Fugue BWV 861Prelude 6:23 Prelude and Fugue BWV 862Prelude 5:08 Prelude and Fugue BWV 864Prelude 4:49 Prelude and Fugue BWV 863Prelude 4:33 Prelude and Fugue BWV 865Prelude 6:47 Prelude and Fugue BWV 866Prelude 3:29 Prelude and Fugue BWV 867Prelude 7:33 Prelude and Fugue BWV 868Prelude 4:20 Prelude and Fugue BWV 869Prelude 12:32 2 4 6 8 0 @ $ ^ * ) ™ ¢ ------1 3 5 7 9 # ! % & ( ¡ £ CD 2 69:07 (from BWV 853 to BWV 869) (from (from BWV 846 to BWV 852) (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, BookI Well-Tempered The Wanda Landowska,Wanda 11th June, 12th June and 6th July 1949 in York 11th June, 1949 New in and 6th July 12th June ADD and 6th, 7th and 14th January, 1951 Lakeville,in Connecticut Recorded 26th March,Recorded 31st March, 7th May, 15th May, 21st May, Prelude and Fugue BWV 846Prelude 4:17 Prelude and Fugue BWV 847Prelude 3:51 Prelude and Fugue BWV 848Prelude 3:40 Prelude and Fugue BWV 849Prelude 8:14 Prelude and Fugue BWV 850Prelude 3:08 Prelude and Fugue BWV 851Prelude 3:25 Prelude and Fugue BWV 852Prelude 7:47 Prelude and Fugue BWV 853Prelude 10:10 Prelude and Fugue BWV 854Prelude 3:13 Prelude and Fugue BWV 855Prelude 4:16 Prelude and Fugue BWV 856Prelude 2:45 Prelude and Fugue BWV 857Prelude 9:14 8.110314-15 2nd February, 25th May, 27th May, 28th May, 4th June, 10th June, 24th June, 2 4 6 8 0 @ $ ^ * ) ™ ¢ Reissue producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: and Reissue producer Mark Obert-Thorn information discographic for Gray thanksSpecial to Mike Collection) Potter photo:Cover Tully (The Landowska Wanda www.naxos.com ------27th June, 18th November, 20th November, 10th December, 11th December 1950 1 3 5 7 9 ! # % & ( ¡ £ CD 1 64:00

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