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Nikolayeva's Well Tempered Clavier, the entirety of Bach's masterpiece in a definitive performance, is one of the wonders of the world. Listen carefully to Fugue 18 in g sharp minor from Book I if you really want to know what this great pianist is all about.
Das wohltemperierte Klavier I, BWV 846-869
Preludes and Fugues, Book I
recorded in 1971 and 1972
1 in C major, BWV 846 - 2 in C minor, BWV 847 - 3 in C♯ major BWV, 848
4 in C♯ minor, BWV 849 - 5 in D major, BWV 850 - 6 in D minor, BWV 851
7 in E♭ major, BWV 852
8 in E♭ minor, BWV 853 - 9 in E major, BWV 854
10 in E minor, BWV 855 - 11 in F major, BWV 856 - 12 in F minor, BWV 857
13 in F♯ major, BWV 858 - 14 in F♯ minor, BWV 859 - 15 in G major, BWV 860
16 in G minor, BWV 861 - 17 in A♭ major, BWV 862
18 in G♯ minor, BWV 863 - 19 in A major, BWV 864
20 in A minor, BWV 865 - 21 in B♭ major, BWV 866
22 in B♭ minor, BWV 867 - 23 in B major, BWV 868
Prelude and Fugue No.24 in B minor, BWV 869
Part I
Part II
Das wohltemperierte Klavier II, BWV 870-893
Preludes and Fugues, Book II
recorded in 1973
1 in C major, BWV 870 - 2 in C minor, BWV 871
No.3 in C♯ major, BWV 872 - 4 in C♯ minor, BWV 873
5 in D major, BWV 874
6 in D minor, BWV 875
7 in E♭ major, BWV 876
8 in D♯ minor, BWV 877
9 in E major, BWV 878
10 in E minor, BWV 879
11 in F major, BWV 880
12 in F minor, BWV 881
13 in F♯ major, BWV 882 - 14 in F♯ minor, BWV 883
15 in G major, BWV 884 - 16 in G minor, BWV 885
17 in A♭ major, BWV 886
18 in G♯ minor, BWV 887
19 in A major, BWV 888 - 20 in A minor, BWV 889
21 in B♭ major, BWV 890
22 in B♭ minor, BWV 891
23 in B major, BWV 892 - 24 in B minor, BWV 893
For those of you who enjoy murder mysteries, here is my first with a strong musical polemic as background
Murder in the House of the Muse
which is also available as an audiobook.
And this is the more recently published second mystery in the series:
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