Ship this item qualifies for free shipping buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for instore purchase. In due course we will announce a replacement event for this date. Welltempered clavier, book 1 gustav leonhardt youtube. This double cd includes the entire the welltempered clavier book 1. The welltempered clavier may be one of the great keyboard works in the history of music. Gustav leonhardts last concert journal the bach players. Welltempered clavier, book 1, bwv 846869 by johann sebastian bach performer. This informed assessment of the genius of bachs works can be applied with greatest accuracy to the welltempered clavier. Provided to youtube by sony music entertainment the well tempered clavier, book i. After bachs death in 1750, the work circulated in manuscript. Gustav leonhardt plays bach dhm deutsche harmonia mundi. Gustav leonhardt was born in sgraveland, north holland and studied organ and harpsichord from 1947 to 1950 with eduard muller at the schola cantorum basiliensis in basel. Clearly philips is not trying to sell this disc because of the works being performed a fairly miscellaneous collection of bachs works written or transcribed for the harpsichord but rather for the performer of the works. Schirmer the well tempered clavier the book 1 by bach.
Photograph by robin kinross home journal gustav leonhardts last concert. Bach the well tempered clavier book 1 feinberg youtube. Amazon well tempered clavier 1 johann sebastian bach. Bob van asperen, hpchd, virgin classics 5 61711 2 recorded 198789. The welltempered clavier i theres nothing at all wrong with maurizio pollinis 2009 performance of bachs welltempered clavier, book 1. Gustav leonhardt plays bach, an album by johann sebastian bach, gustav leonhardt on spotify.
Put these two factors together and you have the potential for a great piece of work. Gustav leonhardt plays bach by johann sebastian bach on. This was referred to as the principal composition of the day 1700s. The welltempered clavier, book 1 by friedrich gulda. Shermans books include inside early music oxford university press. Gustav leonhardt 30 may 1928 16 january 2012 was a dutch keyboard player, conductor. Interpreting bach s well tempered clavier by ralph kirkpatrick yale university press, 1984. Welltempered clavier first edition bauman rare books. Welltempered clavier first edition johann sebastian bach. This informed assessment of the genius of bach s works can be applied with greatest accuracy to the well tempered clavier.
The catalog may contain more ebullient, elaborately ornamented versions of bachs partitas and english suites, yet gustav leonhardts knowing mastery offers its own rewards. Bach directed the first choir to use this kind of piece. The italian pianists intellectual lucidity, interpretive clarity, and technical virtuosity are apparent in every prelude and fugue, and. Alfred deller, gustav leonhardt, leonhardt baroque ensemble. Alfred deller, gustav leonhardt, leonhardt baroque. Gustav leonhardt plays bach leonhardt, gustav release date. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The italian pianists intellectual lucidity, interpretive clarity, and technical virtuosity are apparent in every prelude and fugue, and his probing insights and penetrating analysis. Sherman, reprinted from early music america emag, november, 2000. This is the best version of the well tempered clavier of every time and every instrument by gustav leonhardt, founder and greatest exponent of on period movement.
In 1782 mozart arranged several of the fugues for chambermusic combinations and in 1783 beethoven played the welltempered clavier at the age of thirteen in a famous performance fuld, 674. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Gustav leonhardt bachs instrumental works discography. Shermans books include inside early music oxford university press and performing brahms cambridge university press. For an encore leonhardt played one of bachs goldberg variations. Amazon welltempered clavier book 1 bach, leonhardt. Although one may regret that leonhardts art of fugue omits the final, unfinished contrapunctus, his imaginative yet tasteful registrations and subtle legato fingerwork remain impressive, as do the clearly unfolding welltempered clavier preludes and fugues, the great d minor organ toccata bwv 9, and a bracing 1965 italian concerto. The well tempered clavier may be one of the great keyboard works in the history of music. Leonhardt professionally played many instruments, including the harpsichord, pipe organ, claviorganum a combination of harpsichord and organ, clavichord, fortepiano and piano. Harpsichord concertos complete recording gustav leonhardt on allmusic 1995. The death of gustav leonhardt at the age of 83 on 16 january 2012 marked the passing of one of the musical giants of the 20th century. Well, perhaps the bach cantata series but even then it was only about one recording a year and it took a long time to complete the famous pioneering teldec cycle that leonhardt shared with harnoncourt was recorded between 1971 and 1990. The welltempered clavier, french suites, english suites twice, inventions and.
Schirmer the well tempered clavier the book 1 by bach at musicians friend. Brandenburg concertos alfred cortot plays short works. Gustav leonhardt 30 may 1928 16 january 2012 was a dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. Gustav leonhardt plays bach leonhardt,gustav release date. Gustav leonhardt plays bach, an album by johann sebastian bach, gustav leonhardt on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes.
But since the performer is gustav leonhardt perhaps the greatest musician of the whole early music movement of the second half of the twentieth century that is a. In 1782 mozart arranged several of the fugues for chambermusic combinations and in 1783 beethoven played the welltempered clavier at the age of. His subtle deployment of agogics to compensate for the harpsichords lack of dynamics markedly contrasts to the choppy, discontinuous phrasing we often hear in the. In 1950, he made his debut as a harpsichordist in vienna, where he studied musicology. This double cd includes the entire the well tempered clavier book 1. Recordings covered ive left out numerous important recordings, largely because i am focusing on leonhardt school players in this article. I have always felt immensely privileged to have been the last person to conduct an indepth interview leonhardt, an occasion that took place in november 2006. Bach wrote 58 of these each year for 4 annual cycles. This second book of the bach work is even much better then first. He was a leading figure in the movement to perform music on period instruments. Gustav leonhardt bach gustav leonhardt plays bach 2012. Gustav leonhardt is one of the great keyboardists of the 20th century, and a great interpreter of bach.
This his art was of an encyclopedic nature, drawing together and surmounting the techniques, the styles, and the general achievements of his own and earlier generations and leading to a new perspective. Pierrelaurent aimard again conquers the iconic keyboard repertoire by johann sebastian bach after his hugely successful the art of fugue recording 2008. There is a trend in classical music criticism to treat recordings as entries in a sweepstakes to determine the definitive performance. Neumeister added poetic texts, intended to be set as recitatives, arias and ariosos that brought home the meaning of the days gospel reading.