Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier, Prelude & Fugue in C Minor, BWV 847 | Benjamin Alard

J.S. Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1 - Prelude & Fugue II in C Minor, BWV 847
Benjamin Alard, harpsichord Haas 1740

After five volumes, from Bach’s early years to the Weimar period, Benjamin Alard takes an utterly fascinating approach to the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier. First he offers the listener an astonishing 'prologue' on the clavichord with the Clavier-Büchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann. Then he arranges the preludes and fugues of the Clavier in a new order, performing them on a truly extraordinary instrument: a triple-manual harpsichord by Hieronymus Hass from 1740, in a festival of colours and registrations each more breathtaking than the last.