Katherine Roberts Perl CD1 - Bach - Well Tempered Clavier Book 2 Total time: 40:06 Release date: 4/8/08 Location of artist: CA, USA This artist has 2 other albums

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Bach's pure polyphony gets along grandly with Katherine Roberts Perl's improvisatory spark for a recording that is fresh and fluid, yet also skillfully precise. Many musicians are intimidated by the complex, cerebral nature of the fugues, but Perl's expressive gifts and masterful sense of timing mean that she took great pleasure in these compositions, and her delight definiely comes through in the recording. Perl chose to performs these pieces in related key groups, which she describes as "a much more organic choice for the player." Here she starts with the sharp keys of book two, going around the circle of fifths. The next installment to be released later this year will be the flat keys, progressing through the other side of the circle. Her choice makes for a more natural, and highly rewarding listening experience. Says Perl, "It is with great reverence and humility that I attempt to communicate the awesome breadth, not only of Bach's compositional skill, but the power of his emotional and spiritual expressions."

m3u audio streams (if the flash player above doesn't work for you): [hifi lofi] Play all tracks as an m3u audio stream (or xspf, ogg, mp3 file) [hifi lofi] 01-Prelude and Fugue No 1 in C Major - BWV 870 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (3:00) [hifi lofi] 02-Prelude and Fugue No 1 in C Major - BWV 870 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (2:17) [hifi lofi] 03-Prelude and Fugue No 15 in G Major - BWV 884 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (2:16) [hifi lofi] 04-Prelude and Fugue No 15 in G Major - BWV 884 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (1:47) [hifi lofi] 05-Prelude and Fugue No 10 in E minor - BWV 879 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (2:59) [hifi lofi] 06-Prelude and Fugue No 10 in E minor - BWV 879 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (3:42) [hifi lofi] 07-Prelude and Fugue No 24 in B minor - BWV 893 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (3:41) [hifi lofi] 08-Prelude and Fugue No 24 in B minor - BWV 893 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (2:08) [hifi lofi] 09-Prelude and Fugue No 5 in D Major - BWV 874 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (3:12) [hifi lofi] 10-Prelude and Fugue No 5 in D Major - BWV 874 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (3:14) [hifi lofi] 11-Prelude and Fugue No 14 in F-sharp minor - BWV 883 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (3:32) [hifi lofi] 12-Prelude and Fugue No 14 in F-sharp minor - BWV 883 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (4:12) [hifi lofi] 13-Prelude and Fugue No 19 in A Major - BWV 888 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (2:25) [hifi lofi] 14-Prelude and Fugue No 19 in A Major - BWV 888 (Johann Sebastian Bach) (1:41)