Bach & Beyond: A Well-Tempered Conversation

1. Bach: Prelude; Fugue in C
2. Beethoven: Bagatelle in c
3. Bach: Prelude; Fugue in C#
4. Chopin: Mazurka in c#
5. Bach: Prelude; Fugue in D
6. Rachmaninoff: Prelude in d
7. Bach: Prelude; Fugue in E flat
8. Faure: Prelude in e flat
9. Bach: Prelude; Fugue in E
10. Ravel: Fugue in e (from `Le Tombeau de Couperin')
11. Bach: Prelude; Fugue in F
12. Bach: Prelude; Fugue in F#
13. Brahms: Capriccio in f#
14. Bach: Prelude; Fugue in G
15. Shostakovich: Prelude in g
16. Bach: Prelude; Fugue in A flat
17. Busoni: Prelude in g#
18. Bach: Prelude; Fugue in A
19. Ligeti: Musica Ricercata 1 (on A)
20. Bach: Prelude; Fugue in B flat
21. Reger: Two-part canon in b flat
22. Bach: Prelude; Fugue in B
23. Schonberg: 6 Klavierstücke op. 19

To mark the 300th anniversary of the publication of Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier, Julien Libeer had the idea of presenting it in an unusual light: here he initiates a dialogue in which Bach’s major-key prelude-and-fugue pairs ‘converse’ with later pieces (in the corresponding minor keys) by composers who, in their own way, have built upon the advances Johann Sebastian made in his foundational undertaking. Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Ligeti, and Schoenberg are all part of the conversation with the Leipzig Cantor in this intricate play of mirrors...