Sir Andras Schiff - Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

Johann Sebastian Bach was undoubtedly the greatest musical thinker of his age. Dubbed �the Old Testament of music� by the conductor and pianist Hans von B�low, The Well-Tempered Clavier is acknowledged to be one of the most significant works ever written for the keyboard. Each of these 24 preludes and fugues encapsulates its own mood, and Bach�s delight in mixing technical strictness with freedom of expression has made this work an indispensable element of Western culture for centuries. Sir Andr�s Schiff is heralded as one of the finest Bach interpreters today, and this first complete performance at the prestigious BBC Proms was summed up as �stupendous� by The Independent.