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JS Bach & Beyond: A Well-Tempered Conversation

Julien Libeer, Adam Laloum (piano)

JS Bach & Beyond: A Well-Tempered Conversation
Temperamentally the programme rarely takes risks: well-tempered indeed.

Gramophone Magazine, April 2022

JS Bach & Beyond: A Well-Tempered Conversation

Julien Libeer, Adam Laloum (piano)

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Temperamentally the programme rarely takes risks: well-tempered indeed.

Gramophone Magazine, April 2022

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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.

Contents and tracklist

Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869
Work length3:50
  • Julien Libeer
Prelude in C Major, BWV 846
Track length1:59
Fugue in C Major, BWV 846
Track length1:51
Beethoven: Bagatelle (Presto), WoO 52
Work length4:29
  • Julien Libeer
Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869
Work length3:38
  • Julien Libeer
Prelude in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848
Track length1:13
Fugue in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848
Track length2:25
Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 50: No. 3, Moderato in C-Sharp Minor
Work length5:07
  • Julien Libeer
Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869
Work length3:06
  • Julien Libeer
Prelude in D Major, BWV 850
Track length1:12
Fugue in D Major, BWV 850
Track length1:54
Rachmaninoff: 10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 3, Tempo di minuetto in D minor
Work length3:41
  • Julien Libeer
Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869
Work length5:09
  • Julien Libeer
Prelude in E-Flat Major, BWV 852
Track length3:31
Fugue in E-Flat Major, BWV 852
Track length1:38
Fauré: 9 Preludes, Op. 103: No. 6, Prelude in E-Flat Minor
Work length2:08
  • Julien Libeer
Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869
Work length2:25
  • Julien Libeer
Prelude in E Major, BWV 854
Track length1:20
Fugue in E Major, BWV 854
Track length1:05
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin: I. Prélude in E Minor. Vif
Work length3:17
  • Julien Libeer
Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869
Work length2:19
  • Julien Libeer
Prelude in F Major, BWV 856
Track length1:01
Fugue in F Major, BWV 856
Track length1:18
Mozart: Fantasia in F Minor for a Mechanical Organ, K. 608 (Arr. for 2 pianos by Ferruccio Busoni)
Work length9:27
Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869
Work length3:23
  • Julien Libeer
Prelude in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858
Track length1:34
Fugue in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858
Track length1:49
Brahms: 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 76: No. 1, Capriccio. Un poco agitato, in F-Sharp Minor
Work length3:35
  • Julien Libeer
Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869
Work length3:20
  • Julien Libeer
Prelude in G Major, BWV 860
Track length0:49
Fugue in G Major, BWV 860
Track length2:31
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 34: No. 22, Prelude in G Minor
Work length2:17
  • Julien Libeer
Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869
Work length3:34
  • Julien Libeer
Prelude in A-Flat Major, BWV 862
Track length1:19
Fugue in A-Flat Major, BWV 862
Track length2:15
Busoni: 24 Preludes, Op.37, BV 181: No. 12, Andantino in G-Sharp Minor
Work length2:27
  • Julien Libeer
Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869
Work length3:18
  • Julien Libeer
Prelude in A Major, BWV 864
Track length1:11
Fugue in A Major, BWV 864
Track length2:07
Ligeti: Musica Ricercata: I. Sostenuto
Work length2:29
  • Julien Libeer
Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869
Work length3:01
  • Julien Libeer
Prelude in B-Flat Major, BWV 866
Track length1:17
Fugue in B-Flat Major, BWV 866
Track length1:44
Reger: 111 Canons in all Minor and Major Keys, Book 1, WoO III / 4: Two-part Canon in B-Flat Minor, No. 19
Work length1:35
  • Julien Libeer
Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869
Work length3:05
  • Julien Libeer
Prelude in B Major, BWV 868
Track length1:08
Fugue in B Major, BWV 868
Track length1:57
Excerpt,Schoenberg: Kleine Klavierstücke (6), Op. 19
Work length5:47
  • Julien Libeer
Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869: Prelude in C Major, BWV 846 [II]
Work length2:16
  • Julien Libeer

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Temperamentally the programme rarely takes risks: well-tempered indeed.
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