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Christine Schornsheim|Bach : The Well-Tempered Clavier (I & II)

Bach : The Well-Tempered Clavier (I & II)

Christine Schornsheim (Harpsichord)

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Listeners who like their Bach played on an authentic Baroque era harpsichord instead of a modern piano will want to hear Christine Schornsheim's four-CD set of the Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I and II, on Capriccio. This traversal of "The 48" was performed on an instrument built in Antwerp by Johannes Ruckers in 1624, which is significant because the Ruckers family's instruments were highly valued in the 17th and 18th centuries and were frequently upgraded to suit the emerging tuning system of equal temperament, which Bach promoted with these pieces. Schornsheim is a solid performer with a robust sound, and her handling of the harpsichord's sonorities is assured and varied, according to the changing textures and characters of the preludes and fugues. There is also a muscular quality to her playing that comes through in her regular motor rhythms, though the antique keyboard's action might be a little stiff, requiring a strong, even attack to make the notes sound. The recordings were made in 2010 and 2011 in a museum setting, so carefully placed microphones capture the harpsichord with crisp details and clean sound with little background resonance, so the overall effect is close-up and intensely focused.
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Bach : The Well-Tempered Clavier (I & II)

Christine Schornsheim

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The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

1
Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846
00:01:57

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

2
Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846
00:01:59

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

3
Prelude No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847
00:01:46

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

4
Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847
00:01:50

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

5
Prelude No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848
00:01:12

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

6
Fugue No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848
00:02:44

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

7
Prelude No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849
00:02:31

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

8
Fugue No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849
00:03:58

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

9
Prelude No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850
00:01:16

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

10
Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850
00:01:48

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

11
Prelude No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 851
00:01:56

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

12
Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 851
00:01:59

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

13
Prelude No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 852
00:03:49

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

14
Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 852
00:01:52

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

15
Prelude No. 8 in E-Flat Minor, BWV 853
00:03:27

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

16
Fugue No. 8 in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 853
00:04:46

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

17
Prelude No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854
00:01:14

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

18
Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854
00:01:26

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

19
Prelude No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 855
00:02:06

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

20
Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 855
00:01:35

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

21
Prelude No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856
00:01:08

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

22
Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856
00:01:19

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

23
Prelude No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857
00:01:52

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

24
Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857
00:03:38

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

DISC 2

1
Prelude No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858
00:01:20

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

2
Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858
00:02:06

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

3
Prelude No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 859
00:01:10

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

4
Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 859
00:02:44

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

5
Prelude No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860
00:00:58

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

6
Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860
00:02:49

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

7
Prelude No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 861
00:02:00

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

8
Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 861
00:02:11

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

9
Prelude No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 862
00:01:18

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

10
Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 862
00:01:58

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

11
Prelude No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 863
00:01:25

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

12
Fugue No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 863
00:02:21

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

13
Prelude No. 19 in A Major, BWV 864
00:01:39

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

14
Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 864
00:02:22

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

15
Prelude No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 865
00:01:14

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

16
Fugue No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 865
00:04:49

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

17
Prelude No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 866
00:01:19

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

18
Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 866
00:01:46

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

19
Prelude No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867
00:02:24

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

20
Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867
00:02:41

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

21
Prelude No. 23 in B Major, BWV 868
00:01:15

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

22
Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 868
00:02:13

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

23
Prelude No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869
00:07:48

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

24
Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869
00:06:16

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

DISC 3

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

1
Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870
00:02:30

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

2
Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870
00:01:49

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Christine Schornsheim, Artist, MainArtist

(C) 2012 CapriccioNR (P) 2012 CapriccioNR

Album review

Listeners who like their Bach played on an authentic Baroque era harpsichord instead of a modern piano will want to hear Christine Schornsheim's four-CD set of the Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I and II, on Capriccio. This traversal of "The 48" was performed on an instrument built in Antwerp by Johannes Ruckers in 1624, which is significant because the Ruckers family's instruments were highly valued in the 17th and 18th centuries and were frequently upgraded to suit the emerging tuning system of equal temperament, which Bach promoted with these pieces. Schornsheim is a solid performer with a robust sound, and her handling of the harpsichord's sonorities is assured and varied, according to the changing textures and characters of the preludes and fugues. There is also a muscular quality to her playing that comes through in her regular motor rhythms, though the antique keyboard's action might be a little stiff, requiring a strong, even attack to make the notes sound. The recordings were made in 2010 and 2011 in a museum setting, so carefully placed microphones capture the harpsichord with crisp details and clean sound with little background resonance, so the overall effect is close-up and intensely focused.
© TiVo

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