Jill Crossland

The Well-tempered Clavier, Book 2

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Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212012321
Catnr: SIGCD 123
Release date: 01 June 2008
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Label
Signum Classics
UPC
0635212012321
Catalogue number
SIGCD 123
Release date
01 June 2008
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About the album

Completed by 1742, Book 2 was intended as a complement to Book 1, not as a replacement. It is generally far more difficult than Book 1 however, with greater technical and structural difficulty for the performer. It was the ultimate workbook, open to constant change and refining by Bach himself. In Jill Crossland’s own words, ‘No other music is so perfect an integration of emotional expression and intellectual rigour’. Jill first performed the complete Well-tempered Clavier from memory as a student in Manchester.

Artist(s)

Jill Crossland (piano)

Jill Crossland studied at Chethams School of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music with Ryszard Bakst, and in Vienna with Paul Badura-Skoda and Sally Sargent. She performed the complete Well-tempered Clavier from memory as a student in Manchester and has always been closely associated with the work. Jill pursues an active concert and recording career in the UK and abroad, including regular appearances at the Wigmore Hall and South Bank in London. She is particularly known for her performances of 18th-century music. Jill has also played at Bridgewater Hall, Fairfield and Blackheath Halls, St George’s Bristol, the Sage Gateshead, National Concert Hall Dublin, Vienna Musikverein, Vienna Konzerthaus and Leipzig Gewandhaus and numerous performances for festivals and other venues....
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Jill Crossland studied at Chethams School of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music with Ryszard Bakst, and in Vienna with Paul Badura-Skoda and Sally Sargent. She performed the complete Well-tempered Clavier from memory as a student in Manchester and has always been closely associated with the work. Jill pursues an active concert and recording career in the UK and abroad, including regular appearances at the Wigmore Hall and South Bank in London. She is particularly known for her performances of 18th-century music. Jill has also played at Bridgewater Hall, Fairfield and Blackheath Halls, St George’s Bristol, the Sage Gateshead, National Concert Hall Dublin, Vienna Musikverein, Vienna Konzerthaus and Leipzig Gewandhaus and numerous performances for festivals and other venues. Jill has been a member of the Musicians in Residence scheme, supported by funding from Arts Council England. She also participates in audience development projects in her native Yorkshire and the surrounding region.
Bach’s complete Well-tempered Clavier is also available on Signum; it has been described as ‘polished and compelling’ by International Record Review, and as ‘mesmerizing’ by Fanfare magazine. Jill has made other recordings of works by Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, Rameau, Mozart and Beethoven, including Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Among many critical plaudits: ‘She well deserves her enviable reputation as a Bach pianist.’ (BBC Music Magazine) and has been called ‘a highly individual [Bach] player’ and a ‘natural Mozartean’ (Penguin Guide to CDs), her playing described as having ‘intensity and real pathos’ (International Record Review), and her Beethoven as ‘delightful’ and ‘magnetic’ by turns (American Record Guide). Jill has appeared on radio and television, including performing on BBC Radio 3 and 4 and on RTE’s Late Late Show. She has also recorded a number of film and TV soundtracks, including work for the BFI and ITV. Jill’s recordings have also featured in the Classic FM Hall of Fame.

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Composer(s)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and hundreds of cantatas. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth.  Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognised as a great composer until a revival of interest in and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.  
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Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and hundreds of cantatas. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth.

Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognised as a great composer until a revival of interest in and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.


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Disc #1
01.
No. 1 in C major BWV870: :Praeludium
02:24
02.
No. 1 in C major BWV870: :Fuga a 3 voci
01:48
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No. 2 in C minor BWV871: :Praeludium
02:22
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No. 2 in C minor BWV871: :Fuga a 4 voci
02:40
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No. 3 in C sharp major BWV872: :Praeludium
02:05
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No. 3 in C sharp major BWV872: : Fuga a 3 voci
03:27
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No. 4 in C sharp minor BWV873: :Praeludium
04:36
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No. 4 in C sharp minor BWV873: : Fuga a 3 voci
02:16
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No. 5 in D major BWV874: :Praeludium
05:45
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No. 5 in D major BWV874: :Fuga a 4 voci
03:26
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No. 6 in D minor BWV875: :Praeludium
01:30
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No. 6 in D minor BWV875: : Fuga a 3 voci
02:16
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No. 7 in E flat major BWV876: :Praeludium
02:43
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No. 7 in E flat major BWV876: :Fuga a 4 voci
02:26
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No. 8 in D sharp minor BWV877 15. Praeludium [: :Praeludium
04:05
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No. 8 in D sharp minor BWV877 15. Praeludium [: :Fuga a 4 voci
04:07
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No. 9 in E major BWV878: :Praeludium
05:29
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No. 9 in E major BWV878: :Fuga a 4 voci
03:12
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No. 10 in E minor BWV879: :Praeludium
03:55
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No. 10 in E minor BWV879: :Fuga a 3 voci
03:17
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No. 11 in F major BWV880: :Praeludium
03:03
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No. 11 in F major BWV880: :Fuga a 3 voci
01:47
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No. 12 in F minor BWV881: :Praeludium
04:28
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No. 12 in F minor BWV881: :Fuga a 3 voci
02:01
25.
No. 13 in F sharp major BWV882: :Praeludium
03:06
26.
No. 13 in F sharp major BWV882: :Fuga a 3 voci
03:31

Disc #2
01.
No. 14 in F sharp minor BWV883: :Praeludium
03:06
02.
No. 14 in F sharp minor BWV883: :Fuga a 3 voci
05:04
03.
No. 15 in G major BWV884: :Praeludium
02:38
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No. 15 in G major BWV884: :Fuga a 3 voci
01:21
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No. 16 in G minor BWV885: :Praeludium
02:33
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No. 16 in G minor BWV885: :Fuga a 4 voci
03:26
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No. 17 in A flat major BWV886: :Praeludium
03:21
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No. 17 in A flat major BWV886: :Fuga a 4 voci
03:25
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No. 18 in G sharp minor BWV887: :Praeludium
03:47
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No. 18 in G sharp minor BWV887: :Fuga a 3 voci
05:14
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No. 19 in A major BWV888: :Praeludium
02:06
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No. 19 in A major BWV888: :Fuga a 3 voci
01:31
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No. 20 in A minor BWV889: :Praeludium
04:50
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No. 20 in A minor BWV889: :Fuga a 3 voci
02:07
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No. 21 in B flat major BWV890: :Praeludium
08:08
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No. 21 in B flat major BWV890: :Fuga a 3 voci
02:12
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No. 22 in B flat minor BWV891: :Praeludium
03:10
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No. 22 in B flat minor BWV891: :Fuga a 4 voci
06:01
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No. 23 in B major BWV892: :Praeludium
02:11
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No. 23 in B major BWV892: :Fuga a 4 voci
04:33
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No. 24 in B minor BWV893: :Praeludium
02:23
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No. 24 in B minor BWV893: :Fuga a 3 voci
02:00
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