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Special offer. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

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To extract colour and atmosphere from a harpsichord is a much bigger challenge than to do so from a Steinway, but Esfahani brings a pleasantly varied palette to his task...This a plain and straightforward...

BBC Music Magazine, November 20253 out of 5 stars

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Special offer. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

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To extract colour and atmosphere from a harpsichord is a much bigger challenge than to do so from a Steinway, but Esfahani brings a pleasantly varied palette to his task...This a plain and straightforward...

BBC Music Magazine, November 20253 out of 5 stars

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The combination of interpretative flair and meticulous scholarship may be an uncommon one, but it’s very much a hallmark of Mahan Esfahani’s playing. His ongoing, widely praised, Bach series demonstrates a seemingly inexhaustible abundance of both as it reaches one of the landmarks of the keyboard repertoire: Book 1 of the ‘48’.

  • Release date: 29th Aug 2025
  • Label: Hyperion
  • Catalogue number: CDA684512
  • Length: 1 hour 53 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Work length1:51:29
Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846: I. Prelude
Track length2:18
Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846: II. Fugue
Track length1:58
Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847: I. Prelude
Track length2:06
Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847: II. Fugue
Track length1:45
Prelude & Fugue No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848: I. Prelude
Track length1:21
Prelude & Fugue No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848: II. Fugue
Track length2:38
Prelude & Fugue No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849: I. Prelude
Track length2:43
Prelude & Fugue No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849: II. Fugue
Track length4:08
Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850: I. Prelude
Track length1:15
Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850: II. Fugue
Track length2:21
Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 851: I. Prelude
Track length1:45
Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 851: II. Fugue
Track length1:47
Prelude & Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 852: I. Prelude
Track length3:48
Prelude & Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 852: II. Fugue
Track length1:48
Prelude & Fugue No. 8 in E-Flat Minor, BWV 853: I. Prelude
Track length3:43
Prelude & Fugue No. 8 in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 853: II. Fugue
Track length5:36
Prelude & Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854: I. Prelude
Track length1:37
Prelude & Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854: II. Fugue
Track length1:18
Prelude & Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 855: I. Prelude
Track length2:35
Prelude & Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 855: II. Fugue
Track length1:19
Prelude & Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856: I. Prelude
Track length1:00
Prelude & Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856: II. Fugue
Track length1:18
Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857: I. Prelude
Track length2:14
Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857: II. Fugue
Track length4:09
Prelude & Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858: I. Prelude
Track length1:56
Prelude & Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858: II. Fugue
Track length1:52
Prelude & Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 859: I. Prelude
Track length1:11
Prelude & Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 859: II. Fugue
Track length3:32
Prelude & Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860: I. Prelude
Track length0:55
Prelude & Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860: II. Fugue
Track length2:57
Prelude & Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 861: I. Prelude
Track length2:43
Prelude & Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 861: II. Fugue
Track length1:52
Prelude & Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 862: I. Prelude
Track length1:22
Prelude & Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 862: II. Fugue
Track length2:09
Prelude & Fugue No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 863: I. Prelude
Track length1:22
Prelude & Fugue No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor, BWV 863: II. Fugue
Track length2:20
Prelude & Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 864: I. Prelude
Track length1:25
Prelude & Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 864: II. Fugue
Track length2:12
Prelude & Fugue No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 865: I. Prelude
Track length1:09
Prelude & Fugue No. 20 in A Minor, BWV 865: II. Fugue
Track length4:34
Prelude & Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 866: I. Prelude
Track length1:33
Prelude & Fugue No. 21 in B-Flat Major, BWV 866: II. Fugue
Track length1:44
Prelude & Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867: I. Prelude
Track length2:49
Prelude & Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867: II. Fugue
Track length2:54
Prelude & Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 868: I. Prelude
Track length0:58
Prelude & Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 868: II. Fugue
Track length1:51
Prelude & Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869: I. Prelude
Track length3:56
Prelude & Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869: II. Fugue
Track length5:43
Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier I: Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846: I. Prelude
Work length2:18

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Awards and reviews

  • The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year
    2025

November 2025

To extract colour and atmosphere from a harpsichord is a much bigger challenge than to do so from a Steinway, but Esfahani brings a pleasantly varied palette to his task...This a plain and straightforward account of Bach's great work, but the playing is clean and never burdened with superfluous ornamentation.
3 out of 5 stars

October 2025

he plants the music's power firmly in the realm of performance, and backs himself up with an interpretation that emphasises its flexible, human features.

28th August 2025

his approach never seems wilful or perverse, and with a few exceptions – to my ears, the C sharp minor fugue does seem unnecessarily lugubrious – his choice of tempi is uncontroversial, his shaping of each movement wonderfully lucid.
5 out of 5 stars
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