JS Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I

Wary as I am of superlatives, I can claim without hesitation that Ewa Pobłocka’s Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 encompasses some of the greatest and most fulfilling Bach pianism on record...Her... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2019 More…

Release Date: 1st Mar 2019
Catalogue No: NIFCCD062
Label: Frederick Chopin Institute
Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

March 2019

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Bach, J S: Prelude in C major, No.1, BWV 846

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Bach, J S: Fugue in C major, No.1, BWV 846

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Bach, J S: Prelude in C Minor, No.2, BWV 847

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Bach, J S: Fugue in C Minor, No.2, BWV 847

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Bach, J S: Prelude in C-Sharp Major, No.3, BWV 848

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Bach, J S: Fugue in C-Sharp Major, No.3, BWV 848

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Bach, J S: Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, No.4, BWV 849

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Bach, J S: Fugue in C-Sharp Minor, No.4, BWV 849

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Bach, J S: Prelude in D Major, No.5, BWV 850

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Bach, J S: Fugue in D Major, No.5, BWV 850

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Bach, J S: Prelude in D Minor, No.6, BWV 851

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Bach, J S: Fugue in D Minor, No.6, BWV 851

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Bach, J S: Prelude in E-Flat Major, No.7, BWV 852

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Bach, J S: Fugue in E-Flat Major, No.7, BWV 852

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Bach, J S: Prelude in E-Flat Minor, No.8, BWV 853

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Bach, J S: Fugue in E-Flat Minor, No.8, BWV 853

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Bach, J S: Prelude in E Major, No.9, BWV 854

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Bach, J S: Fugue in E Major, No.9, BWV 854

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Bach, J S: Prelude in E Minor, No.10, BWV 855

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Bach, J S: Fugue in E Minor, No.10, BWV 855

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Bach, J S: Prelude in F Major, No.11, BWV 856

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Bach, J S: Fugue in F Major, No.11, BWV 856

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Bach, J S: Prelude in F Minor, No.12, BWV 857

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Bach, J S: Fugue in F Minor, No.12, BWV 857

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Bach, J S: Prelude in F-Sharp Major, No.13, BWV 858

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Bach, J S: Fugue in F-Sharp Major, No.13, BWV 858

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Bach, J S: Prelude in F-Sharp Minor, No.14, BWV 859

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Bach, J S: Fugue in F-Sharp Minor, No.14, BWV 859

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Bach, J S: Prelude in G Major, No.15, BWV 860

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Bach, J S: Fugue in G Major, No.15, BWV 860

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Bach, J S: Prelude in G Minor, No.16, BWV 861

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Bach, J S: Fugue in G Minor, No.16, BWV 861

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Bach, J S: Prelude in A-Flat Major, No.17, BWV 862

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Bach, J S: Fugue in A-Flat Major, No.17, BWV 862

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Bach, J S: Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, No.18, BWV 863

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Bach, J S: Fugue in G-Sharp Minor, No.18, BWV 863

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Bach, J S: Prelude in a Major, No.19, BWV 864

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Bach, J S: Fugue in a Major, No.19, BWV 864

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Bach, J S: Prelude in a Minor, No.20, BWV 865

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Bach, J S: Fugue in a Minor, No.20, BWV 865

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Bach, J S: Prelude in B Major, No.21, BWV 866

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Bach, J S: Fugue in B Major, No.21, BWV 866

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Bach, J S: Prelude in B Minor, No. 22, BWV 867

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Bach, J S: Fugue in B Minor, No. 22, BWV 867

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Bach, J S: Prelude in a Major, No.23, BWV 868

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Bach, J S: Fugue in a Major, No.23, BWV 868

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Bach, J S: Prelude in a Minor, No.24, BWV 869

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Bach, J S: Fugue in a Minor, No.24, BWV 869

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Ewa Poblocka is already present in Chopin Institute catalogue with two Chopin recitals. Here she presents the first book of Bach’s greatest keyboard masterpiece: Well-Tempered Clavier, which she recorded in 2018 on a modern instrument.

Our knowledge of the history behind the composing of one of the most emblematic works in the uvre of Johann Sebastian Bach, his Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (Book I, BWV 846-869; Book II, BWV 870-893), remains remarkably modest. Ernst Ludwig Gerber (1746-1819), author of Tonkunstlerlexicon, a lexicon of musical artists that was highly popular in his day, noted there in 1790: ‘according to a certain tradition, he wrote his Tempered Clavier (consisting of fugues and preludes, some of them very intricate, in all the 24 keys) in a place where ennui, boredom, and the absence of any kind of musical instrument forced him to resort to this pastime.’

Ewa Poblocka is one of Poland’s most distinguished pianists. She studied at the Music Academy in Gdansk and is the holder of top awards from piano competitions in Vercelli, Bordeaux and Warsaw. Ewa Poblocka has performed throughout most of Europe, as well as both North and South America, Singapore, Korea, Japan, and Australia, appearing in such famous venues as the Herkules-Saal in Munich, the Musikhalle in Hamburg, the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, the Barbican Centre and Wigmore Hall in London, the Musikverein in Vienna, New York’s Lincoln Center and Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto.

She has given concert performances with, among others, London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Bayerisher Rudfunkorchester, Niederosterreichisches Tonkunstlerorchester, Polish National Philharmonic Orchestra in Warsaw, Polish Chamber Orchestra and the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra in Katowice.

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March 2019

Wary as I am of superlatives, I can claim without hesitation that Ewa Pobłocka’s Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 encompasses some of the greatest and most fulfilling Bach pianism on record...Her Bach has everything going for it: pianistic resourcefulness, keen polyphonic acumen, impeccable taste and an ability to imbue each Prelude and Fugue with a distinct point of view borne out of musical considerations.

JS Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I

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