CD:
The Well-Tempered Clavier – Zhu Xiao-Mei

Zhu Xiao-Mei’s intimate, moving journey with Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier – now available again in this deeply personal reissue.

For Zhu Xiao-Mei, Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier is not only a masterpiece but also a source of inner freedom and comfort. In the interview printed in the album booklet, she shares her moving story of how, during her forced labor in the Cultural Revolution, she secretly copied Bach’s preludes and fugues – an act of resilience and spiritual rebirth. These recordings of the Well-Tempered Clavier from 2007 and 2010 are the result of a decades-long journey with Bach’s music, which she regards as one of the deepest forms of human expression. This complete recording offers the listener a unique, emotional, and profound interpretation of this timeless work and this re-edition makes it once again available on CD.

Zhu Xiao-Mei, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1&2
BWV 846-893

Book 1
Preludes and Fugues Nos. 1-12
Preludes and Fugues Nos. 13-24

Book 2
Preludes and Fugues Nos. 1-12
Preludes and Fugues Nos. 13-24

CD box set: ACC80608
EAN: 42 6023483 332 4

Available worldwide form June 27, 2025.