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Sir András Schiff – The Well-Tempered Clavier (I)

Sir András Schiff plays Bach's the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, at the Royal Albert Hall in 2017 at prestigious BBC Proms.

Johann Sebastian Bach was undoubtedly the greatest musical thinker of his age. Dubbed “the Old Testament of music” by the conductor and pianist Hans von Bülow, the Well-Tempered Clavier is acknowledged to be one of the most significant works ever written for the keyboard. Each of these 24 preludes and fugues encapsulates its own mood, and Bach’s delight in mixing technical strictness with freedom of expression has made this work an indispensable element of Western culture for centuries. Sir András Schiff is heralded as one of the finest Bach interpreters today, and this first complete performance at the prestigious BBC Proms was summed up as “stupendous” by The Independent.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, BWV 846–893
BOOK I, BWV 846–869 (1722)
SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF Piano

Video Director HELEN SCOTT
Filmed on 7 September 2017 at BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
A BBC/UNITEL co-production

[2.110653 / NBD0104V]
Total playing time: 111 minutes
DVD: NTSC 16:9 · PCM stereo and DTS 5.1 · DVD 9 · Region: 0 (Worldwide)
BD: HD 16:9 · PCM stereo and DTS-HD 5.1 · BD 50 · Region: A, B, C