You can call me Johann. But don't expect me to answer to that.
Proving once again that the enjoyment of music is purely subjective, even though today’s CD violates the Three-Instrument Rule, I like it.
There’s probably some scientific or musicological reason why I like today’s CD when I haven’t really enjoyed the last couple of CD. Maybe these compositions are more complex. Or maybe they’re performed in a key that resonates with me. My faves at the moment are Prelude & Fugue No. 22 in B flat minor, Prelude & Fugue No. 23 in B major, and Prelude & Fugue No. 24 in B minor. Aside from all of those pieces being in the key of B, I’m not sure what differentiates them from the ones on the previous CDs.
But there you have it: I’m admitting I enjoy the harpsichord on this CD.
If you don’t tell, I won’t.
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, CD 2, grabs my attention. Book II was published in 1742, some 20 years after Book I. Bach was now 57 and presumably had more command of his craft. But I didn’t appreciate Book II, CD I. So his command was not mine to enjoy with him. But the second CD (Prelude & Fugue No. 13 through Prelude & Fugue No. 24) is one I could probably listen to again.
As was the case with each of the previous installments of The Well-Tempered Clavier, these pieces were performed by Leon Berben.
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