Mahan Esfahani: Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 CD [composer] Enrico Cannio ” (contessa) 1:45

” (contessa) 1:45

23 In F Major

this album was a spontaneous project

“like a memoir of the present moment

Molto adagio subito

Mahan Esfahani: Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 CD [composer] Enrico Cannio ” (contessa) 1:45Mahan Esfahanis hugely ambitious complete Bach keyboard project reaches its summit with Book 1 of The Well Tempered Clavier. Bach wrote his seminal 48 Preludes & Fugues with a harpsichord in mind; this is a rare chance to hear the music as intended. Recorded on a German double manual harpsichord built by Huw Saunders and based on an instrument thought to have belonged to Bach. Mahans discography has thus far garnered a Gramophone Award, two BBC Music