J.S. Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I, BWV 846-869 Dominique Merlet

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Le Clavier bien Tempéré, Livre 1, BWV 846-869:
• 1 Prélude No. 1 en Do Majeur, BWV 846 01:22
• 2 Fugue No. 1 en Do Majeur, BWV 846 02:04
• 3 Prélude No. 2 en Do Mineur, BWV 847 01:30
• 4 Fugue No. 2 en Do Mineur, BWV 847 01:41
• 5 Prélude No. 3 en Do Dièse Majeur, BWV 848 01:17
• 6 Fugue No. 3 en Do Dièse Majeur, BWV 848 02:26
• 7 Prélude No. 4 en Do Dièse Mineur, BWV 849 02:46
• 8 Fugue No. 4 en Do Dièse Mineur, BWV 849 04:14
• 9 Prélude No. 5 en Ré Majeur, BWV 850 01:10
• 10 Fugue No. 5 en Ré Majeur, BWV 850 01:59
• 11 Prélude No. 6 en Ré Mineur, BWV 851 01:31
• 12 Fugue No. 6 en Ré Mineur, BWV 851 02:05
• 13 Prélude No. 7en Mi Bémol Majeur, BWV 852 04:06
• 14 Fugue No. 7en Mi Bémol Majeur, BWV 852 01:40
• 15 Prélude No. 8 en Ré Dièse Mineur, BWV 853 03:17
• 16 Fugue No. 8 en Ré Dièse Mineur, BWV 853 04:08
• 17 Prélude No. 9 en Mi Majeur, BWV 854 01:15
• 18 Fugue No. 9 en Mi Majeur, BWV 854 01:18
• 19 Prélude No. 10 en Mi Mineur, BWV 855 02:20
• 20 Fugue No. 10 en Mi Mineur, BWV 855 01:17
• 21 Prélude No. 11 en Fa Majeur, BWV 856 00:57
• 22 Fugue No. 11 en Fa Majeur, BWV 856 01:13
• 23 Prélude No. 12 en Fa Mineur, BWV 857 01:58
• 24 Fugue No. 12 en Fa Mineur, BWV 857 04:20
• 25 Prélude No. 13 en Fa Dièse Majeur, BWV 858 01:23
• 26 Fugue No. 13 en Fa Dièse Majeur, BWV 858 01:55
• 27 Prélude No. 14 en Fa Dièse Mineur, BWV 859 01:03
• 28 Fugue No. 14 en Fa Dièse Mineur, BWV 859 02:59
• 29 Prélude No. 15 en Sol Majeur, BWV 860 00:52
• 30 Fugue No. 15 en Sol Majeur, BWV 860 02:44
• 31 Prélude No. 16 en Sol Mineur, BWV 861 01:32
• 32 Fugue No. 16 en Sol Mineur, BWV 861 01:35
• 33 Prélude No. 17 en La Bémol Majeur, BWV 862 01:15
• 34 Fugue No. 17 en La Bémol Majeur, BWV 862 02:48
• 35 Prélude No. 18 en Sol Dièse Mineur, BWV 863 01:11
• 36 Fugue No. 18 en Sol Dièse Mineur, BWV 863 02:51
• 37 Prélude No. 19 en La Majeur, BWV 864 01:16
• 38 Fugue No. 19 en La Majeur, BWV 864 (version andantino legato) 02:39
• 39 Fugue No. 19 en La Majeur, BWV 864 (version molto vivo taccato) 01:53
• 40 Prélude No. 20 en La Mineur, BWV 865 01:11
• 41 Fugue No. 20 en La Mineur, BWV 865 04:45
• 42 Prélude No. 21 en Si Bémol Majeur, BWV 866 01:16
• 43 Fugue No. 21 en Si Bémol Majeur, BWV 866 01:37
• 44 Prélude No. 22 en Si Bémol Mineur, BWV 867 02:41
• 45 Fugue No. 22 en Si Bémol Mineur, BWV 867 03:09
• 46 Prélude No. 23 en Si Majeur, BWV 868 00:55
• 47 Fugue No. 23 en Si Majeur, BWV 868 02:27
• 48 Prélude No. 24 en Si Mineur, BWV 869 05:07
• 49 Fugue No. 24 en Si Mineur, BWV 869 06:10
• Total Runtime 01:49:08

Info for J.S. Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I, BWV 846-869

It was the start of a career that was going to develop quickly on all continents. He played in most European countries as well as the United States, Canada, Brazil, South Korea, China, Australia and Japan and took part in many important festivals such as Paris, Berlin, Bordeaux, Hong Kong, Besançon, Shanghai, Seoul Spring Festival, La Roque d’Anthéron and Duszniki.

Dominique Merlet, piano

Dominique Merlet
Born in Bordeaux, Dominique Merlet was a pupil of Roger-Ducasse, Rose Lejour, Nadia Boulanger and Louis Hiltbrand. After three first prizes at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris he became the winner of the prestigious Geneva International Competition in 1957 as well as the special prize awarded to the most accomplished laureate of all disciplines on the programme that year.

It was the start of a career that was going to develop quickly on all continents. He played in most European countries as well as the United States, Canada, Brazil, South Korea, China, Australia and Japan and took part in many important festivals such as Paris, Berlin, Bordeaux, Hong Kong, Besançon, Shanghai, Seoul Spring Festival, La Roque d’Anthéron and Duszniki. He has worked with notable conductors such as Charles Münch, Paul Paray, Jean Martinon, Armin Jordan, Moshe Atzmon, Richard Hickox, Sergiu Comissiona, Yutaka Sado, Xu Zhong, Cristian Mandeal, Ronald Zollmann and Jin Wang.

His recordings include Schumann, Weber, Brahms, Bartok, Liszt, Satie, Ravel (complete works), Chopin, Debussy, Fauré, Roger-Ducasse, Kirchner and have won him distinctions such as “Grand Prix du Disque” and “Diapason d’Or”. His CD devoted to “The Golden Age of the Piano”, recorded on his american Steinway of 1895, fascinated many great musicians and pianos lovers.

Dominique Merlet has also participated intensely in producing great young pianists, firstly from 1974 to 1992, with his class at CNSM Paris, from which emerged several international laureates who are now enjoying brilliant careers, and secondly from giving lectures and master-classes in such countries as England, Germany, Austria, the Scandinavian countries, South Korea, Japan, Australia and China. He decided to cease this activity in 2004 in order to fully concentrate on his concert performances. Nevertheless, he is Visiting Professor at the Torino Conservatory (Italy) and has for the last 5 years been teaching at the summer Academy of the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

Dominique Merlet frequently participates at international piano juries and he is the President of the “Centre International Nadia and Lili Boulanger”. His impressive accomplishments have been rewarded by the French Ministry of Culture with the title of Officier des Arts et des Lettres.

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