Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I

Although the Wohltemperiertes Klavier is still today the daily bread of student pianists of the highest calibre, alongside it's pedagogical role, it's greatest importance lies in the encyclopaedic richness of it's musical contents, the variety of types of movement, textures and characters, the formal rigour and freedom, and the juxtaposition of archaic and the most modern of styles from Bach's time.