Andras Schiff - Johann Sepbastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II

Distinguished Bach specialist Sir Andr�s Schiff returned to the BBC Proms in 2018 to present Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier. Extending the variety already evident in Book I (available on 2.110653), Bach�s effortless brilliance and new-found sonorities push harmony and counterpoint further than ever with a combination of ancient and modern styles, church austerity and galant lightness. Schiff has said that �no-one combines the sacred and the secular as Bach does�, and this is comprehensively