The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 846: I. Præludium

Name: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 846: I. Præludium
Duration: 1 min 52 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
48.1	Praeludium I in C major, BWV 846	1:52	Johann Sebastian Bach	Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon	Maurizio Pollini	Album + Compilation	-2016-10-21	Deutsche Grammophon
48.1	The Well‐Tempered Clavier, Book I: Praeludium & Fuga (a 4 voci) in C major, BWV 846: Praeludium I	1:52	Johann Sebastian Bach	Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon	Maurizio Pollini	Album + Compilation	XE2025-10-10	Deutsche Grammophon	486 7405

producer:	Christopher Alder (editor/engineer/producer)
piano:	Maurizio Pollini (pianist) (in 2008-09)
balance engineer:	Klaus Hiemann (engineer/producer)

recorded at:	Herkulessaal in München (Munich) (in 2008-09)

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recording of:	The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude (in 2008-09)

composer:	Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1722)

later versions:	Keyboard Duet (Bach’s Prelude in C Major from the Well‐Tempered Clavier) Sur un prélude de Bach
part of:	The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846 (order: 1)
is the basis for:	Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) Meine Leiche Variationen zur Prelude Nr. 1: Das wohltemperierte Klavier אל נא תלך
revision of:	Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846.1/846a: I. Prelude (early version)
arrangements:	Bach Lullaby The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude (catch-all for arrangements) The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude (for guitar, Götze) The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude (ed. Busoni) The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude (for marimba, Kuniko)
music quoted in:	Bumble Boogie