Bach: The Well-tempered Clavier

August 2007 sees the start of Angela Hewitt’s Bach World Tour in which she will bring her celebrated performances of The Well-Tempered Clavier to twenty-five countries on six continents. This tour will celebrate the wonderful voyage she began in 1994 when she undertook to record all of Bach’s major keyboard works for Hyperion Records—a project that took eleven years to complete. Concurrently, Hyperion are releasing a limited edition box set of Hewitt’s iconic recordings of ‘The 48’—held by many critics to be the definitive piano version of Bach’s incomparable masterpiece.

CDS44291/4 263 minutes 12 seconds (4 discs)

‘Hewitt has set a new benchmark. Her touch is admirably clear and light … and she is uniquely attuned to Bach’s supple, sprightly rhyhms. A '48' of exceptional grace and beauty. I know of no musi ...
‘Winner of numerous prizes, these have already become benchmark recordings, with performances of character and conviction that marry the best of old and new, using the full-range of colour afforded by ...
‘Among modern-day piano recordings of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Angela Hewitt's has long held a favored place for its stylish perception, controlled virtuosity, intelligent application of dynamics ...