Johann Sebastian Bach: Well-Tempered Klavier 2 No Fingering

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part II BWV 870-893 (Revised Edition Edition without fingering). By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Edited by Yo Tomita. For piano solo. Piano (Harpsichord), 2-hands. Henle Music Folios. Pages: III and 136. SMP Level 10 (Advanced). Softcover. 176 pages. G. Henle Verlag #HN258. Published by G. Henle Verlag (HL.51480258). Edition without fingering, paperbound
replaces HN258.

The world-famous pianist András Schiff, a most familiar name to Bach fans on account of his complete recordings of Bach’s piano works, has provided fingerings for both parts of the Well-Tempered Clavier. He discusses aspects of performance practice in a detailed preface. The basis for the musical text was Henle’s revised edition of Part I published in 1997 and Yo Tomita’s brand new revision of Part II (spring 2007). The eminent Bach scholar Tomita discusses the complicated source situation of Part II in an extensive preface. A detailed commentary rounds off the edition. Both parts of the Well-Tempered Clavier are also available as Henle Urtext editions without fingerings and as study editions.

This title has selections that range in difficulty from SMP Level 9-10.