After five volumes devoted to the early years of J. S. Bach, up to the Weimar period, Benjamin Alard takes an utterly fascinating approach to the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier. First he offers the listener an astonishing mental preparation on the clavichord, derived mainly from the Clavier-Büchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann. Then he arranges the preludes and fugues in a new order, and to play his programme he has chosen two instruments for which the word ‘extraordinary’ is not too strong: here is the moment when the glorious Hass family of instrument builders comes on the scene, in a festival of colours and registrations each more breathtaking than the last.

1. 01 - 01 - Præludium 1 in C Major, BWV 846a

2. 01 - 02 - Fugue in C Major, BWV 953

3. 01 - 03 - Applicatio in C Major, BWV 994

4. 01 - 04 - Præambulum 1 in C Major, BWV 924

5. 01 - 05 - Præludium in C Major, BWV 924a

6. 01 - 06 - Præludium in C Major, BWV 933

7. 01 - 07 - Præludium 12 in F Minor, BWV 857

8. 01 - 08 - Præludium 11 in F Major, BWV 856

9. 01 - 09 - Præambulum in F Major, BWV 927

10. 01 - 10 - Præludium in F Major, BWV 928

11. 01 - 11 - Præludium 6 in D Minor, BWV 851

12. 01 - 12 - Præludium in D Minor, BWV 935

13. 01 - 13 - "Jesu meine Freude" in D Minor, BWV 753 (Chorale prelude)

14. 01 - 14 - Præludium 2 in D Minor, BWV 926

15. 01 - 15 - Præludium & Fughetta in D Minor, BWV 899

16. 01 - 16 - Præludium & Fughetta in G Major, BWV 902a & BWV 902a/2

17. 01 - 17 - Præambulum in G Minor, BWV 930

18. 01 - 18 - Præludium 10 in E Minor, BWV 855a

19. 01 - 19 - Fuga in E Minor, BWV 855a/2

20. 01 - 20 - Præludium in E Minor, BWV 938

21. 01 - 21 - Præludium in E Minor, BWV 932 - I. Allegro

22. 01 - 22 - Præludium in E Major, BWV 937 - II. Adagio

23. 01 - 23 - Præludium 9 in E Major, BWV 854 - III. Allegro

24. 01 - 24 - Præludium 4 in C sharp Minor, BWV 849

25. 01 - 25 - Præludium 3 in C sharp Major, BWV 848

26. 01 - 26 - "Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten" in A Minor, BWV 691 (Chorale prelude)

27. 01 - 27 - Præludium 4 in D Major, BWV 850

28. Clavier-Büchlein vor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach - 28 - Praeludium BWV 925 in D MAJ

29. 01 - 29 - Præludium in D Major, BWV 936

30. 01 - 30 - Allemande* in G Minor, BWV 836

31. 01 - 31 - Præludium 8 in E flat Minor, BWV 853

32. 01 - 32 - Præludium 2 in C Minor, BWV 847a

33. 01 - 33 - Præludium in C Minor, BWV 934

34. 02 - 01 - Præludium & Fuga in C Major, BWV 846

35. 02 - 02 - Præludium & Fuga XI in F Major, BWV 856

36. 02 - 03 - Præludium & Fuga VI in D Minor, BWV 851

37. 02 - 04 - Præludium & Fuga XV in G Major, BWV 860

38. 02 - 05 - Præludium & Fuga X in E Minor, BWV 855

39. 02 - 06 - Præludium & Fuga XIX in A Major, BWV 864

40. 02 - 07 - Præludium & Fuga XIV in F sharp Minor, BWV 859

41. 02 - 08 - Præludium & Fuga XXIII in B Major, BWV 868

42. 02 - 09 - Præludium & Fuga XVIII in G sharp Minor, BWV 863

43. 02 - 10 - Præludium & Fuga III in C sharp Major, BWV 848

44. 02 - 11 - Præludium & Fuga XXII in B flat Minor, BWV 867

45. 02 - 12 - Præludium & Fuga VII in E flat Major, BWV 852

46. 03 - 01 - Præludium & Fuga XX in A Minor, BWV 865

47. 03 - 02 - Præludium & Fuga V in D Major, BWV 850

48. 03 - 03 - Præludium & Fuga XXIV in B Minor, BWV 869

49. 03 - 04 - Præludium & Fuga IX in E Major, BWV 854

50. 03 - 05 - Præludium & Fuga IV in C sharp Minor, BWV 849

51. 03 - 06 - Præludium & Fuga XIII in F sharp Major, BWV 858

52. 03 - 07 - Præludium & Fuga VIII in D sharp Minor, BWV 853

53. 03 - 08 - Præludium & Fuga XVII in A flat Major, BWV 862

54. 03 - 09 - Præludium & Fuga XII in F Minor, BWV 857

55. 03 - 10 - Præludium & Fuga XXI in B flat Major, BWV 866

56. 03 - 11 - Præludium & Fuga XVI in G Minor, BWV 861

57. 03 - 12 - Præludium & Fuga II in C Minor, BWV 847