This is the second instalment in Phantasm’s series of recordings dedicated to the keyboard music of J. S. Bach. The first was named a Chamber Choice by BBC Music Magazine and Prise de son d’exception by Diapason. This new recording explores further riches from both volumes of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier arranged by director Laurence Dreyfus for viol consort. Reimaging Bach’s keyboard polyphony as consort music has the dual benefits of expanding Bach’s chamber oeuvre whilst also presenting these highly-cherished works as seemingly new, never before heard gems, ripe for discovery. Despite its pedagogical inception Bach’s musical imagination imbues the Well-Tempered Clavier with intellectually complex fugues and preludes bursting with dancing melodies. Phantasm offers a wealth of insights into these highly artistic works revealing sonorities and colours that are both dynamically expressive and revelatory.

• 1 Prelude No. 16 In G Minor, BWV 885
• 2 Fugue No. 16 In G Minor BWV 885
• 3 Fugue No. 1 In C Major, BWV 870
• 4 Fugue No. 2 In C Minor, BWV 871
• 5 Prelude No. 4 In C-Sharp Minor, BWV 873
• 6 Fugue No. 4 In C-Sharp Minor, BWV 873
• 7 Prelude No. 12 In F Minor, BWV 857
• 8 Fugue No. 12 In F Minor, BWV 857
• 9 Fugue No. 13 In F-Sharp Major, BWV 882
• 10 Fugue No. 11 In F Major, BWV 856
• 11 Fugue No. 21 In B-Flat Major, BWV 890
• 12 Fugue No. 7 In E-Flat Major, BWV 876
• 13 Fugue No. 17 In A-Flat Major, BWV 862
• 14 Fugue No. 4 In C-Sharp Minor, BWV 849
• 15 Fugue No. 14 In F-Sharp Minor, BWV 883
• 16 Fugue No. 23 In B Major, BWV 868
• 17 Prelude No. 9 In E Major, BWV 878
• 18 Fugue No. 9 In E Major, BWV 878
• 19 Prelude No. 19 In A Major, BWV 888
• 20 Fugue No. 19 In A Major, BWV 888
• 21 Fugue No. 8 In D-Sharp Minor, BWV 853
• 22 Fugue No. 6 In D Minor, BWV 875
• 23 Prelude No. 5 In D Major, BWV 874
• 24 Fugue No. 5 In D Major, BWV 874