Rosalyn Tureck
In analyzing the music and perceiving the elements of the unusual Subject and its relationship with the contrapuntal and harmonic elements, I suddenly lost consciousness, whether for a few seconds or half an hour, I shall never know. When I came to, my whole being was possessed of an insight which involved Bach’s concept of form and technique of structure. Simultaneously was the realization that I must develop a new way of thinking which would fit that concept and structure, and also the creation of a totally new technique…
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Click on the following links to listen to Fugue 20 in A minor of The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 895.
• Tureck’s version
• A recent version by Kimiko Ishizaka
Right-click here to download the audio recording. – 4:04 (7.2MB)The full Ishizaka recording of the Well-Tempered Clavier is available for free on this link. Other articles by Mrs Tureck are available from the Tureck-Bach Research Institute.
