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Finnish harpsichordist Aapo Häkkinen plays Book I of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier on the Christian Vater harpsichord preserved in Nuremberg and on an equally historic clavichord. Two of the 24 pairs of Preludes and Fugues are even presented in an alternative instrumentation on the historic North German organ of Backemoor. Aapo Häkkinen, not least through his acclaimed AEOLUS recordings of Bach's harpsichord concertos, continues to reveal the richness and expressive possibilities of these masterpieces. Album Tracks 1. Wohltemperierte Clavier I (1736 Version)-Praeludium, Fuga À 4 in C Major, BWV 846. Praeludium 2. Wohltemperierte Clavier I (1736 Version)-Praeludium, Fuga À 4 in C Major, BWV 846. Fuga 3. Wohltemperierte Clavier I (1736 Version)-Praeludium, Fuga À 3 in C minor, BWV 847. Praeludium 4. Wohltemperierte Clavier I (1736 Version)-Praeludium, Fuga À 3 in C minor, BWV 847. Fuga 5. Wohltemperierte Clavier I (1736 Version)-Praeludium, Fuga À 3 in C# Major, BWV 848. Praeludium 6. Wohltemperierte Clavier I (1736 Version)-Praeludium, Fuga À 3 in C# Major, BWV 848. Fuga 7. Wohltemperierte Clavier I (1736 Version)-Praeludium, Fuga À 5 in C# Minor, BWV 849. Praeludium 8. Wohltemperierte Clavier I (1736 Version)-Praeludium, Fuga À 5 in C# Minor, BWV 849. Fuga 9. Wohltemperierte Clavier I (1736 Version)-Praeludium, Fuga À 4 in D Major, BWV 850. Praeludium 10. Wohltemperierte Clavier I (1736 Version)-Praeludium, Fuga À 4 in D Major, BWV 850. Fuga 11. Wohltemperierte Clavier I (1736 Version)-Praeludium, Fuga À 3 in D minor, BWV 851. Praeludium 12. Wohltemperierte Clavier I (1736 Version)-Praeludium, Fuga À 3 in D minor, BWV 851. Fuga 13. Wohltemperierte Clavier I (1736 Version)-Praeludium, Fuga À 3 in Eb Major, BWV 852. Praeludium 14. Wohltemperierte Clavier I (1736 Version)-Praeludium, Fuga À 3 in Eb Major, BWV 852. Fuga 15. Wohltemperierte