Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2 | The Metzler Organ at Trinity College Cambridge

Robert Costin plays J. S. Bach’s complete Well-Tempered Clavier on the Metzler organ at Trinity College Cambridge. From the booklet notes: ’My personal journey with the WTC dates back over a quarter of a century and has led me to perform it on harpsichord, clavichord, piano and organ. There is no doubt that one can justify a more historically ’authentic’ complete performance on certain of these instruments, but ultimately this is in the ear of the listener: arguably, the music is simply too great to be restricted to one keyboard. The 48 are nowadays rarely performed on the organ but in the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century there was a tradition of playing them on the instrument. This was particularly the case in England, where pedal technique was rudimentary and knowledge of his organ works was limited. The organ has the advantage of being able to sustain the contrapuntal lines, but in the wrong environment this could lead to al