Bach: At the Piano

Description

Johann Sebastian Bach is more or less the alpha and omega of piano playing: there is hardly a piano pupil who did not start off with his little preludes or his inventions. and almost all pianists regard his Well-Tempered Clavier as an unsurpassed highpoint in the history of piano music. Henle's volume follows these well-trodden paths, but not without the occasional sideways glance at some less prominent pieces by the Master, such as his picturesque "Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother".

Pieces

• Little Prelude, BWV 924
• Little Prelude, BWV 927
• Little Prelude for Beginners on Piano, BWV 936
• Chorale prelude "Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten", BWV 691
• Invention No. 6 in E Major, BWV 777
• Invention No. 3 in D Major, BWV 774
• Arioso and Aria del Postiglione (from Capriccio B-dur), BWV 992
• Aria, BWV 988
• Sinfonia No. 6 in E Major, BWV 792
• Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794
• Menuet from French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814
• Allemande, Sarabande and Gigue from French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 815
• Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp Major, BWV 858
• Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 850
• Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 871
• Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 893