Bach: Fantasies, Preludes and Fugues

Description

In contrast to the large collections of partitas, along with the French and English Suites, Bach's Fantasies, and his Preludes and Fugues besides the Well-Tempered Clavier have not come down to us as interconnected cycles. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why only few of these works gained widespread popularity. Only the much-acclaimed Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue BWV 903/903a and the great c-Minor Fantasy BWV 919 have found a permanent place in pianists' concert repertoires. Some of the works compiled in this volume are undoubtedly juvenilia that do not yet hint at the mature Bach whilst nevertheless pointing out the composer's fresh power of invention.

Pieces

• Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903
• Fantasy and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 904
• Fantasy with an Unfinished Fugue in C Minor, BWV 906
• Fantasy and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 944
• Fantasy in G Minor (Duobus subiectis), BWV 917
• Fantasy on a Rondo in C Minor, BWV 918
• Fantasy in C Minor, BWV 919
• Fantasy in A Minor, BWV 922
• Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 894
• Prelude and Fugue in F Major, BWV 901
• Prelude in G Major, BWV 902a
• Prelude on a Theme by Albinoni in B Minor, BWV 923
• Fugue on a Theme by Albinoni in B Minor, BWV 951
• Fugue on the Same Theme by Albinoni in B Minor, BWV 951a
• Fugue in C Major, BWV 946
• Fugue in A Minor, BWV 947
• Fugue in D Minor, BWV 948
• Fugue in A Major, BWV 949
• Fugue on a Theme by Albinoni in A Major, BWV 950
• Fugue in B-flat Major, BWV 954
• Fugue after Erselius in B-flat Major, BWV 955