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.

Contents

Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue d minor BWV 903, BWV 903a

Fantasy and Fugue a minor BWV 904

Fantasy with an unfinished Fugue c minor BWV 906

Fantasy and Fugue a minor BWV 944

Fantasy (Duobus subiectis) g minor BWV 917

Fantasy (on a rondo) c minor BWV 918

Fantasy c minor BWV 919

Fantasy a minor BWV 922

Prelude a minor BWV 894

Fugue a minor BWV 894

Prelude and Fugue F major BWV 901

Prelude G major BWV 902 Nr. 1

Prelude on a theme by Albinoni b minor BWV 923

Fugue on a theme by Albinoni b minor BWV 951

Fugue on the same theme by Albinoni b minor BWV 951a

Fugue C major BWV 946

Fugue a minor BWV 947

Fugue d minor BWV 948

Fugue A major BWV 949

Fugue on a theme by Albinoni A major BWV 950

Fugue after Reinken B flat major BWV 954

Fugue after Erselius B flat major BWV 955

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