The Bach Toccatas

[steinwayguy]

Is there any established order of difficulty for the Bach toccatas? I think I heard G Minor is the most difficult...And are all of them generally considered harder than any of the Well-Tempered Clavier? Thanks...

[Waldszenen]

All of Bach's organ works are more difficult than the WTC, except there's one Prelude and Fugue in Book I that's the hardest keyboard work Bach's ever written.


Sorry I can't be of more help.

[montiverdirocks]

Hi steinwayguy!
You're always telling me I'm f***ed up, but here's what I've heard...
Everyone has told me that the g minor is the hardest, followed by the c minor. The rest of them are all very difficult, but the G Major is the easiest. As for the set being harder to pull off than the WTC.... come on, really.... what do you think, my friend?

[steinwayguy]

Hi steinwayguy!
You're always telling me I'm f***ed up, but here's what I've heard...
Everyone has told me that the g minor is the hardest, followed by the c minor. The rest of them are all very difficult, but the G Major is the easiest. As for the set being harder to pull off than the WTC.... come on, really.... what do you think, my friend?

Thanks, I think I'm going to pair the c minor toccata with Beethoven Op. 7 on my audition program for 06-07

[psipsi8]

Haha, I know it's a really old thread, but having learned all of them - to varying degrees of completion, but all technically at least ok - I'd say that for me, the order of hardest to easiest is: c minor, D major, f# minor, g minor, e minor, d minor, G major.
What astounds me is despite being early works of the composer, they are extremely varied. Each one is unlike any other.

[andrewuk]

All of Bach's organ works are more difficult than the WTC, except there's one Prelude and Fugue in Book I that's the hardest keyboard work Bach's ever written.

Presumably the OP is asking about the keyboard toccatas, not the organ works.