Bach - Prelude and Fugue in b-flat minor, BWV891 (WTCII)

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the large prelude and fugue in b-flat minor from the second book - the prelude is a three-voiced sinfonia type piece, that is really the paragon of elegance and grace - a gallant quality easy to forget sometimes in bach. the fugue is another enormous example of bach going through all the contrapuntal possibilities - the first exposition is followed by a stretto expostion; then an inverted exposition is followed by an inverted stretto; then recto and inversio are given together in stretto. a systematic plan like that of the a minor from book I, or d# minor of book I. the rhythm is quite complex, the voices chromatic, and it is on the whole very very difficult!


prelude and fugue in b-flat minor from book I:
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