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Topic: Favorite Bach prelude and fugue (Read 351 times)

sonata_5

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Favorite Bach prelude and fugue

on: May 21, 2024, 11:26:52 PM

What is your favorite Bach pair of pieces with a fugue and an introductory piece? It has to be from the pair and it can be from the wtc, the little prelude and fugue, toccata and fugues, or a miscellaneous work like the chromatic fantasia and fugue.

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Bach p&f in c minor wtc book 1
Beethoven op 2 no 1 first movement
Chopin Black keys etude

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Re: Favorite Bach prelude and fugue

Reply #1 on: May 22, 2024, 02:23:38 AM

I love the WTC 1's C-sharp Major Prelude and Fugue for the pastoral pulse and jaunty nature. That's closely followed by the remarkable counterpoint in the C-sharp Minor P&F from the same book.

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brogers70

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Re: Favorite Bach prelude and fugue

Reply #2 on: May 22, 2024, 10:09:11 AM

WTC I, C# minor.

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liszt-and-the-galops

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Re: Favorite Bach prelude and fugue

Reply #3 on: May 22, 2024, 12:12:31 PM

WTC 1 C# minor for me as well lol. Haven't heard all of them though, so that opinion might change.

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sonata_5

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Re: Favorite Bach prelude and fugue

Reply #4 on: May 22, 2024, 03:03:59 PM

I love the C sharp minor too but I also love the one in Eb/d# minor. I also love the last one of book 1 mainly because of the fugue. I love the chromatic feeling of the subject. Also the f minor in book 1 bc the prelude is gorgeous and the c minor and f minor of book 2.

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I am currently working on:
Bach p&f in c minor wtc book 1
Beethoven op 2 no 1 first movement
Chopin Black keys etude

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Re: Favorite Bach prelude and fugue

Reply #5 on: May 22, 2024, 05:35:00 PM

Including organ works, my favorite is Prelude and "Saint Anne" fugue in Eb major, BWV 552.

Not including organ, my favorite is Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903.

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