Bach - Fantasie, preludes and fugues for piano

Fantasies, Preludes and Fugues by Jean-Sébastien Bach for piano.

Editor : Klaus Rönnau et Georg von Dadelsen.

Titles :

Fantasien

• Chromatische Fantasie und Fuge d-moll - d minor - ré mineur BWV 903 und 903a
• Fantasie und Fuge a-moll - a minor - la mineur BWV 904
• Fantasie nebst unvollendeter Fuge c-moll - c minor - ut mineur BWV 906
• Fantasie und Fuge a-moll - a minor - la mineur BWV 944
• Fantasie duobus subiectis g-moll - g minor - sol mineur BWV 917
• Fantasie über ein Rondo c-moll - c minor - ut mineur BWV 918
• Fantasie c-moll - c minor - ut mineur BWV 919
• Fantasie a-moll - a minor - la mineur BWV 922

Präludien und Fugen

• Präludium und Fuge a-moll - a minor - la mineur BWV 894
• Präludium und Fuge F-dur - F major - Fa majeur BWV 901
• Präludium G-dur - G major - Sol majeur BWV 902,1
• Präludium und Fuge über ein Thema von Albinoni h-moll - b minor - si mineur BWV 923 und 951
• Fuge über das gleiche Thema von Albinoni h-moll - b minor - si mineur BWV 951a

Einzelne Fugen

• Fuge C-dur - C major - Do majeur BWV 946
• Fuge a-moll - a minor - la mineur BWV 947
• Fuge d-moll - d minor - ré mineur BWV 948
• Fuge A-dur - A major - La majeur BWV 949
• Fuge über ein Thema von Albinoni A-dur - A major - La majeur BWV 950
• Fuge nach Reinken B-dur - Bb major - Sib majeur BWV 954
• Fuge nach Erselius B-dur - Bb major - Sib majeur BWV 955

The present volume contains the Fantasies and the individual Preludes and fugues for pianoforte that are not included in the volume "Little Preludes and Fughettas". With the exception of the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue and the c minor Fantasy, all these single works have until now been overshadowed by the great cycles and collections, by the Well-tempered Clavier, the Suites, the Inventions and Sinfonias, and the different parts of the "Clavierübung" (Keyboard Practice). The reason for this is not so much to be found in the musical value of the individual pieces, which certainly varies, but in the fact that Bach's authorship of a large number of them has repeatdly been questioned. Since it the primary object of a new edition to restore confidence in the authenticity of these individual works, only those have been included which, after critical examination, may be considered genuine. (...)