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Fantasia in C minor, BWV906
composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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'Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 2 – Ferruccio Busoni' (CDA67324)
Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 2 – Ferruccio Busoni
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
'Bach: Angela Hewitt plays Bach' (CDS44421/35)
Bach: Angela Hewitt plays Bach
Angela Hewitt (piano)
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'Bach: The Inventions' (CDA66746)
Bach: The Inventions
Angela Hewitt (piano)
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Angela Hewitt (piano)
Track 1 on CDA66746 [4'36] Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain
Track 1 on CDS44421/35 CD1 [4'36] 15CDs Boxed set (at a special price) Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain
Movement 1: Fantasia
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
Track 1 on CDA67324 [3'32] Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain
Movement 2: Fugue
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
Track 3 on CDA67324 [4'08] Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain

Fantasia in C minor, BWV906
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The Fantasia in C minor begins with tremendous force and decision. Its energy comes from three motifs: a descending arpeggio in the right hand (which soon becomes, in the left hand, an ascending one), an octave leap, and a rattling trill. In the fifth bar Bach introduces two more fragments—a chromatic scale and a playful leaping figure—both of which play major roles later on (the latter appearing in a treacherous passage close to the end where many a player will come to grief!). Much of its appeal lies in the sections that require hand-crossing—both the Italian type (using large skips), and in the French manner (one hand playing within the span of the other). Written sometime around 1738, this work must surely have influenced Bach’s son, Carl Philipp Emanuel in his development of sonata form.

from notes by Angela Hewitt © 1994

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Details for CDA66746 track 1
Artists
Angela Hewitt (piano)
ISRC
GB-AJY-94-74601
Duration
4'36
Recording date
5 January 1994
Recording venue
Beethovensaal, Hannover, Germany
Recording producer
Otto Ernst Wohlert
Recording engineer
Ludger Böckenhoff
Hyperion usage
  1. Bach: The Inventions (CDA66746)
    Disc 1 Track 1
    Release date: July 1994
  2. Bach: Angela Hewitt plays Bach (CDS44421/35)
    Disc 1 Track 1
    Release date: September 2010
    15CDs Boxed set (at a special price)
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