CDA67139 - Disc 1 Track 29 - Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV531

Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV531

composer

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

before 1707

Recordings

Bach: Organ Cornucopia

Christopher Herrick (organ)

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Bach: The Complete Organ Works

Christopher Herrick (organ)

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Details

Movement 1: Prelude

Christopher Herrick (organ)

Track 29 on CDA67139 [2'29]

Track 29 on CDS44121/36 CD8 [2'29] 16CDs Boxed set (at a special price) — 16CDs Deleted

Movement 2: Fugue

Christopher Herrick (organ)

Track 30 on CDA67139 [4'24]

Track 30 on CDS44121/36 CD8 [4'24] 16CDs Boxed set (at a special price) — 16CDs Deleted

Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV531

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This work is indisputably by Bach, the Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV531. An early work, possibly dating from his time at Arnstadt, it is a brilliant example of the ‘stylus fantasticus’, familiar from the works of Buxtehude, Lübeck and Böhm. From the characteristic opening pedal solo to the virtuoso passage-work and repeated-note fugue theme there is a feeling not only of youthful exuberance but also of mastery.

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Details for CDA67139 track 29

Prelude

Artists

Christopher Herrick (organ)

ISRC

GB-AJY-99-13929

Duration

2'29

Recording date

15 April 1999

Recording venue

Pfarrkirche St Michael, Kaisten, Switzerland

Recording producer

Paul Spicer

Recording engineer

Paul Niederberger

Hyperion usage

Bach: Organ Cornucopia (CDA67139)
Disc 1 Track 29
Release date: July 1999
Bach: The Complete Organ Works (CDS44121/36)
Disc 8 Track 29
Release date: October 2002
Deletion date: March 2009
16CDs Boxed set (at a special price) — 16CDs Deleted

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