- Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544
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A grand prelude with wonderful rhythmic drive, with marvelous interludes on the Hinterwerk, ending with some fine chromatic writing at the end. The
fugue subject is a walking pattern which wends through many keys, with the aid of a counter subject, relieved by arpeggiated episodes. The walking
slows near the end: the destination has been reached. Because the organ pedal lacks both low and high C# keys, some transpositions were made in the
Prelude.
Instrument:
Gottfried Silbermann Organ, Reinhardtsgrimma / Sachsen, Germany (1731) -
Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier
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Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 1 software
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