- Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 531
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The Prelude opens with a fanfare-like pedal cadenza which is imitated in the manuals and punctuated with strong 6- and 7-note chords finally ending
with some bravura recitative. The Fugue procedures regularly enough until the pedal entrance, where there are just some octave leaps instead of the
subject. After soprano and alto entrances, the pedal finally sounds the fugue subject, which is tossed around a few times playfully but never really
enters on its own again. The fugue ends with the same kind of rapid recitativo figuration as the Prelude. Uses the extended set.
Instrument:
A. Cavaillé-Coll Organ, originally Paris, France, moved to Mainz, Germany (1877) -
Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier
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