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Johann Gottfried Walther
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Preludio con Fuga A-Dur Click to Listen [5:1]
The Prelude begins with a Pedal cadenza, continues with manual arpeggios, and pits a strongly ornamented soprano line against emphatic chords, with an almost seamless segue to the Fugue, whose subject incorporates the first 5 notes of the familiar "St. Anne" hymn tune, though its first entrance is disguised with ornamentation. Subsequent entrances are more straightforward, especially in the Pedal. Output volume -6dB. Temperament: Werckmeister 3. Impulse reverberation added. Instrument: Schantz at First Baptist Church of Riverside, California (1966) sampled by Jonathan Orwig

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