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Johann Sebastian Bach
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Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 531 Click to Listen [6:53]
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 used again at the end of the Fugue, which proceeds regularly enough until the pedal entrance, playfully avoiding predictability. Temperament: MeanTone Fifth Comma. Instrument: The van Peteghem-organ of Haringe, Flandres (1778) - Samples by Hauptwerk.nl

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