Bach, J.S. : Prelude & Fugue in D Minor, BWV 851, Well-Tempered Klavier, Book 1

The D Minor prelude and fugue by Bach, Well Tempered Keyboard book 1 (BWV 851) is one of those pieces that can keep you busy for the rest of your life. Even if you live way longer than the average statistics tell you. While preparing for this recording, the clavichord ‘advised’ me to use its power of accentuation… and suddenly a whole new piece of music was born. One of drama, shades, nuances, … a complete story with emotions, contrasts, shouts, whispers, …

How much in contrast with the rigorous fugue, displaying with the utmost Independence of voices a architectural structure that makes you very silent after having ‘consumed’ its grandeur to the end…

Hope you like it (and certainly let me know in the comment boxes below, always nice to read your impressions there ! )

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