Description
Track Listing:
CD 1
1-4 Toccata in D minor, BWV 913
5-7 Toccata in G minor, BWV 915
8-10 Toccata in C minor, BWV 911
11-13 Toccata in G major, BWV 916
14-16 Prelude & Fughetta in G major, BWV 902/a
CD 2
1-4 Toccata in E minor, BWV 914
5-6 Prelude & Fughetta in E minor, BWV 900
7-10 Pastorale in F major, BWV 590
11-12 Prelude & Fughetta in F major, BWV 901
13-14 Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV 903
15-16 Prelude & Fughetta in D minor, BWV 899
17-18 Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV 894
CD 3
1-2 Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV 904
3-4 Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV 944
5-8 Toccata in F# minor, BWV 910
9-11 Toccata in D major, BWV 912
12 Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917
13 Fugue in C minor, BWV 575
14 Fantasia in A minor, BWV 944/i (improvised)
J. S. Bach: Toccatas, Fantasias, Preludes, Fugues, Pastorale
Peter Watchorn, pedal harpsichord
Configuration: 3 CD in Digipak
Available: December, 2016
Recorded: June 27-30, 2016
Booklet: 36 pages
Features:
• Latest volume in Musica Omnia’s complete harpsichord works of J. S. Bach series
• First performances of all these works on a pedal harpsichord in 60 years
• Uses the 2004 “Bach-Lehman” tuning, possibly Bach’s own temperament
• Release comprises all seven toccatas, BWV 910-916, plus Bach’s large fantasias, preludes and fugues
• 36-page booklet contains scholarly essay on the music and many photographs
