This Baroque keyboard work features a contemplative prelude followed by a rigorously structured four-voice fugue, demonstrating Bach's unparalleled counterpoint technique within his seminal cycle exploring all 24 major and minor keys.
Part of Bach's monumental Well-Tempered Clavier collection, this A minor pair demonstrates rigorous counterpoint combined with expressive chromaticism, exemplifying Bach's mastery of equal temperament tuning.
This prelude and fugue from Bach's pedagogical masterpiece The Well-Tempered Clavier exemplifies Baroque counterpoint, with the three-voice fugue featuring a chromatic subject that develops through rigorous stretto entries and inversion.
This prelude and fugue, part of Bach’s seminal "Well-Tempered Clavier" (Book II), exemplifies his mastery of counterpoint and advocacy for equal temperament, a tuning system enabling music to be played in all keys without dissonance.
