Prelude And Fugue Op. 59

Done with great taste, in a perfectly simple and straightforward manner, Liszt's piano transcriptions of Bach's organ music became the classic models for all future works in this genre. Includes 6 Organ Preludes and Fugues (BWV 543-548) and the world-famous Fantasia and Fugue in G minor (BWV 542). Content : Organ-Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor (BWV 542 • S463) Six Organ Preludes and Fugues Prelude and Fugue in A Minor (BWV 543 • S462/1) Prelude Fugue Prelude and Fugue in C Major (BWV 544 • S462/2) Prelude Fugue Prelude and Fugue in C Minor (BWV 545 • S462/3 Prelude Fugue Prelude and Fugue in C Major (BWV 546 • S462/4 Prelude Fugue Prelude and Fugue in E Minor (BWV 547 • S462/5 Prelude Fugue Prelude and Fugue in B Minor (BWV 548 • S462/6 Prelude Fugue

Un style qui repose sur le contrepoint, ou l'interaction de deux ou plusieurs motifs, la fugue a captivé les auditeurs pendant des siècles.Cette collection originale propose une grande variété de pièces de grande époque de la fugue à l'époque baroque ainsi que d'autres époques, chacune créé par un maître du genre. Avec des oeuvres de Bach, Buxtehude, Brahms, Schumann et d'autres, tous ensemble ici pour orgue solo. / Orgue

The Prelude is a flowing 9/8 song; the four-Voice Fugue follows as the slow movement; the Variations return to the original prelude theme.It is difficult to overstate the importance of Franck’s Prelude Fugue and Variation for Organ both in his own compositional life and in the development of the French Organ school. The piece is widely believed to have been one of the elemental founding works of the school appearing at a time when French Organ music was at an ebb. Originally one of Six Pieces appearing in 1862 when Franck was forty years old the work established him in the minds of other young composers as a talent of serious proportions and marked the beginning of afulfilling adult life spent as a highly-regarded composer

This volume reproduces all 25 of Bach's complete sets of preludes and fugues (i.e. compositions written as pairs), from the authoritative Bach-Gesellschaft edition. Organists and music lovers can enjoy Bach's beautiful compositions in one convenient edition — ideal for reading, study, and performance. Content : Prelude and Fugue, C Major (BWV 531; BG XV, 81) Prelude and Fugue, D Major (BWV 532; BG XV, 88) Prelude and Fugue, E Minor (BWV 533; BG XV, 100) Prelude and Fugue, F Minor (BWV 534; BG XV, 104) Prelude and Fugue, G Minor (BWV 535; BG XV, 112) Prelude and Fugue, A Major (BWV 536; BG XV, 120) Prelude and Fugue, D Minor (BWV 539; BG XV, 148) Prelude and Fugue, G Major (BWV 541; BG XV, 169) Prelude and Fugue, A Minor (BWV 543; BG XV, 189) Prelude and Fugue, B Minor (BWV 544; BG XV, 199) Prelude and Fugue, C Major (BWV 545; BG XV, 212) Prelude and Fugue, C Minor (BWV 546; BG XV, 218) Prelude and Fugue, C Major (BWV 547; BG XV, 228) Prelude and Fugue, E Minor (BWV 548; BG XV, 236) Prelude and Fugue, C Minor (BWV 549; BG XXXVIII, 3) Prelude and Fugue, G Major (BWV 550; BG XXXVIII, 9) Prelude and Fugue, A Minor (BWV 551; BG XXXVIII, 17) Eight Short Preludes and Fugues (possibly spurious) 1. C Major (BWV 553; BG XXXVIII, 23) 2. D Minor (BWV 554; BG XXXVIII, 27) 3. E Minor (BWV 555; BG XXXVIII, 30) 4. F Major (BWV 556; BG XXXVIII, 33) 5. G Major (BWV 557; BG XXXVIII, 36) 6. G Minor (BWV 558; BG XXXVIII, 39) 7. A Minor (BWV 559; BG XXXVIII, 42) 8. B-flat Major (BWV 560; BG XXXVIII, 45)

The Prelude and Fugue In G Minor (Op. 84) was first published in 1960. It is scored for solo Organ.Craig Seller Lang (1891-1971) was a British composer organist and musical pedagogue who was born in New Zealand. He studied at the Royal College of Music before becoming a teacher at Christ’s Hospital School. His compositions were mostly written with a student performer in mind. He is best remembered for his seminal educational Organ books but he also created prolific volumes of material in both sacred and secular choral genres.