Preludes & Fugues Opus 2: Fugue in D minor


Any new D minor fugue would be a lost cause because Bach wrote the whole Art of Fugue in D minor. After several iterations, this is my best attempt at this stoic and revered key.

Almost everything is new. Here the subject is one of the longest that I could have conceived. There are a lot of functional dissonant intervals and chords that are results of a very close interwoven relation between the tonic and its dominant mode at occur almost at the same time. The musical phrases and idioms are less clearly positioned. The emphasis is on the fluidity – the rising and passing away of each sentences that create complex continuity.

Lastly, the piano sound is also new. Here is a sample of a Fazioli with a ribbon mic. The sound is now very warm, sweet, and natural.

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