Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV.904
The Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542, is an organ prelude and fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach. It acquired that name to distinguish it from the earlier Little Fugue in G minor, which is shorter. This piece is not to be confused with the Prelude and Fugue in A minor, which is also for organ and also sometimes called "the Great". Bach's biographer Spitta and some later scholars think that the Fugue was improvised in 1720 during Bach's audition for an organist post at St. James' Church in Hamburg.
Movements
- Fantasia
- Fuga
Most recent recordings
- J. S. Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 904 — Johann Sebastian Bach, Rudi Daugherty (2025) Spotify
- Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971 & Fantasia and Fugue in a Minor, BWV 904 — Johann Sebastian Bach, C Red (2024) Spotify
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