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Brown / Williamson - 24 Preludes & Fugues Music CD

Brown / Williamson - 24 Preludes & Fugues Music CD

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I set myself the challenge of writing a book of 24 preludes and fugues in all the major and minor keys and I approached family, friends, and several institutions I had been associated with, to commission a prelude and fugue each, with many of the resultant commissioners asking for references to pieces of music that had a special meaning for them, a request that I tried to follow through wherever possible. Within a very short space of time, I realised just what a task I had set myself. The project took me 8 years to complete, and it was not until 2019 that I finally put the finishing touches to the concluding B minor Fugue. The score was published on my birthday in June 2020 and I received an unexpected email from Nathan Williamson, saying that he would love to learn the music, and, because of the restrictions imposed by the covid lockdowns, it might be a good time to see if a complete recording might be contemplated. To our considerable delight, Lyrita Recorded Edition agreed to take on the project that has led to the release of the present boxed set. Very early in the planning process I had decided that the set would be divided into 4 books (each made up of 6 preludes and fugues) based around one of the notes of the name BACH (B flat, A, C and B natural in German notation), and starting and ending in the major or the minor tonality of the 4 keys. In addition I wanted to reference the cryptogram of Dmitri Shostakovich (DSCH - D, E flat, C and B), whose own masterly set of 24 Preludes and Fugues also casts it's influence across my set. Christopher Brown

Tracklist:

  1. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 1 B-flat minor. Prelude - Maestoso
  2. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 1 B-flat minor. Fugue - Con moto, ma non troppo
  3. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 2 D-flat major. Prelude - Andante
  4. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 2 D-flat major. Fugue - Moderato
  5. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 3 D minor. Prelude - Allegro molto
  6. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 3 D minor. Fugue - Con moto
  7. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 4 F-sharp minor. Prelude - Lento, molto calmo
  8. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 4 F-sharp minor. Fugue - Lento
  9. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 5 F major. Prelude - Allegro molto capriccioso
  10. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 5 F major. Fugue - Andante
  11. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 6 B-flat major. Prelude - Allegro molto
  12. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 6 B-flat major. Fugue - Meno mosso ma sempre con moto
  13. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 7 A minor. Prelude - Allegro
  14. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 7 A minor. Fugue - Allegro con spirito
  15. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 8 D major. Allemande. Moderato
  16. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 8 D major. Fugue. Con moto, ma non troppo allegro
  17. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 9 F minor. Courante - Allegretto
  18. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 9 F minor. Fugue - Allegro giocoso
  19. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 10 G-flat major. Gavotte - Alla Gavotta
  20. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 10 G-flat major. Fugue - Con brio
  21. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 11 C-sharp minor. Sarabande - Adagio
  22. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 11 C-sharp minor. Fugue - Adagio
  23. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 12 A major. Gigue - Presto
  24. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 12 A major. Fugue - Maestoso, ma un poco con moto
  25. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 13 C minor. Prelude - Broadly
  26. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 13 C minor. Fugue - Allegretto con moto
  27. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 14 E minor. Prelude - Andante
  28. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 14 E minor. Fugue - Andante
  29. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 15 E-flat major. Prelude - Lilting
  30. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 15 E-flat major. Fugue - Bold
  31. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 16 G-sharp minor. Prelude - Slow
  32. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 16 G-sharp minor. Fugue - Con moto, but unhurried
  33. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 17 G major. Prelude - Allegro molto giocoso
  34. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 17 G major. Fugue - Con moto
  35. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 18 C major. Prelude - Adagio quasi fantasia
  36. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 18 C major. Fugue - Allegretto giocoso
  37. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 19 B major. Prelude - Adagio solenne
  38. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 19 B major. Fugue - Moderato
  39. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 20 E-flat minor. Prelude - Slow
  40. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 20 E-flat minor. Fugue - Lento misterioso
  41. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 21 G minor. Prelude - Andante con moto
  42. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 21 G minor. Fugue - Allegro, un poco giocoso
  43. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 22 A-flat major. Prelude - Allegro molto
  44. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 22 A-flat major. Fugue - Moderato e calmo
  45. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 23 E major. Prelude - Allegro vivace
  46. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 23 E major. Fugue - Allegro giocoso
  47. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 24 B minor. Prelude - Adagio
  48. 24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 24 B minor. Fugue - Andante
  49. Baroquery. Dance Suite for Piano Op. 105~Prelude
  50. Baroquery. Dance Suite for Piano Op. 105~Allemande
  51. Baroquery. Dance Suite for Piano Op. 105~Courante
  52. Baroquery. Dance Suite for Piano Op. 105~Gavotte
  53. Baroquery. Dance Suite for Piano Op. 105~Sarabande
  54. Baroquery. Dance Suite for Piano Op. 105~Gigue

UPC: 5020926243126
Label: Lyrita
Release Date: 2.16.24
Format: CD

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