Edited by Pieter Dirksen.
Although the “fantasia” was already considered as old-fashioned around 1700, this genre exerted a particular fascination on the very young Bach – he had since relocated to Köthen – and the experienced composer as well.
Volume 3, the latest installment in the “Complete Organ Works,” gathers together all transmitted organ fantasias by Bach, the fragments of the fugues belonging to them and all individual fugues as well. They include, for instance, the Fantasia in C BWV 570, undoubtedly the master’s oldest free organ work.
The most notable works in this edition are the celebrated Fantasia in g minor BWV 542/1 and the Fuga in g BWV 542/2. Did Bach actually intend a combination of the two pieces as a joint composition? This and other intriguing questions concerning versions, sources and genre history are examined by editor Pieter Dirksen in the introduction and comments, which contain a synopsis and a wealth of transposed and ornamented versions of the works which supplement the edition on the enclosed CD-ROM.
1. Fantasia in C BWV 562/1
2. Fantasia in c BWV 537
3. Fantasia in c BWV 571
4. Fantasia in g (Frühfassung) BWV 542/1
5. Fantasia et Fuga in g BWV 542/2
6. Fantasia in G BWV 563
7. Fantasia in g BWV 946
8. Fuga in g BWV 574
9. Fantasia in h BWV 574b
10. Fuga in C (nach Albinoni) BWV 575
11. Fuga in c (nach Bononcini) BWV 539/2
12. Fuga in c (Frühfassung) BWV 577
13. Fuga in c BWV 578
14. Fuga in d BWV 949
15. Fuga in G BWV 950
16. Fuga in g BWV 955
17. Fuga in A BWV 955a
18. Fuga in A (nach Albinoni) BWV 579
19. Fuga in B („Erselius“) BWV 573
20. Fuga in B (Frühfassung) BWV 562/2
21. Fuga in h (nach Corelli) BWV 539/1
22. Appendix: Fantasia in C (Fragment) BWV 131a
23. Appendix: Fantasia in C (Fragment) Fuga in c (Fragment)
24. Appendix: Fantasia in C (Fragment) Praeludium in d
25. Appendix: Fantasia in C (Fragment) Fuga in g
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