🇩🇪Johann Sebastian Bach ： 5 Preludes and Fughettas Prelude and Fugue in C-Dur BWV 870a

This piece brings together the contrapuntal richness of a prelude and fugue as a unified pair. In the Prelude, listen for its balanced flow, which should remain unbroken, and for the subtle changes in harmony. In the Fugue that follows, the subject passes from voice to voice, developing the music through its overlapping entries. Each voice should be clearly presented while the whole is shaped in a single broad breath. The Prelude benefits from a natural sense of pulse rather than a mechanical delivery; in the Fugue, carefully highlighting each entrance of the subject allows the dialogue between the voices and the beauty of the structure to emerge. Use the pedal sparingly to avoid blurring the sound, and refine both the clarity of the touch and the direction of each phrase.