🇭🇺Franz Liszt ： Six Preludes and Fugues for Organ (after J.S. Bach) S.462/R.119 No.3 (BWV 545)

A piano arrangement by Liszt based on Bach’s organ work BWV 545. The Prelude and Fugue are performed in succession, allowing listeners to appreciate the harmonic flow and weighty sonority of the first section, followed by the contrapuntal development as the subject passes from voice to voice in the Fugue. Since the piano cannot sustain sound in the same way as an organ, each vocal line should be clearly projected, while the pedal must be used carefully to avoid blurring the sonority. A key point in performance is to preserve the sense of structure as the expansive Prelude moves into the Fugue’s closely woven motion, highlighting each entrance of the subject while shaping the work as one large musical arc.