🇩🇪Johann Sebastian Bach ： Well-Tempered Clavier II no.13 Fis-Dur BWV 882

No. 13 from Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier presents a prelude and fugue with contrasting characters, while inviting close attention to the movement of the individual voices. In the prelude, the flowing succession of notes should be shaped as a single line of song, with a steady pulse and clearly directed phrasing. In the fugue that follows, the subject passes from voice to voice, and independent lines overlap to form the musical structure. Rather than equalizing the volume of every voice, bring each statement of the subject into clear relief while allowing the inner parts to remain audible; this reveals the interest of their dialogue. Use the pedal sparingly so that the sonority does not become blurred, distinguishing the prelude’s smoothness from the fugue’s lucid progression.