🇩🇪Johann Sebastian Bach ： Well-Tempered Clavier II no.16 g-moll BWV 885

No. 16 from Book II consists of a prelude and a fugue. In the prelude, melodic and harmonic changes emerge within a flowing movement of notes, making it important to sense the direction of each voice as the music unfolds. In the fugue that follows, the subject is passed from voice to voice while several melodic lines are closely interwoven. In performance, the prelude benefits from shaping its phrases broadly while maintaining the continuity of the line. In the fugue, the subject should be clearly projected, with careful balance in volume and articulation among the voices. Avoiding excessive reliance on the pedal and carefully distinguishing the voices with the fingertips allows the contrapuntal richness to come through.