Bach - Fantasia and fugue in A minor BWV 944 - Frankenberg | Netherlands Bach Society

The Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 944 – performed here by harpsichordist Emmanuel Frankenberg for All of Bach – is an example of a work in which Bach leaves scope for the musician. Right from the start in the prelude – in this case a fantasia – only the chords are written out, with the annotation ‘arpeggio’ [a broken chord]. Here, Bach has set the harmonic progression, but the keyboard player has to make their own choices about the sort of arpeggio, the tempo and other improvisations on the series of chords. For more information on BWV 944 and credits of this production go to Recorded for the project All of Bach on December 7th 2021 at Broedergemeente in Zeist. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel and consider donating All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society, with the aim to perform and record all of Bach’s works and share them onl