{"product_id":"brown-williamson-24-preludes-fugues","title":"Brown \/ Williamson- 24 Preludes \u0026 Fugues (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eI set myself the challenge of writing a book of 24 preludes and fugues in all the major and minor keys and I approached family, friends, and several institutions I had been associated with, to commission a prelude and fugue each, with many of the resultant commissioners asking for references to pieces of music that had a special meaning for them, a request that I tried to follow through wherever possible. Within a very short space of time, I realised just what a task I had set myself. The project took me 8 years to complete, and it was not until 2019 that I finally put the finishing touches to the concluding B minor Fugue. The score was published on my birthday in June 2020 and I received an unexpected email from Nathan Williamson, saying that he would love to learn the music, and, because of the restrictions imposed by the covid lockdowns, it might be a good time to see if a complete recording might be contemplated. To our considerable delight, Lyrita Recorded Edition agreed to take on the project that has led to the release of the present boxed set. Very early in the planning process I had decided that the set would be divided into 4 books (each made up of 6 preludes and fugues) based around one of the notes of the name BACH (B flat, A, C and B natural in German notation), and starting and ending in the major or the minor tonality of the 4 keys. In addition I wanted to reference the cryptogram of Dmitri Shostakovich (DSCH - D, E flat, C and B), whose own masterly set of 24 Preludes and Fugues also casts it's influence across my set. Christopher Brown\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 1 B-flat minor. Prelude - Maestoso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 1 B-flat minor. Fugue - Con moto, ma non troppo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 2 D-flat major. Prelude - Andante\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 2 D-flat major. Fugue - Moderato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 3 D minor. Prelude - Allegro molto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 3 D minor. Fugue - Con moto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 4 F-sharp minor. Prelude - Lento, molto calmo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 4 F-sharp minor. Fugue - Lento\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 5 F major. Prelude - Allegro molto capriccioso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 5 F major. Fugue - Andante\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 6 B-flat major. Prelude - Allegro molto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 1 No. 6 B-flat major. Fugue - Meno mosso ma sempre con moto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 7 A minor. Prelude - Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 7 A minor. Fugue - Allegro con spirito\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 8 D major. Allemande. Moderato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 8 D major. Fugue. Con moto, ma non troppo allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 9 F minor. Courante - Allegretto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 9 F minor. Fugue - Allegro giocoso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 10 G-flat major. Gavotte - Alla Gavotta\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 10 G-flat major. Fugue - Con brio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 11 C-sharp minor. Sarabande - Adagio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 11 C-sharp minor. Fugue - Adagio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 12 A major. Gigue - Presto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 2 No. 12 A major. Fugue - Maestoso, ma un poco con moto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 13 C minor. Prelude - Broadly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 13 C minor. Fugue - Allegretto con moto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 14 E minor. Prelude - Andante\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 14 E minor. Fugue - Andante\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 15 E-flat major. Prelude - Lilting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 15 E-flat major. Fugue - Bold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 16 G-sharp minor. Prelude - Slow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 16 G-sharp minor. Fugue - Con moto, but unhurried\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 17 G major. Prelude - Allegro molto giocoso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 17 G major. Fugue - Con moto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 18 C major. Prelude - Adagio quasi fantasia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 3 No. 18 C major. Fugue - Allegretto giocoso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 19 B major. Prelude - Adagio solenne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 19 B major. Fugue - Moderato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 20 E-flat minor. Prelude - Slow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 20 E-flat minor. Fugue - Lento misterioso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 21 G minor. Prelude - Andante con moto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 21 G minor. Fugue - Allegro, un poco giocoso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 22 A-flat major. Prelude - Allegro molto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 22 A-flat major. Fugue - Moderato e calmo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 23 E major. Prelude - Allegro vivace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 23 E major. Fugue - Allegro giocoso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 24 B minor. Prelude - Adagio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 Preludes and Fugues~Book 4 No. 24 B minor. Fugue - Andante\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBaroquery. Dance Suite for Piano Op. 105~Prelude\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBaroquery. Dance Suite for Piano Op. 105~Allemande\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBaroquery. Dance Suite for Piano Op. 105~Courante\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBaroquery. Dance Suite for Piano Op. 105~Gavotte\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBaroquery. Dance Suite for Piano Op. 105~Sarabande\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBaroquery. 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