"J S Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C BWV531" genre: Baroque
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	The Prelude opens with a fanfare-like pedal cadenze which is imitated in the manuals and punctuated with strong 6- and 7-note chords finally ending with some bravura recitative. The Fugue procedures regularly enough until the pedal entrance, where there are just some octave leaps instead of the subject. After soprano and alto entrances, the pedal finally sounds the fugue subject, which is tossed around a few imes playfully but never really enters on its own again. The fugue ends with the same kind of rapid recitativo figuration as the Prelude began.
	Credits: Martin Dyde for Hauptwerk Virtual Pipe Organ
	Story Behind the Song The pedal reeds used in the Prelude are of the French Bombarde variety which gives them a lot of presence. In the Fugue I revert to the 16' Posaune with Principals 16'-8'-4, but throw on the more dramatic reeds at the end.

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