Bach - WTC II Prelude and fugue no. 8 in D-sharp minor BWV 877 | Netherlands Bach Society

Although the location for this recording is unusual, it fits the prelude and fugue in D-sharp minor well. A very strict prelude in a very strict ambience: the old universitary Anatomiegebouw (Anatomy Building) for veterinary research. The fugue that follows is long and tough and clearly a work that needs patience - just like the scientific research carried out in the building. Twenty years after his first collection of music in every key imaginable, Bach completed a second &Clavier&We recorded his first book of Preludes and Fugues at the homes of 24 different musicians. For this second part, performed in its entirety by Christine Schornsheim, we chose 12 very different locations in Utrecht, to celebrate the 900th anniversary of our home city. Christine Schornsheim, harpsichordist Harpsichord: Bruce Kennedy, 1989 after Michael Mietke 0:00 Prelude 4:48 Fugue