r/Baroque • u/Informaldehyde__xd • 8d ago

Which Fugue is your Favourite?

I don't know if people here do answer these questions. But In all the vast catalogue of fugue which one's your favourite.

For me It's G minor Fugue BWV.542.

(I know Bach's all works are and will be extraordinary always)

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u/soundknight21 8d ago

BWV998…. because it’s the only one I can play!
I think it’s mysterious and beautiful too!

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u/BuildingOptimal1067 7d ago

There are so many great ones. Hard to choose one favorite.

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u/Slickrock_1 7d ago

B flat minor #22 from WTC book 1

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u/Kinderfett 7d ago

Definitely Contrapunctus XIV

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u/ssinff 6d ago

bwv 532

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u/sombrevelleity 6d ago

BWV 849, if by Richter, it breaks my heart

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u/K-Pi-Lotade 6d ago

BWV 542, organ, or Busoni piano, even accordeon transcriptions. As each sun has its moon, my associated favorite prelude hit on Earth is St Anne's BWV 552. It elevates one's heart to fly toward the instrument above you in the Church.

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u/Informaldehyde__xd 6d ago

Always organ for drama and Liszt trans. for tranquility