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    Well-Tempered Clavier Book II - Fugues in g-minor and g#-minor

    After the orchestration of the E-Mjor Fugue from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Book II

    http://www.gerdprengel.de/Bach-Wellt...Major_Orch.mp3
    http://www.gerdprengel.de/Bach_WT2-E...-fuge_orch.pdf

    now I did the same with the Fugues in g-minor:

    http://www.gerdprengel.de/WT2-g-Minor-fuge_orch.mp3
    http://www.gerdprengel.de/Bach_WT2-g...fugue_orch.pdf

    and g#-minor:

    Especially the g#-minor fugue was a wonderful experience. Usually this masterwork is performed with rather fast tempo which to my mind is not convey the depth of this work. Through Daniel Barenboim's wonderful slow interpretation I got an idea what an ingenious and chromatic work this is, and so I tried to create a slow and pathetic 'Andante sonstenuto' orchestration. My favourite part is the final part starting at 7:20 :


    www.gerdprengel.de/WT2-gis-Minor-fugue_orch.mp3
    www.gerdprengel.de/WT2-gis-Minor-fugue_orch.pdf
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    Wonderful Gerd - I love the haunting oboe opening of the G# minor. Have you approached any conductors to see if they're interested in performing your orchestrated versions?
    'Man know thyself'

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      Gerd, splendid orchestrations, both, and I particularly liked the prelude. You might have answered this earlier, but what equipment and software do you use? I ask as I would like to rebuild my music system.

      Thank you for sharing!

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        Thank you, Peter and Sorrano!
        @Peter, no I didn't approach an conductor yet, but thank you for the encouragement! I will try to find some local conductor and show him some of my orchestrations :-)

        @Sorrano, the equipment and software I use is Finale 2008a with the soundlibraries from Kontakt Player/Garritan PersonalOrchestra. In the past these were 2 separate systems but by now they are combined in one:

        https://store.makemusic.com/Downloads/Default.aspx

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          Originally posted by gprengel View Post

          @Sorrano, the equipment and software I use is Finale 2008a with the soundlibraries from Kontakt Player/Garritan PersonalOrchestra. In the past these were 2 separate systems but by now they are combined in one:

          https://store.makemusic.com/Downloads/Default.aspx
          Thanks, Gerd! I've used Logic Audio for Windows 98 for years but now it's pretty much obsolete and currently I am unaware of any platform that might read the old Logic files (.lso) and was hoping Finale might. I will have to check that out.

          Keep up with the orchestrations, though! I will have to listen to your earlier works, as well, as opportunities were not present at the time.

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            Originally posted by Sorrano View Post
            ... I will have to listen to your earlier works, as well, as opportunities were not present at the time.
            Hi, Sorrano, here you find all the orchestrations I have done so far:

            http://www.gerdprengel.de/orchestrations.html

            Gerd

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              Originally posted by gprengel View Post
              Hi, Sorrano, here you find all the orchestrations I have done so far:

              http://www.gerdprengel.de/orchestrations.html

              Gerd
              That's quite the output; I will have to listen to these. Thank yoU!

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