Fantasias & Preludes BWV 917-923

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Fantasies & Preludes BWV 917-923
Recordings

Recordings: Until 1950 | 1951-1960 | 1961-1970 | 1971-1980 | 1981-1990 | 1991-2000 | From 2001

Complete Recordings - Until 1950

1	Edwin Fischer plays Bach, Vol. 1 [K-2]
Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor, BWV 922 [7:26]
Edwin Fischer (Piano)
Pearl		Mar 1937	2-CD / TT: 149:52
Recorded at Studio No. 3 Abbey Road, London, England. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

2	Legendary Performers: Landowska [K-8]
Fantasia in C minor, BWV 919 [1:25]
Wanda Landowska (Harpsichord)
RCA / BMG		1946	2-CD / TT: 149:15
Recorded in New York, NY, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

3	J.S. Bach: Concerto italien, etc. [K-5]
Fantasia in C minor, BWV 919 []
Marcelle Meyer (Piano)
Discophile Francais EX 25041		1946-1947	10" LP / TT:
Recorded at Salle Adyar, Paris, France.

Complete Recordings - 1951-1960

4	J.S. Bach: Complete Piano Works - Album XIII [K-13]
Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 [] Prelude-Scherzo-Andante-Presto, BWV 923a, BWV 844, BWV 969, BWV 970
Gunnar Johansen (Harpsichord & Double Keyboard Piano)
Artist Direct		Early 1950's	LP / TT:
Recorded at Gunnar Johansen's house, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, USA.

5	J.S. Bach: Complete Works for Harpsichord Vol. 13 [A-13]
Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 [1:45] Fantasia über ein rondo in C minor, BWV 918 [] Fantasia in C minor, BWV 919 []
Isolde Ahlgrimm (Harpsichord) [1937 Ammer harpsichord & 1941 pedal harpsichord]
Philips A 00 366 L		Oct 1954	LP / TT:
All issued 1958. Re-issued in 1976 in two boxes of 10 LPs: 6747053/4. BWV 917 was reissued on Baroque Music Club BACH-727 [68:20]

6	Bach [K-1]
Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor, BWV 922 []
Irmgard Lechner (Harpsichord)
Cantate T 72460 F (EP)		c1960 ?	LP / TT:

Complete Recordings - 1961-1970

7	Igor Kipnis: His First Solo Recordings (1962) [K-1]
Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 [2:37]
Igor Kipnis (Harpsichord)
VAI		1962	CD / TT: 76:56
Recorded at Golden Crest's Huntington Station studio, Long Island, New York, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

8	Bach: Italian Concerto; English Suite No. 2; 12 Little Preludes [K-2]
Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor, BWV 922 [7:47]
Igor Kipnis (Clavichord, Harpsicord)
Sony Classical		May 1965	CD / TT: 64:36
Recorded at 30^th Street Studio, New York City, NY, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

9	Nicanor Zabaleta: Harp Recital [K-4]
Fantasia in C minor, BWV 919 [2:55]
Nicanor Zabaleta (Harp)
Aura		1970	CD / TT: 73:23
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10	Bach On The Clavichord [K-1]
Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 [] Prelude (Fantasia) in C minor, BWV 921 []
Michael Thomas (Clavichord) [his own made clavichord]
Oryx BACH-1231		c1970	LP / TT:

11	Galling Plays Bach: The Solo Keyboard Works, Vol. 8 [K-8]
Fantasia über ein rondo in C minor, BWV 918 []
Martin Galling (Harpsichord)
Vox Unique		Late 1960's ?	CD / TT: 64:37

Complete Recordings - 1971-1980

12	Brendel Plays Bach [K-1]
Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor, BWV 922 [8:23]
Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Philips		1977	CD / TT: 53:22
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13	Bach: The Complete Toccatas BWV 910-916 [K-9]
Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor, BWV 922 []
Blandine Verlet (Harpsichord) [Harpsichord by Hemsch, 1754]
Philips		1978 ?	2-LP / TT:

14	J.S. Bach � D. Scarlatti � C.P.E. Bach [K-5]
Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 [2:59] Fantasia in C minor, BWV 919 [2:13]
Glenn Gould (Piano)
Sony		Apr 1980	CD / TT: 78:01
Recorded at Eaton's Auditorium, Toronto, Canada. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

Complete Recordings - 1981-1990

15	Bach: The Keyboard Album [K-9]
Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 [1:57]
Rosalyn Tureck (Piano)
Sony Classical		Apr 1981	CD / TT: 65:44
Recorded at 30^th Street Studios, New York City, NY, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

16	Fantasias by Bach [K-6]
Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 [2:34] Fantasia über ein rondo in C minor, BWV 918 [4:52] Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor, BWV 922 [9:21]
Igor Kipnis (Clavichord, Harpsichord)
Arabesque		Oct 1986	CD / TT: 65:59
Recorded at Concordia College, Bronxville, NY, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

17	J.S. Bach: Clavierfantasien [K-1] J.S. Bach: Fantasies & Fugues; Clavier Ubung V.1 & 2 [Box Set] [B-2]
Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 [2:12] Fantasia in C minor, BWV 919 [1:28] Prelude (Fantasia) in C minor, BWV 921 [3:10] Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor, BWV 922 [6:38]
Andreas Staier (Harpsichord)
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi		Apr 1988	CD / TT: 63:12 4-CD / TT:
Recorded at Catholic Church In Seewen, Switzerland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.de \| Amazon.de \| Amazon.com [Box Set] \| Amazon.de [Box Set]

18	Bach: Keyboard Works, 1700-1710 [K-1] Bach Edition Vol. 3 - Keyboard Works Vol. 1 [Box Set] [B-1]
Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 [2:17] Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor, BWV 922 [8:17] Prelude in B minor, BWV 923 [2:47]
Christiane Wuyts (Hapsichord) [Henri Hemsch - 1754; Jacques Goermans - 1774]
Autographe Brilliant Classics		1988	3-CD / TT: 205:09 11-CD / TT:
Recorded at Digipro Vrussls, Belgium. Buy this album at: Amazon.com [Box Set] \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

Complete Recordings - 1991-2000

19	Bach: Concerto and Fantasias for Harpsichord [K-1]
Fantasia in C minor, BWV 919 [1:30]
Luc Beauséjour (Harpsichord)
Analekta/Fleurs de Lys		1992	CD / TT: 69:25
Recorded at Saint-Alphonse-de-Rodriguez, Québec, Canada. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

20	Out of Later Years Vol. 1: Brahms, Bach and Beethoven [K-15]
Prelude (Fantasia) in C minor, BWV 921 [3:25]
Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
Live Classics 471		Jul 3, 1993	CD / TT: 55:57
Recorded live in Bonn, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

21	Bach: Clavierwerke [K-1]
Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor, BWV 922 [6:22]
Wolfgang Glüxam (Harpsichord) [Frankoflämisch - Willem Kroesbergen, Utrect 1986]
ORF Alte Musik		Jan 1995	CD / TT: 71:20
Recorded at Großer Sendesaal, Funkhaus, Vienna, Austria. Buy this album at: Amazon.de

22	J.S. Bach: Fantasies, Toccatas & Fugues [K-6] Blandine Verlet Plays Bach [Box Set] [B-1]
Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor, BWV 922 [7:08]
Blandine Verlet (Harpsichord)
Astrée Auvidis Astrée Auvidis - Naïve		Apr 1995	CD / TT: 67:03 6-CD / TT:
Recorded at Musée Unterlinden de Colmar, France. Buy this album at: Amazon.com [Box Set]

23	J.S. Bach: Cembalowerke � Harpsichord Works [K-2]
Fantasia über ein rondo in C minor, BWV 918 []
Christine Schornsheim (Harpsichord)
Capriccio		1995	CD / TT:
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24	J.S. Bach: The Young Virtuoso [K-2]
Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor, BWV 922 [5:50]
Richard Egarr (Harpsichord) [harpsichord by Joël Katzman, Amsterdam 1991 after Ruckers, Antwerp 1638]
Globe		Jan 1996	CD / TT: 66:29
Recorded in Utrecht, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

25	J.S. Bach: Complete Fantasias [K-1]
Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 [2:51] Fantasia über ein rondo in C minor, BWV 918 [4:25] Fantasia in C minor, BWV 919 [0:53] Prelude (Fantasia) in C minor, BWV 921 [3:46] Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor, BWV 922 [9:58]
Andrea Padova (Piano)
Datum / Stradivarius		Feb 26-28, 1996	CD / TT: 60:25
Recorded at SR Studio III, Milan, Italy. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.de \| Amazon.de

26	J.S. Bach: Transcriptions & Arrangements [K-1]
Prelude in B minor, BWV 923 [2:33]
Patrick Ayrton (Harpsichord)
Globe		Jan 1997	CD / TT: 57:53
Recorded in Utrecht, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

27	J.S. Bach: Toccatas; Suite "aufs Lautenwerk"; Sonata [K-2]
Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 [2:15]
Pierre Hantaï (Harpsichord)
Virgin Veritas		Jun 1997	CD / TT: 72:09
Recorded at Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente, Haarlem, Holland. Review: Bach's Toccatas for Harpsichord from Watchorn & Troeger (3 Parts) Buy this album at: Amazon.com

28	Andreas Bach Manuscript [K-6]
Prelude (Fantasia) in C minor, BWV 921 - Fantasia in C minor, BWV Anh 205 [5:53]
Joseph Payne (Harpsichord) [by William Dowd (Paris) in the Flemish style; a = 415 Hz. Temperament: Werckmeister III]
Discover International		Oct 1997; Aug 1997	CD / TT: 60:00
Recorded in Thuringia & Saxony, Germany; Nidau, Switzerland.

29	J.S. Bach: Works for Harpsichord [K-3]
Prelude in B minor, BWV 923 [2:58]
Pierre Hantaï (Harpsichord)
EMI Records / Virgin		Nov 1997	CD / TT: 63:39
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30	Bach: Works for Lute-Harpsichord (Edition Bachakademie Vol. 109) [K-3] Bach: Keyboard Works 1, Box 8 [Box Set] [B-4]
Prelude & Fantasia in C minor BWV 921/1121 [3:04, 3:18]
Robert Hill (Lute-Harpsichord)
Hänssler		Sep 1998	CD / TT: 71:46 8-CD / TT:
Recorded at Kirche St. Fides und Markus, Freiburg-Sölden, Germany. Discussions: Lute Works - played by Robert Hill (Lute-Harpsichord) Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

31	J.S. Bach: Fantasies & Fugues [K-5]
Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 [2:02] Fantasia über ein rondo in C minor, BWV 918 [4:41] Prelude (Fantasia) in C minor, BWV 921 [2:45] Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor, BWV 922 [6:12] Prelude in B minor, BWV 923 [2:14]
Masaaki Suzuki (Harpsichord)
BIS		Nov 1998	CD / TT: 77:07
Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan. Review: Bach Harpsichord Discs from Hill and Suzuki Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

32	Bach: Harpsichord Music by the Young Johann Sebastian Bach, Vol. 1 (Edition Bachakademie Vol. 102) [K-4] Bach: Keyboard Works 1, Box 8 [Box Set] [B-4]
Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 [2:22]
Robert Hill (Harpsichord)
Hänssler		Mar 1999	CD / TT: 69:54 8-CD / TT:
Recorded at Kath. Pfarrkirche Oberried, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

33	Bach: Harpsichord Music by the Young Johann Sebastian Bach, Vol. 2 (Edition Bachakademie Vol. 103) [K-5] Bach: Keyboard Works 1, Box 8 [Box Set] [B-4]
Prelude in B minor, BWV 923 [3:37]
Robert Hill (Harpsichord)
Hänssler		Mar 1999	2-CD / TT: 107:00 8-CD / TT:
Recorded at Kath. Pfarrkirche Oberried, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

34	Bach: Concerto, Fantasia & Fugue - Keyboard Works From The Weimar Period (Edition Bachakademie Vol. 105) [K-6] Bach: Keyboard Works 1, Box 8 [Box Set] [B-4]
Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor, BWV 922 [6:14]
Robert Hill (Harpsichord)
Hänssler		Oct 1999	CD / TT: 52:27 8-CD / TT:
Recorded at Kath. Pfarrkirche Oberried/Breisgau, Germany. Review: Bach Harpsichord Discs from Hill and Suzuki Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

35	Bach: Bach as Teacher - Keyboard Works from the Cöthen Period (Edition Bachakademie Vol. 107) [K-7] Bach: Keyboard Works 1, Box 8 [Box Set] [B-4]
Fantasia über ein rondo in C minor, BWV 918 [4:59] Fantasia in C minor, BWV 919 [1:31]
Robert Hill (Lute-Harpsichord [BWV 918], Clavichord [BWV 919])
Hänssler		Oct-Nov 1999	2-CD / TT: 122:53 8-CD / TT:
Recorded at Kath. Pfarrkirche Oberried/Breisgau, Germany. Review: �Bach as Teacher� from Robert Hill Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

36	Bach: Sonatas, Suites, Fantasias [K-8] Bach Edition Vol. 13 - Keyboard Works Vol. 2 [Box Set] [B-2]
Fantasia über ein rondo in C minor, BWV 918 [4:39]
Pieter-Jan Belder (Harpsichord)
Brillant Classics		Nov 1999	CD / TT: 76:03 12-CD / TT:
Recorded at Maria Minor, Utrecht, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com [Box Set] \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

37	Bach: Suites, Fantasias, Preludes & Fugues [K-9] Bach Edition Vol. 13 - Keyboard Works Vol. 2 [Box Set] [B-2]
Fantasia in C minor, BWV 919 [1:18]
Pieter-Jan Belder (Harpsichord)
Brillant Classics		Nov 1999	CD / TT: 76:45 12-CD / TT:
Recorded at Maria Minor, Utrecht, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com [Box Set] \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

38	J.S. Bach: Complete Organ Works, Vol. 14: The Rudorff Chorales [R-14]
Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 [1:57]
Kevin Bowyer (Organ) [Marcussen & Son - 1962/87]
Nimbus		Oct-Nov 2000	2-CD / TT: 148:09
Recorded at Sct. Hans Kirke, Odense, Denmark. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

Complete Recordings - From 2001

39	J.S. Bach - The Universal Musician: Masterworks for Clavichord [K-2]
Prelude & Fugue in B minor on a theme by T. Albinoni, BWV 923 & BWV 951 [10:46]
Derek Adlam (Clavichord) [made by Derek Adlam in 1982; a copy of an instrument of 1763 by Johann Adolph Hass, Hamburg, Russell Collection, Edinburgh]
Guild Music		Jan 2001	TT: 77:28
Recorded at The Priory Church of Our Lady and St. Cuthbert, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. Review: Masterworks for Clavichord Buy this album at: Amazon.co.uk

40	J.S. Bach: Complete Organ Works, Vol. 15: The Rinck Chorales [R-15]
Fantasia über ein rondo in C minor, BWV 918 [4:59]
Kevin Bowyer (Organ) [Marcussen & Son - 1962/87]
Nimbus		Mar 2001	2-CD / TT: 148:02
Recorded at Sct. Hans Kirke, Odense, Denmark. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

41	J.S. Bach: Complete Organ Works, Vol. 17 [R-17]
Fantasia in C minor, BWV 919 [1:28] Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor, BWV 922 [6:25]
Kevin Bowyer (Organ) [Marcussen & Son - 1962/87]
Nimbus		Sep 2001	2-CD / TT: 167:05
Recorded at Sct. Hans Kirke, Odense, Denmark. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

42	J.S. Bach: The French Suites [K-2]
Prelude in B minor, BWV 923 [3:17]
David Cates (Harpsichord)
Music & Arts		Nov 2001	2-CD / TT: 95:00
Recorded in Takilma, Oregon, USA. Short Review of the David Cates Set of Bach's French Suites Review: Cates�s Bach Buy this album at: Amazon.com

43	About Johann Sebastian Bach's Life, Art and Artmanship - Lorenzo Ghielmi Preforms the Music of Bach, Böhm, Marchand, Vivaldi [K-1]
Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor, BWV 922 [5:48]
Lorenzo Ghielmi (Clavichord [A. Restelli, Milano, 2003, after CG Hubert, Ansbach, 1787], Harpsichord, Fortepiano)
Winter & Winter		Nov 2003	CD / TT: 62:48
Recorded at Studio Tibor Varga, Grimisuat, Sion, Switzerland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

44	Der Fantastische Styl [K-3]
Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor, BWV 922 [6:39]
Christian Brembeck (Harpsichord) [16�- Cembalo nach H.A. Hass, Hamburg 1734 von J.C. Neupert, Bamberg]
Musicaphon		Oct 2004	CD / TT: 60:32
Recorded at Werkstatt J.C. Neupert, Bamberg, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.de

45	J.S. Bach: Fantasies, Capriccios, etc. (Bach Complete Vol. 10) [K-10]
Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 [] Fantasia über ein rondo in C minor, BWV 918 [] Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor, BWV 922 []
Ivo Janssen (Piano)
Void (CODAEX)		2004	CD / TT: 79:34
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46	Bach Recital Vol. 1 [K-2]
Prelude (Fantasia) in C minor, BWV 921 []
Cyprien Katsaris (Piano)
Piano 21		2004 ?	CD / TT:
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47	J.S. Bach: The Young Virtuoso [K-1]
Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 [2:10] Prelude (Fantasia) in A minor, BWV 922 [6:14]
Ewald Demeyere (Harpsichord)
Accent		Jan 2005	CD / TT: 72:43
Recorded at Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

48	J.S. Bach: Preludes & Fugues (Bach Complete Vol. 12) [K-12]
Prelude (Fantasia) in C minor, BWV 921 [] Prelude in B minor, BWV 923 []
Ivo Janssen (Piano)
Void (CODAEX)		2005	CD / TT:
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49	J.S. Bach: Chamber Music [K-2]
Fantasia über ein rondo in C minor, BWV 918 [4:56] Prelude (Fantasia) in C minor, BWV 921 [2:25]
La Divina Armonia
Lorenzo Ghielmi (Harpsichord)
Passacaille 942		2007	CD / TT:

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (February 2007 - May 2008)
Thanks to contributors: Matthias Hansen (February 2007), Teddy Kaufman (February 2007, April 2007, June 2007), Teri Noel Towe (February 2007, May 2007)

Fantasias & Preludes BWV 917-923: Details | Recordings
Reviews: Review: Masterworks for Clavichord | Short Review of the David Cates Set of Bach's French Suites | Cates�s Bach | Bach's Toccatas for Harpsichord from Watchorn & Troeger | Bach Harpsichord Discs from Hill and Suzuki | �Bach as Teacher� from Robert Hill
Discussions: General Discussions

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