Bach - Toccata in D major BWV 912 - Cuiller | Netherlands Bach Society

This Toccata in D major, performed by Bertrand Cuiller for All of Bach, is the most popular of Bach’s seven toccatas. Cuiller, too, has played it very often in the past. “The piece is very theatrical”, he says. “It is extremely ‘electric’”. The powerful opening, which feels very improvised, is followed by a more well-thought-out section, in which various themes enter into dialogue. An expressive recitative forms the transition to an adagio in the unusual key of F-sharp minor. The adagio is conceived as a fugue, but according to Cuiller it is also a bit like a lamento.

Recorded for the project All of Bach on May 27th 2017 at the House Bartolotti, Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5.

For the interview with harpsichordist Bertrand Cuiller on the Toccata in D major go to    • Cuiller on Bach Toccata in D major BW...  
For more information on BWV 912 and this production go to http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-912/

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Bertrand Cuiller, harpsichordist
Harpsichord: Bruce Kennedy, 1989 after Michael Mietke