BACH: TOCCATA BWV 914
Several pieces among Bach’s enormous output have been only rarely performed. The Toccata in E minor BWV 914 per strumento a tastiera (for keyboard instrument) is such a case. It was written as early as around 1710 and – although it reflects different compositional criteria than those of his late masterpieces – it is still an exceptional work. It alternates, most substantially, between the two keystones of the toccata genre: formal counterpoint with a varying number of imitative or fugal sections, and the freer, almost improvisational material that reflects independence and expressive spontaneity.
REINVENTING GUITAR EDITIONS – COLLECTION: Baroque – CATALOGUE Nr: RGBC 01
This is Smaro Gregoriadou’s arrangement of Toccata BWV 914, orig. in E minor for keyboard instrument, by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).
Arranged for standard guitar tuning and/or for every available tuning of Kertsopoulos Aesthetics. Available in printed and digital versions.
ISMN: 979-0-9016134-1-6 (printed version) – ISMN: 979-0-9016134-0-9 (web version)
Printed in Greece, first published in 2018. Copyright ©2018 by Smaro Gregoriadou & REINVENTING GUITAR EDITIONS
Included in Smaro’s CD album: Reinventing guitar Vol. 2 by DELOS. Interpreted on a double-course pedal guitar of Kertsopoulos Aesthetics
Click here for liner notes on Toccata BWV 914 / RGBC 01.