{"product_id":"2547-011-10","title":"Helmut Walcha - Bach: Dorian Toccata and Fugue (1981) Vinyl LP • Fantasia","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin-bottom: 0px ;\"\u003eCatalog Number:\u003c\/h3\u003e 2547 011--10\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eMusical Styles:\u003c\/h3\u003e 1980s, Fugue\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin-bottom: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eSleeve Grade:\u003c\/h3\u003e Excellent (EX)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eRecord Grade:\u003c\/h3\u003e Near Mint (NM or M-)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003ch3 style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eCondition Details:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eImport from Spain. Made in West Germany on label. Vinyl plays nicely (play-graded). Cover looks great; a few creases near edges; light-scuffing, tiny surface abrasions, and surface impressions (front\/back). Inner-sleeve is original (poly-lined paper). Spine is mostly easy-to-read with mild-wear. Minor shelf-wear along top\/bottom-edge and corners. Top-edge has text and is easy-to-read (printed off-center). Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003ch3 style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eTracks:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003col style=\"margin-top: 0px ; margin-bottom: 0px ;\"\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eToccata Dórica Y Fuga, BWV 538\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eFantasia Y Fuga En Sol Menor, BWV 542\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003ePassacaglia En Do Menor, BWV 582\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eToccata Y Fuga En Re Menor, BWV 565\u003c\/li\u003e\n \n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003ch3 style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eAbout The Record:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eThe Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538,\u003c\/span\u003e is an organ piece by Johann Sebastian Bach. Like the better-known \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eBWV 565,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eBWV 538\u003c\/span\u003e also bears the title \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eToccata and Fugue in D minor,\u003c\/span\u003e although it is often referred to by the nickname \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eDorian\u003c\/span\u003e – a reference to the fact that the piece is written without a key signature – a notation that leads one to assume the Dorian mode. The two pieces are quite different musically. Like \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003ethe Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 562,\u003c\/span\u003e it is nearly monothematic. It opens with a motoric sixteenth note (semiquaver) motif that continues almost uninterrupted to the end of the piece, and includes unusually elaborate concertato effects. Bach even notates manual changes for the organist, an unusual practice in the day as well as in Bach's organ output. The fugue, also in D minor, is long and complex, involving a subject which prominently features syncopations and three upward leaps of a perfect fourth. The strict contrapuntal development is only broken in the final four bars, when a few massive chords bring the piece to a close. The fugue of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eBWV 538\u003c\/span\u003e is very similar to the fugue of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eBWV 540.\u003c\/span\u003e They both imply an alla breve time signature; they both use subjects with semibreves and syncopated minims, with a rhythm of constant quavers, rather than constant semiquavers seen in most of Bach's fugues; they both use chromaticism, harmonic suspensions, and uninterrupted succession of subjects and answers. Bach worked in Weimar between 1708 and 1717, during which he composed most of his organ works including \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eBWV 538.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Record Vision","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52793892765977,"sku":"2547 011--10","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0992\/6937\/8329\/files\/LP-helmut_walcha-bach_dorian_toccata_and_fugue.jpg?v=1783555331","url":"https:\/\/record-vision.myshopify.com\/products\/2547-011-10","provider":"Record Vision","version":"1.0","type":"link"}