Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D Minor | The Complete BWV 565

Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, from its unmistakable opening to the final cadence. Listen for the dramatic pauses, the deep pedal notes and the fugue theme passing between voices. The complete work is performed on pipe organ with a spacious church acoustic. Chapters 0:00 Adagio · the famous opening 0:23 Prestissimo 0:51 Toccata figures over a repeated A 1:30 Diminished chords · pedal solo 2:04 Fugue · exposition 3:08 Fugue · the pedal enters 4:50 Fugue · climax 6:54 Finale · Recitativo, Adagissimo, Presto, Molto adagio About the music Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565. Public domain. Notes from the Mutopia Project edition (public domain), prepared with reference to the Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, vol. 15 (Leipzig 1867, public domain); six note errors of the digital edition and its ornament signs corrected after the 1867 print. Synth Philharmonic prepared this organ performance, including registration, tempo shaping, sound production and mixing. --- Labels #bach #toccata #halloweenmusic #classicalmusic toccata and fugue in d minor, bach toccata, bwv 565, toccata and fugue, pipe organ, church organ, bach organ, halloween organ music, scary organ music, halloween music, classical music, baroque music, organ music, bach complete