Johann Sebastian Bach: TOCCATAS BWV910-916

Yoshio Watanabe, recipient of the 66th Mainichi Art Award, delivers a masterful interpretation of Bach's rarely recorded Toccatas!

Highly acclaimed for his June 2024 recital of J.S. Bach: The Seven Toccatas, Yoshio Watanabe was awarded the 66th (2024) Mainichi Art Award. This session recording was made immediately following the recital. His liner notes, based on a bold hypothesis that the works "ingeniously depict the essence and characteristics of the Sun, Moon, and the five planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn)," are also a must-read.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):

• Toccata in D-minor, BWV913
  
  • ［1]　(Passaggio)
  • ［2]　(Adagio)
  • ［3]　Thema
    
  • ［4]　Adagio
  • ［5]　Allegro
• Toccata in F#-minor, BWV910
  
  • ［6]　(Passaggio)
  • ［7]　(Adagio)
  • ［8]　Presto e staccato
  • ［9]　(Arioso)
  • ［10]　(Fuga)
• Toccata in D-major, BWV912
  
  • ［11]　(Presto)
  • ［12]　Allegro
  • ［13]　Adagio - con discrezione -
  • ［14]　(Fuga)
• Toccata in E-minor, BWV914
  
  • ［15]　(Preludio)
  • ［16]　Un poco allegro
  • ［17]　Adagio
  • ［18]　Fuga a 3
• Toccata in C-minor, BWV911
  
  • ［19]　(Passaggio)
  • ［20]　Adagio
  • ［21]　Allegro - Adagio -
  • ［22]　Allegro
• Toccata in G-major, BWV916
  
  • ［23]　(Vivace)
  • ［24]　Adagio
  • ［25]　Allegro e presto
• Toccata in G-minor, BWV915
  
  • ［26]　(Passaggio) - Adagio -
  • ［27]　Allegro
  • ［28]　Adagio
  • ［29]　Fuga

Yoshio Watanabe (Harpsichord)

Recorded on 8-11 July 2024, Guest House Burnet Hill (Kiyosato, Yamanashi-ken)

Instrument: 2-manual Harpsichord in the German Style by Martin Skowroneck, Bremen 1999